Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Barnet (1st, 102 pts) and Halifax Town (6th, 70 pts). Recent form told a different story for Halifax Town: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Scoring rates set the scale: Barnet 2.11 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Halifax Town 1.09 and 1, with the league averaging 1.35.
Barnet carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: Barnet 13/15, Halifax Town 6/15.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 1 for Barnet, 2 for Halifax Town and 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting.
The Hive Stadium in London, capacity 6,500, hosted the game. S. Parkinson officiated: 98 games logged, averaging 2.3 yellow cards each. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.
Goal scorers
Barnet: Mark Shelton (24') · Halifax Town: Billy Waters (11')