Braintree Town journey to The Shay Stadium on Saturday for the National League tie with home side Halifax.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Halifax v Braintree Town are shown below (including the best match odds).
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Halifax
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Halifax will be wanting a better result here after a 0-3 National League losing effort in their last game against Altrincham.
Jake Bickerstaff (10') and Regan Linney (65', 73') scored for Altrincham.
A recurring feature of recent Halifax games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.
Taking their prior 6 clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a loser.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Halifax:
- haven't won against Braintree Town in their last 2 league matches.
- are without a home win in the past 4 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.
Braintree Town
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In their last fixture, Braintree Town drew 0-0 in the National League match with Dagenham & Redbridge.
Steve Pitt's Braintree Town have fired home 7 times in the course of their most recent 6 matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during that period equals 8.
Their prior results show that Braintree Town:
- are undefeated by Halifax in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
- have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.
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Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 21/02/2015 shows us that Halifax have won 2 of them and Braintree Town 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between them in these games, with 6 for The Shaymen and 9 belonging to The Iron. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The last league fixture between these clubs was National League match day 11 on 24/09/2024 when it finished Braintree Town 1-0 Halifax.
The match was refereed by Alan Young.
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Prediction
Here, we’re thinking that Braintree Town might need a bit of good fortune to breach the defence of this Halifax team who we reckon should score at least once to gain the upper hand.
Therefore, we predict a 1-0 victory for Halifax at full-time.
Hoping for a good game.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Checking the betting prices for this game on the win-draw-win market, a victory for Halifax is best priced at 2.15, betting on the draw is 3.1 and putting your money on the win for Braintree Town comes in at 3.2. Those are the top bets on offer at this very moment.
Renata Leite,
04:08 22/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Halifax
Formed: 2008
Stadium: The Shay Stadium (10,401)
Captain: Sam Johnson
Chairman: David Bosomworth
Manager: Chris Millington
Competitions: National League position 6
⭐ Star Man: James Cooke
Generally playing in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, James Cooke was born in England. After having played his first senior match for Halifax in the 2022 - 2023 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has accumulated 7 league goals in this National League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 41 appearances.