"We're looking stronger" - Town boss Lakeland wants to maintain momentum against Wealdstone on Sunday

After a tough November, which saw The Shaymen lose ground in the race for the play-offs, Halifax have won three and drawn two of their last five matches at home, conceding just one goal.

They face a Wealdstone side who have the same number of points as Town but who are in mixed form and haven't won in the league since November 8.

"We're taking every game as it comes," Lakeland said.

"There's a lot of games (coming) thick and fast at the minute.

"We were really determined to win our last league game against Braintree because we knew we had a couple of weeks until we played in the league again.

"But it's just about us trying to build momentum and we're doing that a bit at the moment.

"We expect a difficult game, they're having a very good season and they're a good side.

"I felt we were really unlucky down at their place second game of the season.

"We had Will Harris sent-off after 13 minutes for a really harsh red card, and I still felt we should have got something out of that game, and narrowly lost 2-1 having played 80 minutes with ten men.

"So we know we're capable of competing with them, and we're in good form at the minute.

"We know we'll have to play well to beat them, but that's got to be the aim."

Lakeland feels Town are in a good place at the moment, but isn't taking anything for granted, with their dip in form only recently put behind them.

"I feel like we're in a better place than we were a couple of weeks ago, just probably for having a few bodies back," he said.

"We're going along quite well again, but we've got to keep going.

"We can't think we've cracked it again because we've had a couple of decent results and a few clean sheets.

"We've got to keep going but we're certainly getting stronger in terms of numbers, competition for places and options off the bench.

"We certainly look healthier than we did, probably going back to the Boreham Wood game, especially now we've got the likes of David (Kawa) and Max (Wright) both back and close, and Will Smith back and having got through back-to-back 90 minutes.

"Shaun Hobson's still to come into it as well, Jay Turner-Cooke's back and getting his minutes up, Cody Johnson's back now and looking like he was at the start of the season.

"So we're looking stronger but we've just got to keep working every day to be better."

Defender Shaun Hobson could be in contention for a return to action, having been absent recently due to an abductor injury.

"Possibly, he's progressing along nicely," Lakeland said.

"He's got a chance for sure, he's definitely close."

Striker Owen Devonport's loan from Fleetwood Town is due to expire at the end of the month, and Lakeland says he would like to extend it.

"Definitely yeah, because he's only really not been playing because Will Harris has been flying," Lakeland said.

"But Will Harris is probably flying because he's got Owen competing with him every day.

"So we can't be in a position where we've only got Will, so we'll see if we can extend it."