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Accrington travel to take on Halifax Town at The Shay on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 32 games played, Reds have recorded 7 wins, and Halifax have come away with 16 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Halifax was way back in the black-and-white days of November 1959, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1959/1960 | Sat 09 Apr | Accrington | 0 - 5 | Halifax | DIV3 |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 21 Nov | Halifax | 0 - 2 | Accrington | DIV3 |
| 1958/1959 | Sat 27 Dec | Halifax | 0 - 2 | Accrington | DIV3 |
| 1958/1959 | Fri 26 Dec | Accrington | 4 - 2 | Halifax | DIV3 |
| 1957/1958 | Mon 14 Apr | Accrington | 2 - 1 | Halifax | D3N |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 05 Apr | Halifax | 0 - 2 | Accrington | D3N |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 02 Mar | Halifax | 0 - 1 | Accrington | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Halifax Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
Accrington have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Reds, and 8 goals against.
Halifax's 17 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Accrington lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide Conference, picking up 19 from their 12 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Halifax | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
| Accrington | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Reds has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Halifax. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Halifax | 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Accrington | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 8 games since last defeat. |