Eastleigh vs Halifax Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

National League meets National League North on Sunday afternoon in a match that hosts will feel they really ought to be winning. In drawing opposition from the division below Eastleigh will have been delighted and this match present an excellent opportunity for them to progress to the lucrative third round.

At odds of 4/5, ‘Eastleigh to Score Over 1.5 Goals’ is the bet to be on. The hosts have been in decent scoring form on their own patch and this can continue against lower-level opposition on Sunday.

In front of their own fans this season, Eastleigh have scored a total of 18 goals, failing to score on just two occasions. They’ve also scored two or more on eight occasions at home. Promising stats considering they’ll now face potentially their easiest task, in terms of opposition quality, in some time.

Since dropping down a division last season, Halifax haven’t done terribly, but they still have a tendency to concede goals, especially away from home. The visitors have let in 17 goals on the road this season, conceding two or more on five occasions.

Eastleigh will go into this game knowing that this is a massive chance to potentially face a top-level club in the next round and, having been handed a golden chance to do so, they are fancied to make it through in good fashion.