HALIFAX. Halifax Town bested Kidderminster Harriers to win 2-1. M. Alli was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Halifax Town to strike first with a goal of Millenic Alli at the 28′. Then it was a goal in the 33′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Millenic Alli gave the win to Halifax Town in the 52′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Kidderminster Harriers lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the The Shay Stadium stadium in Halifax on Sunday and it started at 12:00 am local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 26.28 degrees Celsius or 79.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
  • 6 Total 13
  • 2 On Target 4
  • 4 Off Target 9
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 107 Attack 103
  • 45 Dangerous attack 64
  • 93 Ball safe 90
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Kidderminster Harriers was in firm control of the ball 56% while Halifax Town was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kidderminster Harriers had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Halifax Town found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Halifax Town shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kidderminster Harriers shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Halifax Town received 1 yellow card (). On the opposite side, Kidderminster Harriers received 2 yellow cards (Sam Robinson and Hobson B.).

Match Timeline

10'
S. Robinson- Yellow
28'
33'
A. Morgan-Smith(goal)
52'
Jack Evans- sub ->Florent Hoti
57'
70'
R. McNally- sub ->Amari Morgan-Smith
70'
Kieran Phillips- sub ->Sam Robinson
81'
K. Lissimore- sub ->Barry Maguire
Andrew Oluwabori- sub ->Max Wright
84'

Standings

After playing this match, Halifax Town will have 24 points to remain in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Kidderminster Harriers will stay with 13 points like Maidenhead United to remain in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the National League, Halifax Town will play away with Eastleigh on the 20th of April with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Eastleigh (6 draws).

Kidderminster Harriers will play away agasint Barnet on the 20th of April with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Barnet (2 draws).

Halifax Town – Formation

Halifax Town
G
Sam Johnson 1.England
D
Ryan Galvin 3.England
D
Jordan Keane 16.England
D
Jamie Stott 6.England
D
Adam Senior 5.England
M
M
Max Wright 17.England
84'
M
Florent Hoti 18.Kosovo
57'
M
J. Hunter 8.England
F
Aaron Cosgrave 19.England
F
Millenic Alli 11.Republic of Ireland
28', 52'
Substitutes
D
Jack Evans 12.England
57'
F
Andrew Oluwabori 22.Nigeria
84'

Halifax Town started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Chris Millington decided to play with the following team: Sam Johnson, Adam Senior, Jamie Stott, Jordan Keane, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Florent Hoti, Jack Hunter, Ryan Galvin, Max Wright, Aaron Cosgrave and Millenic Alli.

The home team had on the bench: Justin Iwobi, Jack Evans and Andrew Oluwabori.

Substitutions

Halifax Town made 2 changes: Florent Hoti for Jack Evans (57′) and Max Wright for Andrew Oluwabori (84′).

Kidderminster Harriers – Formation

Kidderminster Harriers
G
C. Dibble 21.Wales
D
D
S. Robinson 20.England
70' 10'
D
K. Pearce 5.Barbados
D
A. Penny 2.Wales
D
C. Richards 3.England
M
Z. Brown 14.England
M
Barry Maguire 22.Scotland
81'
F
A. Hemmings 10.England
F
A. Morgan-Smith 9.England
70' 33'
Substitutes
G
T. Palmer 1.England
D
R. McNally 6.England
70'
M
K. Lissimore 18.England
81'
F
Kieran Phillips 7.England
70'

Kidderminster Harriers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Russell Penn played with: Christian Dibble, Alex Penny, Krystian Pearce, Caleb Richards, Sam Robinson, Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain, Barry Maguire, Ashley Josiah Hemmings, Amari Morgan-Smith, Zak Brown.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kai Lissimore, Kobe Hall, Reiss McNally, Tom Palmer and Kieran Phillips.

Substitutions

Kidderminster Harriers made 3 changes: Amari Morgan-Smith for Reiss McNally (70′), Sam Robinson for Kieran Phillips (70′) and Barry Maguire for Kai Lissimore (81′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the National League.​