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Forest Green Rovers 3-2 FC Halifax Town · National League

Forest Green Rovers beat FC Halifax Town 3-2 in the National League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Forest Green Rovers and FC Halifax Town met in the National League at The New Lawn in Nailsworth on Saturday, 8 August 2026.

Goalscorers

Forest Green Rovers: F. Mabete 48'; S. Etaluku 59'; K. McAllister 79'. FC Halifax Town: W. Flint 9'; Z. Gilsenan 90'.

How the match went

FC Halifax Town saw more of the ball, 54% of it. Forest Green Rovers had 16 shots with 8 on target, FC Halifax Town 11 with 4 on target. There were 13 corners in total, 8 to Forest Green Rovers and 5 to FC Halifax Town. Forest Green Rovers conceded 14 fouls, FC Halifax Town 7. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Forest Green Rovers, 2 for FC Halifax Town).

Line-ups

Forest Green Rovers started in a 4-3-2-1: Luke McNicholas, Sydney Agina, Emeka Obi, Filozofe Mabete, Sean Etaluku, Kyle McAllister, Jayden Clarke, Oliver Ewing, James Berry, Omari Patrick, D'Mani Mellor.

FC Halifax Town started in a 4-2-3-1: True Grant, Max Bardell, Will Flint, Shaun Hobson, Raheem Conte, Cody Johnson, Will Hugill, Connor Douglas, Zak Gilsenan, Ben Tollitt, Conor Carty.

More from this competition: National League fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 9'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 0-1 FC Halifax Town. W. Flint (FC Halifax Town) scores.
  2. 45'Half-time. Forest Green Rovers 0-1 FC Halifax Town.
  3. 48'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1-1 FC Halifax Town. F. Mabete (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by K. McAllister.
  4. 59'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2-1 FC Halifax Town. S. Etaluku (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by K. McAllister.
  5. 79'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 3-1 FC Halifax Town. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by K. Kelly.
  6. 90+5'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 3-2 FC Halifax Town. Z. Gilsenan (FC Halifax Town) scores.
  7. 90'Full-time. Forest Green Rovers 3-2 FC Halifax Town.
Full commentary (46 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Forest Green Rovers vs FC Halifax Town.
  2. 9'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 0-1 FC Halifax Town. W. Flint (FC Halifax Town) scores.
  3. 12'Yellow card for S. Agina (Forest Green Rovers) for foul.
  4. 16'Off the woodwork! J. Berry (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.17.
  5. 16'Attempt saved. J. Berry (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.00.
  6. 17'Attempt blocked. O. Patrick (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  7. 18'Attempt missed. M. Bardell (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  8. 22'Attempt missed. Z. Gilsenan (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.00.
  9. 25'Attempt blocked. J. Clarke (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  10. 28'Attempt missed. C. Carty (FC Halifax Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.15.
  11. 33'Attempt missed. Z. Gilsenan (FC Halifax Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  12. 35'Attempt saved. C. Carty (FC Halifax Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  13. 38'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: T. Campbell comes on for E. Obi.
  14. 43'Attempt saved. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  15. 45'7 minutes of added time.
  16. 45+2'Yellow card for M. Bardell (FC Halifax Town) for foul.
  17. 45+5'Yellow card for B. Tollitt (FC Halifax Town) for foul.
  18. 45'Half-time. Forest Green Rovers 0-1 FC Halifax Town.
  19. 46'The second half is under way.
  20. 47'Attempt blocked. O. Patrick (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.11.
  21. 48'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1-1 FC Halifax Town. F. Mabete (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by K. McAllister.
  22. 49'Attempt missed. C. Johnson (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
  23. 57'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: R. Rees comes on for D. Mellor.
  24. 57'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: J. O. Osude comes on for O. Patrick.
  25. 57'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: N. K. Kuemo comes on for J. Berry.
  26. 59'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2-1 FC Halifax Town. S. Etaluku (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by K. McAllister.
  27. 61'Attempt saved. O. Ewing (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  28. 63'Attempt saved. F. Mabete (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  29. 63'Attempt blocked. J. O. Osude (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  30. 66'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: A. Morgan-Smith comes on for B. Tollitt.
  31. 66'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: A. Allen comes on for C. Carty.
  32. 68'Attempt missed. J. O. Osude (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  33. 69'Attempt missed. A. Allen (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  34. 71'Attempt saved. S. Agina (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  35. 72'Attempt blocked. O. Ewing (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  36. 73'Attempt saved. A. Allen (FC Halifax Town), header. xG 0.19.
  37. 79'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 3-1 FC Halifax Town. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by K. Kelly.
  38. 79'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: K. Kelly comes on for O. Ewing.
  39. 83'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: D. Crowe comes on for S. Hobson.
  40. 84'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: A. Warburton comes on for D. Crowe.
  41. 84'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: T. Trusty comes on for C. Johnson.
  42. 85'Attempt blocked. W. Hugill (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.09.
  43. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  44. 90+4'Attempt blocked. K. Kelly (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  45. 90+5'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 3-2 FC Halifax Town. Z. Gilsenan (FC Halifax Town) scores.
  46. 90'Full-time. Forest Green Rovers 3-2 FC Halifax Town.
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