HALIFAX. Halifax Town conquered Hartlepool United to win 2-1. It was Halifax Town to strike first with a goal of Max Wright at the 34′. Then it was a goal in the 39′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Adam Senior gave the win to Halifax Town in the 48′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the The Shay Stadium stadium in Halifax on Wednesday and it started at 4:45 am local time. In front of 2,052 spectators. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 27.88 degrees Celsius or 82.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 24 Total 11
- 7 On Target 4
- 17 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 95 Attack 87
- 82 Dangerous attack 64
- 75 Ball safe 68
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 3
Fouls
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Halifax Town was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Hartlepool United that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Halifax Town was more aggressive with 82 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Halifax Town won the match.
Halifax Town shot 24 times, 7 on target, 17 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hartlepool United shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Halifax Town received 2 yellow cards (Joe Mattock and Max Wright). Talking about the opposition, Hartlepool United received 5 yellow cards (Alex Lacey, Max Wright, Alex Lacey, Tom Crawford and Emmanuel Dieseruvwe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Halifax Town will have 27 points like Aldershot Town to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Hartlepool United will stay with 22 points like Woking and Oldham Athletic to remain in the 12th 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).
Hartlepool United will play away agasint Dorking Wanderers on the 20th of April with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Dorking Wanderers (0 draws).
Halifax Town – Formation
Halifax Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Chris Millington decided to play with the following team: Sam Johnson, Jordan Keane, Adam Senior, Jamie Stott, Ryan Galvin, Florent Hoti, Jack Hunter, Max Wright, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Millenic Alli and Aaron Cosgrave.
The home team had on the bench: Jimiel Chikukwa, Tom Wilson, Andrew Oluwabori, Tom Wilson, Justin Iwobi and Tom Scott.
Substitutions
Halifax Town made only 1 change substituting Max Wright for Andrew Oluwabori (81′).
Hartlepool United – Formation
Hartlepool United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
John Askey played with: Peter Jameson, Luke Hendrie, David Ferguson, Alex Lacey, Charlie Seaman, Tom Crawford, Terrell Agyemang, Nicky Featherstone, Joe Mattock, Emmanuel Dieseruvwe and Joe Grey.
These were the players on the bench: Joel Dixon, Matthew Dolan, Josh Umerah, Manny Onariase and Brody Paterson.
Substitutions
Hartlepool United made 3 changes: Terrell Agyemang for Josh Umerah (57′), Charlie Seaman for Matthew Dolan (78′) and Alex Lacey for Manny Onariase (88′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the National League.
- Wealdstone – Oxford City – 3-1
- Southend United – Ebbsfleet United – 3-0
- Rochdale – Gateshead – 2-2
- Halifax Town – Hartlepool United – 2-1
- Eastleigh – Woking – 0-1
- Dagenham & Redbridge – Boreham Wood – 1-3
- Chesterfield – York City – 4-0
- Bromley – Dorking Wanderers – 2-1
- Barnet – Solihull Moors – 1-1
- Altrincham – Kidderminster Harriers – 1-1
- Aldershot Town – Maidenhead United – 4-2
- Fylde – Oldham Athletic – 3-0