Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Eastleigh · National League
Forest Green Rovers beat Eastleigh 1-0 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 Eastleigh met in the National League at The New Lawn in Nailsworth on Monday, 25 August 2025.
Goalscorers
Forest Green Rovers: T. Knowles 90'. Eastleigh did not score.
How the match went
The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Forest Green Rovers, 2 for Eastleigh).
Line-ups
Forest Green Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Luke McNicholas, Tre Pemberton, Abraham Kanu, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Neil Kengni Kuemo, Laurent Mendy, Isaac Moore, Kyle McAllister, Nicolas Haughton, Jayden Clarke, Kairo Mitchell.
Eastleigh started in a 5-4-1: Nick Townsend, Richard Brindley, Temi Eweka, Luis Fernandez, Aaron Pierre, Archie Harris, Kieron Evans, Angel Waruih, Jordan Cousins, Jake Taylor, Aaron Blair.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Forest Green Rovers 0-0 Eastleigh.
- 90+4'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Eastleigh. T. Knowles (Forest Green Rovers) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Eastleigh.
Full commentary (37 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Forest Green Rovers vs Eastleigh.
- 7'Attempt missed. N. Haughton (Forest Green Rovers), header. xG 0.07.
- 7'Attempt blocked. N. Haughton (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 12'Attempt saved. J. Clarke (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 20'Attempt saved. K. Evans (Eastleigh), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 25'Attempt missed. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers), header from a set piece. xG 0.22.
- 30'Attempt missed. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.00.
- 35'Attempt blocked. N. Haughton (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.01.
- 37'Yellow card for A. Pierre (Eastleigh).
- 43'Attempt missed. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.18.
- 45'4 minutes of added time.
- 45+1'Yellow card for T. Pemberton (Forest Green Rovers) for foul.
- 45+3'Off the woodwork! K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.03.
- 45'Half-time. Forest Green Rovers 0-0 Eastleigh.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Eastleigh: L. Holzman comes on for L. Fernandez.
- 46'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: Y. Bamba comes on for N. Haughton.
- 46'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: H. Whitwell comes on for J. Clarke.
- 49'Attempt missed. N. K. Kuemo (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.00.
- 54'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: T. Knowles comes on for I. Moore.
- 55'Substitution, Eastleigh: J. Lundstram comes on for K. Evans.
- 59'Attempt blocked. L. Holzman (Eastleigh), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.04.
- 64'Attempt missed. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 66'Attempt missed. Y. Bamba (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 66'Attempt saved. H. Whitwell (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 72'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: H. Cardwell comes on for N. K. Kuemo.
- 75'Substitution, Eastleigh: C. Underhill comes on for J. Taylor.
- 76'Yellow card for R. Brindley (Eastleigh).
- 81'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: R. Inniss comes on for K. McAllister.
- 82'Attempt blocked. Y. Bamba (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.18.
- 84'Attempt missed. H. Whitwell (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 85'Substitution, Eastleigh: S. Davis comes on for J. Lundstram.
- 85'Substitution, Eastleigh: F. Ingram comes on for A. Blair.
- 88'Attempt missed. H. Cardwell (Forest Green Rovers), header. xG 0.04.
- 90'8 minutes of added time.
- 90+4'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Eastleigh. T. Knowles (Forest Green Rovers) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Eastleigh.