Soccer betting preview: Halifax Town welcomes Dover Athletic in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Tue 28.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Halifax Town perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Dover Athletic can look both up and down from their 12th position.

It's no vacation for neither Halifax Town nor Dover Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Halifax Town form and stats

Halifax Town have collected 24 points from their Vanarama National League home games so far after 7-3-5.

A good away victory last time out for Halifax Town, who won 1-0 against Chorley (placed 24th). Before that game, the 5-2 home victory against Maidenhead United.

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 eleven games. Halifax Town has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Halifax Town as they have a new game in only four days, a Vanarama National League match thankfully also at home. Bromley are visiting.

The Halifax Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 15 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

8 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Dover Athletic, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Vanarama National League, playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League this season.

248 minutes! That's how long the Dover Athletic goalkeeper Yusuf Mersin and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Dover Athletic are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Vanarama National League against Aldershot Town (placed 17th). Before that, Dover Athletic travelled to Notts County and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dover Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 5 Dover Athletic wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Dover Athletic has another fixture away, a Vanarama National League game, against Stockport County in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Dover Athletic find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Dover Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

Halifax Town and Dover Athletic have met before this season: Dover Athletic - Halifax Town 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Halifax Town won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Dover Athletic has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Dover AthleticI. Effiong
I. Effiong
11 goals
Halifax TownC. King
C. King
5 goals
Dover AthleticR. Modeste
R. Modeste
5 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Dover Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Halifax Town Dover Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 14 30
14 7 3 Won W 2 8 12
7 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
10 5 1 Lost L 2 3 10
43 24 10 Scored S 4 15 37
42 20 7 Conceded C 6 14 37
90% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 93%
65% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 80%
39% 40% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 43% 47%
32% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 14% 17%
29% 33% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
45% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 36% 53%
32% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 60% 50% 30%
32% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 23%
 
4.8 5.5 6.2 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 4.7 5.1
5.3 5.1 4.4 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.2 4.6 4.4
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.1 2.1
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
372 210 63 Total Shots T S 57 148 330
146 85 23 Shots on Target S O 19 59 145
29% 28% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 25% 26%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Dover Athletic has the most clean sheets (7) away
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 30 18 5 7 60 31 15 10 2 3 28 11 15 8 3 4 32 20 29 59
2 Harrogate Town 32 16 7 9 49 39 16 10 3 3 25 15 16 6 4 6 24 24 10 55
3 Yeovil Town 32 15 8 9 56 39 16 8 5 3 30 18 16 7 3 6 26 21 17 53
4 Bromley 32 14 8 10 53 43 16 8 5 3 35 21 16 6 3 7 18 22 10 50
5 Boreham Wood 31 13 10 8 46 33 16 6 6 4 22 17 15 7 4 4 24 16 13 49
6 Halifax Town 31 14 7 10 43 42 15 7 3 5 24 20 16 7 4 5 19 22 1 49
7 Notts County 31 12 11 8 46 33 16 7 7 2 25 14 15 5 4 6 21 19 13 47
8 Woking 31 13 8 10 42 46 16 7 5 4 18 18 15 6 3 6 24 28 -4 47
9 Solihull Moors 30 13 7 10 42 30 14 10 0 4 25 12 16 3 7 6 17 18 12 46
10 Stockport County 32 13 7 12 44 48 16 8 2 6 26 25 16 5 5 6 18 23 -4 46
11 Hartlepool United 32 11 11 10 48 45 16 6 5 5 24 22 16 5 6 5 24 23 3 44
12 Dover Athletic 30 12 8 10 37 37 16 4 5 7 22 23 14 8 3 3 15 14 0 44
13 Barnet 29 11 10 8 43 36 14 6 5 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 21 20 7 43
14 Torquay United 32 12 6 14 52 57 16 7 2 7 24 26 16 5 4 7 28 31 -5 42
15 Sutton United 32 10 11 11 40 37 16 5 5 6 26 23 16 5 6 5 14 14 3 41
16 Wrexham 32 10 8 14 42 43 16 7 5 4 23 16 16 3 3 10 19 27 -1 38
17 Aldershot Town 31 10 8 13 36 44 16 6 5 5 24 21 15 4 3 8 12 23 -8 38
18 Maidenhead United 32 11 5 16 39 48 16 4 4 8 17 22 16 7 1 8 22 26 -9 38
19 Eastleigh 30 9 10 11 37 45 14 5 6 3 18 16 16 4 4 8 19 29 -8 37
20 Dagenham & Redbridge 31 9 9 13 34 39 16 6 5 5 25 21 15 3 4 8 9 18 -5 36
21 Chesterfield 32 8 10 14 42 54 16 4 4 8 21 28 16 4 6 6 21 26 -12 34
22 Fylde 30 7 10 13 36 48 15 4 5 6 17 22 15 3 5 7 19 26 -12 31
23 Ebbsfleet United 31 5 11 15 38 60 15 2 5 8 19 30 16 3 6 7 19 30 -22 26
24 Chorley 32 4 13 15 28 56 16 3 5 8 11 25 16 1 8 7 17 31 -28 25

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 Barrow 30 18 5 7 60 31 15 10 2 3 28 11 15 8 3 4 32 20 29 59
2 Harrogate Town 32 16 7 9 49 39 16 10 3 3 25 15 16 6 4 6 24 24 10 55
3 Yeovil Town 32 15 8 9 56 39 16 8 5 3 30 18 16 7 3 6 26 21 17 53
4 Bromley 32 14 8 10 53 43 16 8 5 3 35 21 16 6 3 7 18 22 10 50
5 Boreham Wood 31 13 10 8 46 33 16 6 6 4 22 17 15 7 4 4 24 16 13 49
6 Halifax Town 31 14 7 10 43 42 15 7 3 5 24 20 16 7 4 5 19 22 1 49
7 Notts County 31 12 11 8 46 33 16 7 7 2 25 14 15 5 4 6 21 19 13 47
8 Woking 31 13 8 10 42 46 16 7 5 4 18 18 15 6 3 6 24 28 -4 47
9 Solihull Moors 30 13 7 10 42 30 14 10 0 4 25 12 16 3 7 6 17 18 12 46
10 Stockport County 32 13 7 12 44 48 16 8 2 6 26 25 16 5 5 6 18 23 -4 46
11 Hartlepool United 32 11 11 10 48 45 16 6 5 5 24 22 16 5 6 5 24 23 3 44
12 Dover Athletic 30 12 8 10 37 37 16 4 5 7 22 23 14 8 3 3 15 14 0 44
13 Barnet 29 11 10 8 43 36 14 6 5 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 21 20 7 43
14 Torquay United 32 12 6 14 52 57 16 7 2 7 24 26 16 5 4 7 28 31 -5 42
15 Sutton United 32 10 11 11 40 37 16 5 5 6 26 23 16 5 6 5 14 14 3 41
16 Wrexham 32 10 8 14 42 43 16 7 5 4 23 16 16 3 3 10 19 27 -1 38
17 Aldershot Town 31 10 8 13 36 44 16 6 5 5 24 21 15 4 3 8 12 23 -8 38
18 Maidenhead United 32 11 5 16 39 48 16 4 4 8 17 22 16 7 1 8 22 26 -9 38
19 Eastleigh 30 9 10 11 37 45 14 5 6 3 18 16 16 4 4 8 19 29 -8 37
20 Dagenham & Redbridge 31 9 9 13 34 39 16 6 5 5 25 21 15 3 4 8 9 18 -5 36
21 Chesterfield 32 8 10 14 42 54 16 4 4 8 21 28 16 4 6 6 21 26 -12 34
22 Fylde 30 7 10 13 36 48 15 4 5 6 17 22 15 3 5 7 19 26 -12 31
23 Ebbsfleet United 31 5 11 15 38 60 15 2 5 8 19 30 16 3 6 7 19 30 -22 26
24 Chorley 32 4 13 15 28 56 16 3 5 8 11 25 16 1 8 7 17 31 -28 25

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