Evenly matched teams: Yeovil Town vs Halifax Town match preview

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Mon 03.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Huish Park Stadium (9565 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Yeovil Town have their presumed home advantage while Halifax Town are ahead 11 points in the National League table.

Insights:
  • Yeovil Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Halifax Town have the most points from losing position (18) in National League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Yeovil and Halifax Town.

Halifax Town are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Yeovil Town form and stats

9-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the National League numbers at home for Yeovil Town so far this season. Yeovil are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Yeovil goalkeeper Adam Smith is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the National League.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Yeovil Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn one and lost six.

The Yeovil fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 17 league matches. On the other hand, Yeovil have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Halifax Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. Halifax Town has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Woking.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Halifax playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Halifax Town wins, four draws and three defeats.

Halifax Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 18 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Halifax have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Halifax Town - Yeovil Town 1-1. Last three meetings between the teams: Yeovil won two, Halifax Town won zero and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

YeovilR. Murphy
R. Murphy
12 goals
Halifax TownJ. Hyde
J. Hyde
10 goals
Yeovil TownJ. Quigley
J. Quigley
9 goals

Yeovil Town missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Yeovil Town Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 4 18 37
14 9 1 Won W 3 8 17
6 2 0 Drew D 0 4 8
15 6 4 Lost L 1 6 12
52 28 4 Scored S 7 25 57
54 20 8 Conceded C 4 20 47
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
80% 76% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 70%
66% 71% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 61% 57%
34% 35% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 32%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 19%
60% 59% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 65%
23% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 22%
20% 12% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 28% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.7 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10 10.2 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.9 10.2
4.6 5.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.7
32% 33% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 43% 41%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Halifax Town have the most points from losing position (18) in National League
  • Yeovil Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Yeovil Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 37 22 7 8 62 35 19 11 4 4 32 18 18 11 3 4 30 17 27 73
2 Sutton United 36 21 9 6 59 29 18 11 4 3 35 14 18 10 5 3 24 15 30 72
3 Hartlepool United 37 20 10 7 57 34 19 13 3 3 30 15 18 7 7 4 27 19 23 70
4 Stockport County 37 19 11 7 60 28 17 7 8 2 23 12 20 12 3 5 37 16 32 68
5 Halifax Town 37 17 8 12 57 47 19 9 4 6 32 27 18 8 4 6 25 20 10 59
6 Wrexham 36 16 9 11 50 34 18 8 6 4 24 13 18 8 3 7 26 21 16 57
7 Chesterfield 36 17 5 14 48 37 17 8 2 7 26 15 19 9 3 7 22 22 11 56
8 Eastleigh 37 15 11 11 41 36 19 9 6 4 21 12 18 6 5 7 20 24 5 56
9 Bromley 36 15 10 11 55 49 19 6 6 7 28 28 17 9 4 4 27 21 6 55
10 Notts County 35 15 9 11 45 35 18 9 2 7 25 16 17 6 7 4 20 19 10 54
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 14 7 15 39 43 18 7 5 6 20 20 18 7 2 9 19 23 -4 49
12 Maidenhead United 34 13 9 12 51 44 17 7 3 7 27 23 17 6 6 5 24 21 7 48
13 Yeovil Town 35 14 6 15 52 54 17 9 2 6 28 20 18 5 4 9 24 34 -2 48
14 Aldershot Town 37 14 6 17 49 53 17 7 3 7 24 24 20 7 3 10 25 29 -4 48
15 Boreham Wood 36 10 16 10 40 38 18 4 9 5 18 20 18 6 7 5 22 18 2 46
16 Solihull Moors 35 13 6 16 42 44 16 10 2 4 26 14 19 3 4 12 16 30 -2 45
17 Altrincham 37 11 9 17 40 50 18 5 4 9 20 24 19 6 5 8 20 26 -10 42
18 Weymouth 35 10 6 19 41 54 18 6 2 10 22 30 17 4 4 9 19 24 -13 36
19 Wealdstone 36 9 6 21 44 83 18 7 2 9 31 41 18 2 4 12 13 42 -39 33
20 Woking 36 8 8 20 34 52 19 5 6 8 24 28 17 3 2 12 10 24 -18 32
21 King's Lynn Town 36 7 8 21 39 76 19 4 6 9 23 34 17 3 2 12 16 42 -37 29
22 Barnet 35 5 6 24 28 78 18 3 2 13 11 35 17 2 4 11 17 43 -50 21

Table
  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 37 22 7 8 62 35 19 11 4 4 32 18 18 11 3 4 30 17 27 73
2 Sutton United 36 21 9 6 59 29 18 11 4 3 35 14 18 10 5 3 24 15 30 72
3 Hartlepool United 37 20 10 7 57 34 19 13 3 3 30 15 18 7 7 4 27 19 23 70
4 Stockport County 37 19 11 7 60 28 17 7 8 2 23 12 20 12 3 5 37 16 32 68
5 Halifax Town 37 17 8 12 57 47 19 9 4 6 32 27 18 8 4 6 25 20 10 59
6 Wrexham 36 16 9 11 50 34 18 8 6 4 24 13 18 8 3 7 26 21 16 57
7 Chesterfield 36 17 5 14 48 37 17 8 2 7 26 15 19 9 3 7 22 22 11 56
8 Eastleigh 37 15 11 11 41 36 19 9 6 4 21 12 18 6 5 7 20 24 5 56
9 Bromley 36 15 10 11 55 49 19 6 6 7 28 28 17 9 4 4 27 21 6 55
10 Notts County 35 15 9 11 45 35 18 9 2 7 25 16 17 6 7 4 20 19 10 54
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 14 7 15 39 43 18 7 5 6 20 20 18 7 2 9 19 23 -4 49
12 Maidenhead United 34 13 9 12 51 44 17 7 3 7 27 23 17 6 6 5 24 21 7 48
13 Yeovil Town 35 14 6 15 52 54 17 9 2 6 28 20 18 5 4 9 24 34 -2 48
14 Aldershot Town 37 14 6 17 49 53 17 7 3 7 24 24 20 7 3 10 25 29 -4 48
15 Boreham Wood 36 10 16 10 40 38 18 4 9 5 18 20 18 6 7 5 22 18 2 46
16 Solihull Moors 35 13 6 16 42 44 16 10 2 4 26 14 19 3 4 12 16 30 -2 45
17 Altrincham 37 11 9 17 40 50 18 5 4 9 20 24 19 6 5 8 20 26 -10 42
18 Weymouth 35 10 6 19 41 54 18 6 2 10 22 30 17 4 4 9 19 24 -13 36
19 Wealdstone 36 9 6 21 44 83 18 7 2 9 31 41 18 2 4 12 13 42 -39 33
20 Woking 36 8 8 20 34 52 19 5 6 8 24 28 17 3 2 12 10 24 -18 32
21 King's Lynn Town 36 7 8 21 39 76 19 4 6 9 23 34 17 3 2 12 16 42 -37 29
22 Barnet 35 5 6 24 28 78 18 3 2 13 11 35 17 2 4 11 17 43 -50 21

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