National League match preview: Torquay United versus Halifax Town

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 17:20 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor Ground (6104 seats)

It's advantage Torquay United so far with their 1st position in the National League table, welcoming Halifax Town who are placed 14th.

Insights:
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals (42) in National League
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Halifax Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a National League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Barnet. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Torquay United form and stats

Torquay United, who have the most scored goals (42) in National League, have played 11 National League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Wealdstone in the National League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that match was the home game against Altrincham that was lost 1-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Torquay as they are travelling to their away game against Solihull Moors in the National League. That match is three days after this one.

The Torquay fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Torquay have conceded only 9 goals.

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Halifax Town form and stats

Playing away, Halifax Town have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the National League this season.

Halifax Town lost away at Barnet (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 2-3 loss hosting Maidenhead United before that.

Halifax are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Halifax have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Halifax Town - Torquay United 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Torquay United won seven, Halifax Town won one and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TorquayD. Wright
D. Wright
8 goals
Torquay UnitedB. Whitfield
B. Whitfield
5 goals
Torquay UnitedC. Lemonheigh-Evans
C. Lemonheigh-Evans
5 goals

Torquay United missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Torquay United Halifax Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 4 12 21
13 6 2 Won W 0 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
4 2 1 Lost L 3 5 8
42 19 10 Scored S 2 15 33
20 9 5 Conceded C 6 14 27
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 86%
77% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 76%
59% 45% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 57%
23% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 33%
18% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 19%
64% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 71%
32% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 19%
18% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.3 12.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.6 10.1
6.1 6.6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.3
31% 26% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 41% 47%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals (42) in National League
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in National League
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in National League
  • Torquay United has the the best goal difference (+22) in National League
  • Torquay United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Torquay United 22 13 5 4 42 20 11 6 3 2 19 9 11 7 2 2 23 11 22 44
2 Sutton United 20 11 4 5 32 19 10 6 2 2 21 7 10 5 2 3 11 12 13 37
3 Notts County 19 11 3 5 26 14 11 7 1 3 19 9 8 4 2 2 7 5 12 36
4 Stockport County 21 10 6 5 30 20 10 4 4 2 12 8 11 6 2 3 18 12 10 36
5 Hartlepool United 21 11 3 7 30 22 12 7 2 3 19 12 9 4 1 4 11 10 8 36
6 Wrexham 22 10 5 7 30 23 10 5 3 2 14 6 12 5 2 5 16 17 7 35
7 Eastleigh 21 9 7 5 31 23 12 5 5 2 15 9 9 4 2 3 16 14 8 34
8 Boreham Wood 22 9 6 7 25 19 10 4 2 4 10 9 12 5 4 3 15 10 6 33
9 Altrincham 23 9 6 8 27 27 9 3 2 4 10 10 14 6 4 4 17 17 0 33
10 Maidenhead United 19 9 4 6 28 26 9 4 2 3 17 14 10 5 2 3 11 12 2 31
11 Bromley 20 8 5 7 31 24 12 4 3 5 19 17 8 4 2 2 12 7 7 29
12 Solihull Moors 18 9 2 7 24 19 7 6 0 1 13 3 11 3 2 6 11 16 5 29
13 Aldershot Town 22 8 4 10 29 33 10 4 1 5 12 16 12 4 3 5 17 17 -4 28
14 Halifax Town 21 7 6 8 33 27 9 4 2 3 18 13 12 3 4 5 15 14 6 27
15 Yeovil Town 21 7 5 9 30 33 10 4 1 5 15 14 11 3 4 4 15 19 -3 26
16 Dagenham & Redbridge 21 7 5 9 20 28 9 3 3 3 8 9 12 4 2 6 12 19 -8 26
17 Chesterfield 18 7 3 8 30 23 9 4 1 4 18 10 9 3 2 4 12 13 7 24
18 Woking 20 6 5 9 23 26 11 4 4 3 13 9 9 2 1 6 10 17 -3 23
19 Wealdstone 19 6 4 9 27 40 8 4 1 3 19 20 11 2 3 6 8 20 -13 22
20 Weymouth 21 5 3 13 22 34 13 3 1 9 15 26 8 2 2 4 7 8 -12 18
21 King's Lynn Town 19 5 3 11 21 39 10 2 3 5 11 18 9 3 0 6 10 21 -18 18
22 Barnet 19 3 3 13 16 45 11 2 2 7 7 20 8 1 1 6 9 25 -29 12
23 Dover Athletic 15 3 1 11 12 35 9 3 1 5 9 18 6 0 0 6 3 17 -23 10

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.