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FC Halifax Town

Saturday 8 August 2026 · 15:00 · HT 0-1 · The New Lawn, Nailsworth · Referee Lewis Sandoe

Forest Green Rovers v FC Halifax Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

Neither side had played a National League game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.

Overview

Lineups

Form

Table

Match stats

Forest Green Rovers v FC Halifax Town, full match

46%

Possession

54%

1.18

Expected goals (xG)

1.48

16

Shots

11

8

Shots on target

4

8

Corners

5

14

Fouls

7

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

0

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Forest Green Rovers

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

12

Luke McNicholas

DEFENDERS

20

23

24

26

MIDFIELDERS

4

Jayden Clarke

7

Kyle McAllister

17

Oliver Ewing

FORWARDS

9

D'Mani Mellor

11

James Berry

14

Omari Patrick

SUBSTITUTES

1

3

6

8

16

25

10

FC Halifax Town

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

33

True Grant

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

8

MIDFIELDERS

4

Will Hugill

10

Zak Gilsenan

30

Cody Johnson

FORWARDS

9

Conor Carty

11

Connor Douglas

17

Ben Tollitt

SUBSTITUTES

1

19

23

18

20

14

22

Referee: Lewis Sandoe

4 games in the National League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

2.8

League 4.1

Yellow cards per game

2.5

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

20.8

League 25.1

Penalties per game

–

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Form

Home / Away

All games

Forest Green Rovers

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

FC Halifax Town

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

Head to head

League games since 2026/27 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Forest Green Rovers and FC Halifax Town haven't met in a league game since 2026/27.

National League table

2026/27 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Boreham Wood

16

14

2

0

44

17

+27

44

W

2

Harrogate Town

16

10

2

4

34

23

+11

32

D

L

W

3

Southend United

16

8

5

3

38

27

+11

29

L

D

W

4

AFC Fylde

16

9

2

5

30

24

+6

29

W

L

W

L

5

Yeovil Town

16

8

4

35

20

+15

28

L

W

L

W

6

Worthing FC

16

8

4

32

25

+7

28

L

D

W

7

Altrincham

16

9

1

6

24

0

28

L

D

W

L

8

Carlisle United

16

7

5

4

32

23

+9

26

W

D

W

9

Barrow AFC

15

7

4

26

19

+7

25

D

W

10

FC Halifax Town

16

7

3

6

28

20

+8

24

W

L

D

W

11

Sutton United

16

7

3

6

20

21

-1

24

W

L

D

12

Woking

16

6

3

7

25

24

+1

21

W

L

W

L

W

13

Kidderminster Harriers

16

5

6

5

17

16

+1

21

L

D

L

D

14

Aldershot Town

16

6

3

7

19

0

21

W

L

15

Hornchurch

16

7

0

9

18

26

-8

21

L

W

L

16

Forest Green Rovers

14

5

4

5

23

24

-1

19

D

W

L

D

17

Eastleigh

16

5

4

7

19

25

-6

19

D

L

W

L

18

Wealdstone

16

5

3

8

23

29

-6

18

W

L

W

L

19

Boston United

16

5

3

8

21

29

-8

18

W

L

20

Tamworth

15

5

2

8

25

32

-7

17

L

W

L

W

21

Hartlepool United

16

5

0

11

18

27

-9

15

L

W

L

22

Solihull Moors

16

4

1

11

19

40

-21

13

W

L

23

Scunthorpe United

15

3

1

11

19

30

-11

10

L

24

Gateshead

15

1

13

9

34

-25

4

L

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