Open game expected at The Shay Stadium: Halifax Town vs Bromley preview

Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (10061 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Halifax Town in 15th and Bromley in 13th place.

Halifax Town and Bromley should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Halifax Town form and stats

When playing at home, Halifax Town, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Vanarama National League, have managed 7 wins, 10 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 21 games.

Halifax Town drew their last game, 2-2 away at Leyton Orient. Preceding that match was a defeat to Maidenhead United (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Halifax Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Halifax Town as a small favourite), we find two games. Halifax Town has won 0 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Halifax Town have scored 19 goals here in 21 matches, not a lot. Halifax Town have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 10 goals.

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Bromley form and stats

There's been little loot from Bromley's travels as they have only collected 20 points from 21 away games. Bromley only has 5 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 5 draws.

Bromley delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Aldershot Town in their previous match; a Vanarama National League game. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Leyton Orient.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Bromley in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Bromley, 6 draws and 12 defeats.

Bromley find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 25 goals from 21 away fixtures. Bromley have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Halifax Town and Bromley have met before this season: Bromley - Halifax Town 2-2. Halifax Town-Bromley H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Halifax Town 1 win, Bromley 2 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

J. Hooper
11 goals
F. Sutherland
8 goals
G. Porter
7 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Bromley missing players

Halifax Town Bromley
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
37 19 Scored 25 60
38 10 Conceded 36 63
79% 71% Over 0.5 100% 100%
60% 48% Over 1.5 81% 81%
33% 19% Over 2.5 62% 57%
7% 0% Over 3.5 29% 33%
0% 0% Over 4.5 14% 14%
40% 29% Both teams to score 62% 55%
43% 57% Clean Sheet 10% 19%
38% 43% Failed To Score 29% 26%
Key stats this season:
  • Bromley hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bromley is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Salford City 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 5 3 40 20 21 10 5 6 29 19 30 79
2 Leyton Orient 41 22 12 7 66 32 20 12 5 3 34 13 21 10 7 4 32 19 34 78
3 Solihull Moors 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 11 7 3 35 15 21 12 2 7 32 25 27 78
4 Wrexham 42 22 9 11 52 35 21 15 3 3 33 12 21 7 6 8 19 23 17 75
5 Fylde 41 19 15 7 68 37 21 14 4 3 44 19 20 5 11 4 24 18 31 72
6 Harrogate Town 42 20 11 11 75 52 21 10 6 5 39 26 21 10 5 6 36 26 23 71
7 Eastleigh 41 20 7 14 54 55 21 9 5 7 25 25 20 11 2 7 29 30 -1 67
8 Ebbsfleet United 42 18 12 12 60 40 21 10 3 8 32 21 21 8 9 4 28 19 20 66
9 Sutton United 42 17 13 12 52 52 21 9 8 4 27 24 21 8 5 8 25 28 0 64
10 Gateshead 41 18 9 14 51 42 20 8 7 5 24 17 21 10 2 9 27 25 9 63
11 Barrow 42 15 12 15 46 47 21 8 6 7 26 25 21 7 6 8 20 22 -1 57
12 Barnet 41 15 11 15 40 44 21 7 7 7 22 23 20 8 4 8 18 21 -4 56
13 Bromley 42 15 10 17 60 63 21 10 5 6 35 27 21 5 5 11 25 36 -3 55
14 Chesterfield 42 12 17 13 48 47 21 6 8 7 21 22 21 6 9 6 27 25 1 53
15 Halifax Town 42 11 19 12 37 38 21 7 10 4 19 10 21 4 9 8 18 28 -1 52
16 Hartlepool United 42 13 13 16 50 57 21 7 6 8 26 27 21 6 7 8 24 30 -7 52
17 Maidenhead United 42 15 5 22 42 64 21 8 3 10 24 33 21 7 2 12 18 31 -22 50
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 13 10 19 46 53 21 7 7 7 28 28 21 6 3 12 18 25 -7 49
19 Boreham Wood 42 11 15 16 45 56 21 7 6 8 21 28 21 4 9 8 24 28 -11 48
20 Dover Athletic 42 12 12 18 50 62 21 7 5 9 27 30 21 5 7 9 23 32 -12 48
21 Havant & Waterlooville 42 9 12 21 57 74 21 7 5 9 34 27 21 2 7 12 23 47 -17 39
22 Aldershot Town 42 9 10 23 33 65 21 6 5 10 16 25 21 3 5 13 17 40 -32 37
23 Braintree Town 42 8 7 27 42 77 21 4 3 14 21 43 21 4 4 13 21 34 -35 31
24 Maidstone United 41 8 6 27 32 71 20 2 4 14 15 34 21 6 2 13 17 37 -39 30

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