Dorking Wanderers v FC Halifax Town preview
Venue: Meadowbank
Date: Saturday, March 4
Kick-off: 3pm
Odds: Dorking 7/4, draw 11/5, Halifax 13/10
Referee: Jason Richardson is in his first season at National League level and has shown 44 yellow cards and two red cards in nine games in the fifth tier this season. Took charge of Dorking's 3-1 home win over Notts County in September.
In the league this season
Dorking: PL33 W9 D6 L18 F48 A77 GD-29 Pts33
Halifax: PL34 W11 D7 L16 F34 A42 GD-8 Pts40
Last five games
Dorking: Aldershot (FAT a) L 1-0, Bromley (a) L 2-0, Torquay (h) W 3-2, Wrexham (a) L 3-1, Boreham Wood (a) L 1-0
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Hide AdHalifax: Southend (a) L 2-1, Boreham Wood (a) D 1-1, Solihull (h) D 1-1, Maidenhead (h) L 1-0, Wealdstone (h) W 5-0
Scorers
Dorking: James McShane (17), Ryan Seager (13), Harry Ottaway (5), Jimmy Muitt (3), Bobby-Joe Taylor (3), Dan Gallagher (2), Alfie Rutherford (2), Seb Bowerman, Luke Moore, Adam Mekki, Niall McManus, Nick Wheeler, Josh Taylor
Halifax: Mani Dierseruvwe (10), Rob Harker (6), Jamie Cooke (6), Milli Alli (4), Jordan Slew (2), Kian Spence (2), Jesse Debrah (2), Tylor Golden (2), Jamie Stott (2), Harvey Gilmour, Angelo Capello, Festus Arthur, Matty Warburton, Yamen Osawe
Manager: Manager and chairman Marc White formed Dorking in 1999 with a group of friends, playing in a park, and has guided the club to 12 promotions in a run of success similar to his boyhood club Wimbledon. White led Dorking to four promotions in five seasons in one spell, with Dorking reaching the National League South in 2018.
Last season: 2nd in National League South
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Hide AdOne to watch: Only Paul Mullin and Macauley Langstaff have scored more goals in the fifth tier this season than Dorking's James McShane. Impressively, McShane, who is one of Dorking's longest-serving players, netted a hat-trick at home to Notts County in September
Last time they met: Goals from Kian Spence, Jamie Cooke and Tylor Golden helped Town to a 3-1 win at The Shay back in December in the clubs' first ever meeting.
Match facts: Only Yeovil have scored fewer goals in the National League this season than Halifax (34)
Only three teams in the National League have lost more away games than Halifax (10)
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Hide AdDorking have the worst defensive record in the National League this campaign, having conceded 77 goals, while no team in the division has conceded more home goals this season than Dorking (35).
Dorking have only kept one clean sheet in their last 16 matches, and have conceded 12 goals in their last four home games.
Halifax's 5-0 win over Wealdstone on Tuesday was the first time they had scored more than three goals in a game this season.
Halifax have only won once in their last eight away matches.
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Hide AdDorking have only won once in their last seven games, losing the other six. Halifax have also only won once in their last seven games.
Saturday's National League fixtures:
Gateshead v Chesterfield
Bromley v Notts Co
Yeovil v Woking
Aldershot v Torquay
Oldham v Boreham W
Dorking W v Halifax
Wealdstone v Altrincham
Scunthorpe v Eastleigh
Solihull M v Maidstone
Dag & Red v York
Maidenhead v Wrexham