Delightful dogfight as daring Barnet duels with determined Halifax Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hive Stadium (5634 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Vanarama National League table so far. Here's the Barnet - Halifax Town latest:

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 Barnet and Halifax Town.

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Barnet form and stats

Barnet have collected 22 points from their Vanarama National League home games so far after 6-4-3. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Barnet after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Barnet are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by S. Akinola). The Barnet goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 243 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vanarama National League.

The home team returns to The Hive Stadium after sharing the points with Boreham Wood (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Vanarama National League game ended 0-0. Before that, Barnet played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Aldershot Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Barnet handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D3-L1.

Barnet are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League match at Solihull Moors awaits in three days.

The Barnet fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 13 league matches. Barnet have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Halifax Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Halifax Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Halifax Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Sam Johnson. It's been 197 minutes since they last conceded in Vanarama National League.

Halifax Town's last game was the home draw against Stockport County (0-0). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Chesterfield.

Halifax Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Halifax Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Halifax Town have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Halifax Town - Barnet 4-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Barnet-Halifax Town H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Barnet 1 win, Halifax Town 4 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BarnetS. Akinola
S. Akinola
12 goals
Halifax TownL. McAlinden
L. McAlinden
9 goals
BarnetJ. Taylor
J. Taylor
7 goals

Barnet missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Barnet Halifax Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 14 28
10 6 0 Won W 2 6 12
9 4 2 Drew D 1 3 6
8 3 1 Lost L 0 5 10
40 21 4 Scored S 3 17 36
34 15 5 Conceded C 0 21 39
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 89%
78% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 64%
59% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 39%
26% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 32%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 29%
63% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 43%
26% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 32%
22% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 36%
 
4.5 5.3 2.3 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 4.1 4.8
4.7 4.2 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 9 5.9 5.5
1.3 1.1 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.4
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
291 155 39 Total Shots T S 20 140 339
126 75 15 Shots on Target S O 8 50 126
30% 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 29%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Barnet have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Halifax Town has the fewest matches over the total-line (11)
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Barrow 27 16 4 7 50 30 13 8 2 3 19 11 14 8 2 4 31 19 20 52
2 Yeovil Town 29 15 6 8 54 36 14 8 3 3 28 16 15 7 3 5 26 20 18 51
3 Bromley 29 14 8 7 51 37 15 8 5 2 34 19 14 6 3 5 17 18 14 50
4 Harrogate Town 29 14 7 8 46 37 14 9 3 2 24 13 15 5 4 6 22 24 9 49
5 Stockport County 29 13 6 10 43 43 14 8 1 5 25 22 15 5 5 5 18 21 0 45
6 Solihull Moors 27 13 5 9 42 28 13 10 0 3 25 10 14 3 5 6 17 18 14 44
7 Notts County 28 11 10 7 44 30 14 6 6 2 23 13 14 5 4 5 21 17 14 43
8 Boreham Wood 28 11 9 8 40 31 15 6 5 4 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 15 9 42
9 Halifax Town 28 12 6 10 36 39 14 6 3 5 19 18 14 6 3 5 17 21 -3 42
10 Woking 28 11 8 9 40 43 14 5 5 4 16 18 14 6 3 5 24 25 -3 41
11 Barnet 27 10 9 8 40 34 13 6 4 3 21 15 14 4 5 5 19 19 6 39
12 Sutton United 29 10 9 10 40 36 15 5 4 6 26 23 14 5 5 4 14 13 4 39
13 Dover Athletic 27 11 6 10 34 36 14 3 4 7 19 22 13 8 2 3 15 14 -2 39
14 Eastleigh 27 9 10 8 36 39 13 5 6 2 18 14 14 4 4 6 18 25 -3 37
15 Torquay United 29 11 4 14 49 55 15 7 1 7 24 26 14 4 3 7 25 29 -6 37
16 Hartlepool United 28 9 9 10 41 41 14 4 5 5 20 21 14 5 4 5 21 20 0 36
17 Maidenhead United 29 10 5 14 35 42 15 3 4 8 15 22 14 7 1 6 20 20 -7 35
18 Aldershot Town 28 9 7 12 31 38 15 6 4 5 21 18 13 3 3 7 10 20 -7 34
19 Wrexham 29 8 8 13 36 41 14 6 5 3 19 14 15 2 3 10 17 27 -5 32
20 Dagenham & Redbridge 29 8 8 13 32 39 14 5 4 5 23 21 15 3 4 8 9 18 -7 32
21 Fylde 28 7 9 12 33 44 14 4 5 5 15 19 14 3 4 7 18 25 -11 30
22 Chesterfield 29 6 9 14 38 53 14 3 3 8 19 27 15 3 6 6 19 26 -15 27
23 Ebbsfleet United 28 5 10 13 38 51 14 2 5 7 19 28 14 3 5 6 19 23 -13 25
24 Chorley 29 4 12 13 25 51 15 3 5 7 11 24 14 1 7 6 14 27 -26 24

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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.