Vanarama National League preview: Can Harrogate Town edge out victory against Halifax Town?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Tue 26.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Harrogate Town - Halifax Town!

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 Harrogate Town and Halifax Town.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

Harrogate Town have performed here at CNG Stadium this season with 7 wins from 11 Vanarama National League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. Ever since the Boreham Wood game Harrogate Town has been unbeatable here at CNG Stadium producing five straight wins.

Harrogate Town's previous game was a Vanarama National League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Chesterfield (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Bromley that finished 3-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Harrogate Town handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W8-D2-L1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Harrogate Town as they are travelling to their away game against Sutton United in the Vanarama National League. That match is four days after this one.

Harrogate Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Harrogate Town have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Halifax Town form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Halifax Town playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League this season.

Halifax Town delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Eastleigh (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Vanarama National League game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Woking.

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.

A quick return to home after this game, as Halifax Town are hosting Dover Athletic in the Vanarama National League only four days away.

Halifax Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Halifax Town have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Halifax Town - Harrogate Town 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Harrogate Town won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Halifax Town has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownL. McAlinden
L. McAlinden
8 goals
Harrogate TownB. Kiernan
B. Kiernan
7 goals
Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
7 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Harrogate Town Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 1 Played P 3 11 22
10 7 0 Won W 1 6 11
6 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 1 3 7
33 16 2 Scored S 2 14 30
28 9 2 Conceded C 6 12 26
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 91%
77% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 64%
45% 36% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 36%
27% 18% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 27%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 27%
50% 36% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 41%
36% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 32%
23% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 36%
 
6.1 5.6 8 Corners For (avg) C F 2.7 3.7 4.6
4.9 3.9 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 5.9 5.5
1.2 1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.4
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 2 2 2
 
263 134 10 Total Shots T S 26 108 266
106 56 5 Shots on Target S O 7 40 99
31% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 30%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Halifax Town have won significantly less corners away then 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 Barrow 21 13 1 7 39 25 10 7 0 3 15 8 11 6 1 4 24 17 14 40
2 Bromley 22 11 7 4 39 27 11 6 4 1 25 15 11 5 3 3 14 12 12 40
3 Solihull Moors 22 11 4 7 33 22 11 9 0 2 22 9 11 2 4 5 11 13 11 37
4 Halifax Town 22 11 4 7 30 26 11 5 2 4 16 14 11 6 2 3 14 12 4 37
5 Yeovil Town 21 11 3 7 35 25 11 6 2 3 18 12 10 5 1 4 17 13 10 36
6 Harrogate Town 22 10 6 6 33 28 11 7 2 2 16 9 11 3 4 4 17 19 5 36
7 Woking 22 9 8 5 33 28 11 3 5 3 12 14 11 6 3 2 21 14 5 35
8 Torquay United 22 10 4 8 39 33 11 6 1 4 19 15 11 4 3 4 20 18 6 34
9 Dover Athletic 21 9 5 7 26 26 11 2 4 5 13 16 10 7 1 2 13 10 0 32
10 Stockport County 22 9 5 8 25 32 11 6 1 4 15 15 11 3 4 4 10 17 -7 32
11 Notts County 22 8 7 7 33 25 11 5 4 2 17 10 11 3 3 5 16 15 8 31
12 Boreham Wood 22 8 6 8 31 26 11 4 3 4 16 13 11 4 3 4 15 13 5 30
13 Dagenham & Redbridge 22 8 6 8 28 28 11 5 3 3 20 16 11 3 3 5 8 12 0 30
14 Hartlepool United 22 7 8 7 31 31 11 3 4 4 17 18 11 4 4 3 14 13 0 29
15 Eastleigh 21 7 8 6 26 27 10 4 5 1 14 9 11 3 3 5 12 18 -1 29
16 Barnet 22 7 7 8 29 30 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 3 5 15 18 -1 28
17 Maidenhead United 22 7 4 11 26 27 11 2 3 6 12 14 11 5 1 5 14 13 -1 25
18 Aldershot Town 22 7 4 11 22 31 11 4 2 5 14 14 11 3 2 6 8 17 -9 25
19 Fylde 21 6 6 9 27 36 10 4 3 3 12 14 11 2 3 6 15 22 -9 24
20 Chesterfield 21 5 7 9 28 36 10 3 2 5 14 16 11 2 5 4 14 20 -8 22
21 Wrexham 21 4 8 9 25 32 11 4 5 2 14 12 10 0 3 7 11 20 -7 20
22 Sutton United 21 4 7 10 20 28 11 1 4 6 11 17 10 3 3 4 9 11 -8 19
23 Ebbsfleet United 22 4 7 11 31 41 11 1 4 6 16 25 11 3 3 5 15 16 -10 19
24 Chorley 22 3 10 9 18 37 11 2 4 5 9 19 11 1 6 4 9 18 -19 19

Read more about Vanarama National League

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.