FC Halifax Town 0-2 Forest Green Rovers

Goals from Jon Parkin and Elliott Frear helped promotion-chasing Forest Green Rovers end Halifax Town's 13-match unbeaten run in the National League.

Jordan Burrow tripped James Jennings in the Town box, and Parkin put the visitors ahead from the rebound after his penalty was saved by Sam Johnson.

Frear made it 2-0 before the break when he fired in Keanu Marsh-Brown's cross.

Darren Carter's shot hit the bar for Rovers in the second half, while Halifax struggled to create chances.

Forest Green assistant Jamie Day told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:

"They were on a good run of games - 13 unbeaten - so we knew it was going to be a tough match, but I thought the boys dug in today and showed quality when needed and fully deserved the win.

"The way Cheltenham are playing as well, we need to keep winning games.

"We've had two really good runs during the course of the season and we want to keep it going."

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Halifax

Formation 5-4-1

23Johnson
15Roberts
2Bolton
6BencherifSubstituted forHughesat 84'minutesBooked at 90mins
14BrownBooked at 87mins
3McManus
17MacDonaldSubstituted forFairhurstat 62'minutes
35Wroe
9Burrow
4James
11WalkerSubstituted forPeniketat 46'minutes

Substitutes

1Porter
12Peniket
16Hibbs
19Fairhurst
24Hughes

Forest Green

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Arnold
6BennettBooked at 90mins
16Racine
9Marsh-Brown
3Jennings
2Pipe
19SinclairSubstituted forWilliamsat 90'minutes
4Clough
20ParkinBooked at 54minsSubstituted forMooreat 70'minutes
24Carter
11FrearSubstituted forGuthrieat 78'minutes

Substitutes

10Kelly
14Moore
17Guthrie
18Cooper
26Williams

Referee:: Ian Hussin
Attendance:: 1,329

Match Stats

Home TeamHalifaxAway TeamForest Green

Possession: Home41%; Away59%

Shots: Home10; Away15

Shots on Target: Home3; Away7

Corners: Home3; Away2

Fouls: Home5; Away11

Live Text

Post update
Match ends, FC Halifax Town 0, Forest Green Rovers 2.
90'+5'
Full Time
Second Half ends, FC Halifax Town 0, Forest Green Rovers 2.

90'+4'
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Hand ball by Jordan Burrow (FC Halifax Town).
90'+3'
Booking
Dale Bennett (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3'
Booking
Connor Hughes (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1'
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Attempt missed. Brett Williams (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
90'+1'
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Attempt saved. Keanu Marsh-Brown (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved.
90'
Substitution
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Brett Williams replaces Rob Sinclair.
89'
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Attempt missed. Kurtis Guthrie (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
87'
Booking
Matty Brown (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
84'
Substitution
Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Connor Hughes replaces Hamza Bencherif.
83'
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Attempt saved. Kingsley James (FC Halifax Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
82'
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Offside, Forest Green Rovers. Rob Sinclair tries a through ball, but Rob Sinclair is caught offside.
79'
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Darren Carter (Forest Green Rovers) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box.
78'
Substitution
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Kurtis Guthrie replaces Elliott Frear.
71'
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Foul by James Jennings (Forest Green Rovers).
71'
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James Bolton (FC Halifax Town) wins a free kick.
70'
Substitution
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Kieffer Moore replaces Jon Parkin.
65'
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Attempt missed. Rob Sinclair (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
64'
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Foul by James Jennings (Forest Green Rovers).