Eastleigh vs Halifax Town

24 January 2026 · National League · 2025/26 · Referee Niall Smith

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Sam Pearson 27’
Lloyd Humphries 80’ (pen)

Will Harris 9’, 40’
Florent Hoti 60’

Match summary

Halifax Town beat Eastleigh 3-2 on the road. Halifax Town led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Will Harris put Halifax Town ahead in the 9th minute, Sam Pearson equalised in the 27th minute, and Harris put Halifax Town back in front in the 40th minute. In the second half, Florent Hoti made it 1-3 with a header in the 60th minute and Lloyd Humphries pulled one back to make it 2-3 from the penalty spot in the 80th minute.

Eastleigh can feel hard done by, creating 3.00 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Halifax Town's 0.94 from 6. Aaron Blair had a penalty saved for Eastleigh.

Match stats

64% Possession 36%

13 Shots 6

4 Shots on target 3

10 Corners 1

621 Passes 336

85.0% Pass accuracy 75.3%

1 Tackles 4

9 Fouls 14

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

0 Offsides 1

Key events

Eastleigh Halifax Town

Kick-off

9’

Will HarrisLeft foot shot

0-1

Jordan CousinsShot on target

23’

25’

Cody JohnsonFoul

Sam PearsonLeft foot shot

1-1

27’

32’

Florent HotiMax Wright

36’

Thierry Latty-FairweatherFoul

40’

Will HarrisLeft foot shot

1-2

Half-time1-2

Second half underway

Aaron BlairMissed penaltysaved

59’

Aaron BlairShot on target

59’

60’

Florent HotiHeader

1-3

65’

AJ WarburtonDavid Kawa

Kieron EvansJosh Lundstram

72’

79’

Adam Alimi-AdetoroFoul

Lloyd HumphriesPenalty

2-3

80’

Jake VokinsSam Pearson

89’

Angel WaruihJordan Cousins

89’

90’

Jack JenkinsFlorent Hoti

Temi EwekaFoul

90+1’

Full-time2-3

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Eastleigh 3.00 xGHalifax Town 0.94 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Halifax Town attacking Eastleigh attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Eastleigh 4-3-3 Starting XI

Halifax Town 5-4-1 Starting XI

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player


Nick Townsend	90′	0	3	18	–	–	–	–	–

Defenders5 players


Will Spiers	90′	1	1	–	5	1	60	1	–	–	–
Luis Fernandez	90′	–	3	1	5	2	84	–	–	–	–
Temi Eweka	90′	–	2	–	8	3	71	4	–	–
Archie Harris	90′	–	–	–	4	–	65	–	–	1	–
Lloyd Humphries	90′	–	2	–	3	2	77	2	1	–	–

Midfielders6 players


Jordan Cousins Taken off	90′	–	–	84	1	0.02	–	–	1	–	–	–
Josh Lundstram Taken off	75′	–	–	45	1	0.39	–	–	5	1	3	–
Sam Pearson Taken off	90′	1	–	38	1	–	–	1	2	1	2	–
Kieron Evans Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	23	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–
Angel Waruih Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
Jake Vokins Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Forwards2 players


Aaron Blair	90′	–	–	1	1	0.76	0.02	1	1	–	32	–
Harvey Saunders	90′	–	–	2	–	0.28	–	–	5	2	10	–

Goalkeeper1 player


Sam Johnson	90′	2	2	17	1	–	–	–	–

Defenders6 players


Thomas Lavery	90′	1	2	–	4	–	23	1	–	–	–
Shaun Hobson	90′	1	2	1	3	1	34	1	–	–	–
William Smith	90′	–	–	–	5	3	33	1	–	–	–
Adam Alimi-Adetoro	90′	–	3	1	3	–	39	3	–	1
Thierry Latty-Fairweather	90′	1	2	1	5	1	24	1	–	1
AJ Warburton Came on as a substitute	31′	–	1	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–

Midfielders4 players


Max Wright Taken off	32′	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	3	–	1	–
Will Hugill	90′	–	–	40	–	–	–	2	1	–	1	–
Cody Johnson	90′	–	–	50	–	–	1	1	4	2	1
Florent Hoti Came on as a substituteTaken off	61′	1	–	28	–	–	–	1	2	2	–	–

Forwards2 players


David Kawa Taken off	68′	–	1	1	–	0.15	0.24	1	3	1	5	–
Will Harris	90′	2	–	3	2	0.35	–	–	3	–	19	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Eastleigh win 34% Avg odds 2.66

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.16

Halifax Town win 37% Avg odds 2.47

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Eastleigh D D W L L

Halifax Town W W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Halifax Town 2-2 Eastleigh, 13 Sep 25 All Eastleigh vs Halifax Town meetings, next on 28 Nov 26

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.