DOVER. Halifax Town prevailed over Dover Athletic 3-1 thanks to B. Waters who scored in the 9th and 87th minute.
The match was played at the The Perrys Crabble Stadium stadium in Dover on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Lloyd Wood. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 7.5 degrees Celsius or 45.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 8 Total 16
- 2 On Target 7
- 6 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 45 Attack 44
- 28 Dangerous attack 27
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 9
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Dover Athletic was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Halifax Town that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Dover Athletic was has a more offensive attitude with 28 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Halifax Town was able to find the solution to win this match.
Dover Athletic shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Halifax Town shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Dover Athletic received 1 yellow card (J. E. Bramble T.). On the other side, Halifax Town received 1 yellow card (B. Waters).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Dover Athletic will stay with -9 points to move up in the 23rd place. Regarding the opposition, Halifax Town will have 30 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the National League, Dover Athletic will host Wealdstone on the 23rd of November with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Halifax Town will host Wrexham on the 23rd of November with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Wrexham (7 draws).
Dover Athletic – Formation
The manager Andy Hessenthaler decided to play with the following team: A. Parkes, J. Goodman, D. Collinge, J. Tiensia, B. Williamson, T. Bramble, H. Woods, R. Hanson, H. Ransom, A. Cosgrave and T. Gregory.
The home team had on the bench: J. Caton, M. Bentley, J. Bexon, S. Wood and N. Carney.
Substitutions
Dover Athletic made 2 changes: H. Woods for J. Caton (69′) and A. Cosgrave for M. Bentley (82′).
Halifax Town – Formation
Peter Wild played with: S. Johnson, N. Maher, T. Warren, J. Senior, J. Slew, K. Green, K. Spence, J. Vale, B. Waters, M. Warburton and J. Debrah.
The following players were sitting on the bench: E. Newby, L. Summerfield, H. Gilmour and J. Swaby-Neavin.
Substitutions
Halifax Town made 3 changes: J. Vale for E. Newby (62′), K. Spence for L. Summerfield (69′) and M. Warburton for H. Gilmour (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the National League.
- Barnet – Torquay United – 2-1
- Boreham Wood – Maidenhead United – 4-0
- Bromley – King’s Lynn Town – 3-2
- Dagenham & Redbridge – Yeovil Town – 0-1
- Dover Athletic – Halifax Town – 1-3
- Eastleigh – Notts County – 2-0
- Solihull Moors – Chesterfield – 0-2
- Weymouth – Altrincham – 1-4
- Woking – Stockport County – 1-2
- Wrexham – Wealdstone – 0-0