FC Halifax Town vs Rochdale — League #43 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 6+ matches
FC Halifax Town39%
Rochdale37%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 6 home / 17 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over60
- Under40
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes63
- No37
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
FC Halifax Town ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
FC Halifax Town at home — creates 1.83, concedes 1.33 · 6 matches
Rochdale away — creates 1.76, concedes 1.35 · 17 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
FC Halifax Town attack 1.83 + Rochdale defence 1.35 → ÷2 → 1.59
Rochdale attack 1.76 + FC Halifax Town defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 1.54
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 39%?"
FC Halifax Town at 39% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 39% does not mean "FC Halifax Town will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
York
Sutton Utd
Boreham WoodRochdale
Southend
Scunthorpe
Boston UnitedFC Halifax Town
Hartlepool
Wealdstone
Woking
Altrincham
Carlisle
Tamworth
Yeovil Town
Braintree
Brackley Town
Morecambe
Gateshead
Truro City
Forest Green
Aldershot Town
Solihull Moors
EastleighIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
FC Halifax Town host Rochdale on Wednesday, 19 February 2025 at 19:45. The match is part of the League #43 2026/2027 season.
FC Halifax Town 0 – 0 Rochdale
FC Halifax Town and Rochdale drew 0-0 in League #43 on February 19, 2025.
The match was played at The Shay Stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire.