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Forest Green Rovers 2-1 FC Halifax Town · National League

Forest Green Rovers beat FC Halifax Town 2-1 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, 3 January 2026.

Goalscorers

Forest Green Rovers: R. Rees 67', 78'. FC Halifax Town: W. Hugill 45'.

How the match went

Possession was almost even at 51% to 49%. Forest Green Rovers had 23 shots with 8 on target, FC Halifax Town 7 with 2 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 7 to Forest Green Rovers and 5 to FC Halifax Town. Forest Green Rovers conceded 9 fouls, FC Halifax Town 13. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (1 for Forest Green Rovers, 3 for FC Halifax Town).

Line-ups

Forest Green Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Harry Isted, Tom Knowles, Ryan Inniss, Abraham Kanu, Neil Kengni Kuemo, Harvey Bunker, Laurent Mendy, Kyle McAllister, Harry Whitwell, Ricardo Rees, Temi Babalola.

FC Halifax Town started in a 3-5-2: Sam Johnson, Shaun Hobson, William Smith, Adam Alimi-Adetoro, AJ Warburton, Will Hugill, Cody Johnson, Jay Turner-Cooke, Angelo Capello, Josh Hmami, Will Harris.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45+2'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 0-1 FC Halifax Town. W. Hugill (FC Halifax Town) scores.
  2. 45'Half-time. Forest Green Rovers 0-1 FC Halifax Town.
  3. 67'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1-1 FC Halifax Town. R. Rees (Forest Green Rovers) scores.
  4. 78'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2-1 FC Halifax Town. R. Rees (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by T. Knowles.
  5. 90'Full-time. Forest Green Rovers 2-1 FC Halifax Town.
Full commentary (48 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Forest Green Rovers vs FC Halifax Town.
  2. 8'Attempt saved. H. Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.07.
  3. 14'Attempt saved. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.16.
  4. 16'Attempt saved. T. Knowles (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.08.
  5. 18'Attempt blocked. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  6. 18'Attempt blocked. T. Babalola (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.83.
  7. 18'Off the woodwork! R. Rees (Forest Green Rovers), header. xG 0.27.
  8. 19'Attempt missed. H. Whitwell (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.14.
  9. 30'Yellow card for H. Bunker (Forest Green Rovers) for foul.
  10. 34'Attempt missed. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.38.
  11. 38'Yellow card for A. Alimi-Adetoro (FC Halifax Town) for foul.
  12. 38'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: T. Latty-Fairweather comes on for J. Hmami.
  13. 39'Attempt blocked. T. Babalola (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  14. 40'Attempt blocked. R. Rees (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.30.
  15. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  16. 45+2'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 0-1 FC Halifax Town. W. Hugill (FC Halifax Town) scores.
  17. 45'Half-time. Forest Green Rovers 0-1 FC Halifax Town.
  18. 46'The second half is under way.
  19. 46'Attempt missed. H. Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  20. 49'Attempt missed. A. Kanu (Forest Green Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.44.
  21. 49'Attempt blocked. T. Knowles (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
  22. 51'Attempt blocked. T. Knowles (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  23. 59'Attempt blocked. T. Knowles (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  24. 60'Yellow card for C. Johnson (FC Halifax Town) for foul.
  25. 60'Attempt blocked. A. Warburton (FC Halifax Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  26. 61'Attempt blocked. H. Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  27. 64'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: J. Buyabu comes on for H. Bunker.
  28. 67'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1-1 FC Halifax Town. R. Rees (Forest Green Rovers) scores.
  29. 67'Attempt saved. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.61.
  30. 69'Attempt missed. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  31. 70'Attempt saved. R. Rees (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.14.
  32. 75'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: D. Kawa comes on for A. Capello.
  33. 76'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: I. Moore comes on for R. Inniss.
  34. 78'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2-1 FC Halifax Town. R. Rees (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by T. Knowles.
  35. 86'Attempt saved. R. Rees (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  36. 88'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: F. Hoti comes on for A. Alimi-Adetoro.
  37. 88'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: O. Bray comes on for W. Hugill.
  38. 88'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: K. Mitchell comes on for N. K. Kuemo.
  39. 88'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: M. Robson comes on for R. Rees.
  40. 90'Attempt missed. F. Hoti (FC Halifax Town), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
  41. 90'Attempt blocked. C. Johnson (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  42. 90'Attempt blocked. F. Hoti (FC Halifax Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  43. 90'5 minutes of added time.
  44. 90+2'Yellow card for J. Turner-Cooke (FC Halifax Town) for foul.
  45. 90+2'Attempt missed. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  46. 90+3'Attempt saved. W. Smith (FC Halifax Town), header. xG 0.08.
  47. 90+5'Attempt blocked. J. Turner-Cooke (FC Halifax Town), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.00.
  48. 90'Full-time. Forest Green Rovers 2-1 FC Halifax Town.
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