This could be an interesting match as Stockport County have their presumed home advantage while Halifax Town are ahead 0 points in the Vanarama National League table.
Stockport County and Halifax Town 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.
Stockport County form and stats
7-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League numbers at home for Stockport County so far this season.
The fans are hoping that Stockport County will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Vanarama National League game against Aldershot Town (placed 19th). Before that, Stockport County had a Fa Trophy home game versus Blyth Spartans which ended with a victory 4-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Stockport County perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stockport County as a small favourite), we find seven games. Stockport County has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stockport County as they are travelling to their away game against Fylde in the Vanarama National League. That match is two days after this one.
Stockport County have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Edgeley Park with 20 goals in 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stockport County defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Halifax Town form and stats
The visitors are W6-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League.
The manager P. Wild was unhappy after their last game, a Vanarama National League match played at their home ground The Shay Stadium. Halifax Town suffered a 2-4 loss to Notts County (placed 11th). That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Wrexham in the Fa Trophy.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Halifax Town, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Halifax Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Halifax Town, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Halifax Town are hosting Chesterfield in the Vanarama National League only two days away.
Halifax Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 16 goals have been conceded by Halifax Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Stockport County 1 win, 2 draws and Halifax Town 0 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. McAlinden 9 goals |   E. Osborne 6 goals |  N. Bell 6 goals |
Stockport County missing players
Halifax Town missing players
| Stockport County | Halifax Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 36 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 34 |
| 41 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 34 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 68% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 31% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 32% |
| 15% | 23% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 28% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 31% | 28% |
| 23% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 236 | 116 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 130 | 294 |
| 107 | 49 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 47 | 110 |
| 33% | 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 34% | 31% |
- Stockport County 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 | Barrow | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 47 |
| 2 | Yeovil Town | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Bromley | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | Woking | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Solihull Moors | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 40 |
| 6 | Boreham Wood | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 40 |
| 8 | Halifax Town | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 38 |
| 9 | Stockport County | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 38 |
| 10 | Barnet | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 37 |
| 11 | Notts County | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 36 |
| 12 | Eastleigh | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 35 |
| 14 | Torquay United | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Dover Athletic | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 33 |
| 16 | Maidenhead United | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | -6 | 31 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 30 |
| 18 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 30 |
| 19 | Aldershot Town | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 20 | Fylde | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 29 |
| 21 | Wrexham | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -7 | 26 |
| 22 | Chesterfield | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 22 | -11 | 26 |
| 23 | Chorley | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 24 |
| 24 | Ebbsfleet United | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -12 | 23 |