Halifax – Hereford, English Conference League
2004-04-03 16.00 CET
Pick: Hereford
Stake: 2%
Odds: 1,80
Final reason for bet
· Hereford is a very good away team.
· Hereford is in very good form.
· Halifax is in very bad form.
· Halifax made a very bad midweek performance loosing at home to Barnet with 4-1.
General comment about the game
Struggling Halifax welcomes promotion chasers Hereford to a Conference League game. Hereford is second in the table for the moment and is heading for the title together with Chester. For the moment they are three points after Chester who also has one game to go. Hereford is in a very good form with six straight wins. On the road they are the best side in the league with eleven games won from 18 played and only three losses. Hereford is a goal machine; so far they have made 90 goals on the 37 games played. 52 of those goals came when playing on the road. In the last game Hereford won an important victory at home over another promotion chasing team Shrewsbury. Hereford started best and made the first goal already after 3 minutes. The happiness was short since Shrewsbury equalised only some minutes after. Shrewsbury was the best side during the rest of the first half but was not able to score. In the second half the home side had the better play and with goal in 55th minute they managed to grab all three points. The injury situation in Hereford is quite good, only forward Mark Beasley (4(8) apps, 1 goal) and midfielder Ben Smith (28 apps, 13 goals) are unavailable.
Halifax has fallen down the table the last ten rounds when they only have taken one point from the twelve games played. They still hold a position above the relegation zone but if they do not break the bad trend they will surely end up as one of the relegated teams. In midweek Halifax welcomed another out of form team; Burton. The game ended with a 4-1 victory for the visitors after a very bad display by the home side. To this game forward Craig Midgley (23(10) apps, 9 goals) and midfielder Danny Ingram (1 apps) is back from suspension. Ingram came from Forest Green earlier this spring where he was a first team regular. Midfielder Val Owen (21(6) apps, 1 goal) and midfielder Steve Bushell (31(1) apps, 1 goal) are both doubtful through injuries.
We believe that an in form Hereford will win against struggling Halifax, But since this Hereford plays on the road we stay at a stake of 2% is suggested.
Recent games for home team
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2004-03-30 |
Halifax-Burton |
1-4 |
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2004-03-27 |
Farnborough-Halifax |
1-0 |
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2004-03-25 |
Scarborough-Halifax |
1-0 |
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2004-03-13 |
Telford-Halifax |
2-1 |
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2004-03-09 |
Halifax-Forest Green |
0-1 |
Recent games for away team
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2004-03-27 |
Hereford-Shrewsbury |
2-1 |
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2004-03-20 |
Margate-Hereford |
1-3 |
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2004-03-13 |
Hereford-Accrington |
1-0 |
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2004-03-06 |
Hereford-Northwich |
1-0 |
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2004-03-02 |
Telford-Hereford |
0-3 |
Home table
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Halifax |
18 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
23-21 |
27 |
Away table
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Hereford |
18 |
11 |
4 |
3 |
52-22 |
37 |
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