Eastleigh 1-0 FC Halifax Town

Tyrone Barnett scored the only goal as Eastleigh snapped their five-match winless run with a 1-0 triumph that ended Halifax's pursuit of a fifth straight National League victory.

In an even first half, Andrew Boyce headed over the bar for Eastleigh while a Halifax break saw Jamie Allen race forward and supply Billy Chadwick, whose effort was repelled by Joe McDonnell.

Eastleigh made the breakthrough just before the hour as Jack Payne's cross found Barnett unmarked and the former Peterborough target man gladly slotted in his ninth goal of the season.

Chadwick tried to curl in an equaliser soon after, with McDonnell denying him again, and time eventually ran out for Fax as they suffered a first defeat in seven.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

• Line-ups
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Line-ups

Eastleigh

Formation 4-4-2

1McDonnell

24Blair2Partington19Hollands5Bird

6Boyce17Tomlinson8Payne7Bell-Baggie

10Barnett18House

• 1McDonnell
• 24BlairSubstituted forSmartat 73'minutesBooked at 85mins
• 2Partington
• 19Hollands
• 5Bird
• 6BoyceBooked at 72mins
• 17Tomlinson
• 8Payne
• 7Bell-BaggieSubstituted forBearwishat 88'minutes
• 10BarnettSubstituted forSmithat 88'minutes
• 18HouseBooked at 86mins

Substitutes

• 3Green
• 9Smith
• 11Smart
• 13Flitney
• 14Bearwish

Halifax

Formation 4-4-2

1Johnson

2King3Senior31Maher4Clarke

6Bradbury5Byrne26Woods8Green

36Chadwick7Allen

• 1Johnson
• 2KingBooked at 29mins
• 3Senior
• 31MaherBooked at 40mins
• 4Clarke
• 6BradburySubstituted forSpenceat 73'minutesBooked at 81mins
• 5ByrneBooked at 65mins
• 26Woods
• 8Green
• 36Chadwick
• 7Allen

Substitutes

• 18Benn
• 20Tear
• 30Spence
• 37Crane
• 40Renshaw

Referee:

Adrian Quelch

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Eastleigh 1, FC Halifax Town 0.

2. 90'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Eastleigh 1, FC Halifax Town 0.

3. 88'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Eastleigh. Dan Smith replaces Tyrone Barnett.

4. 88'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Eastleigh. Tom Bearwish replaces Abdulai Bell-Baggie.

5. 86'

   Booking

   Ben House (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

6. 85'

   Booking

   Sam Smart (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

7. 81'

   Booking

   Kian Spence (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

8. 73'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Eastleigh. Sam Smart replaces Tom Blair.

9. 73'

   Substitution

   Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Kian Spence replaces Tom Bradbury.

10. 72'

    Booking

    Andrew Boyce (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

11. 65'

    Booking

    Neill Byrne (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

12. 59'

    Goal!

    Goal! Eastleigh 1, FC Halifax Town 0. Tyrone Barnett (Eastleigh).

13. Second Half

    Second Half begins Eastleigh 0, FC Halifax Town 0.

14. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Eastleigh 0, FC Halifax Town 0.

15. 40'

    Booking

    Niall Maher (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

16. 29'

    Booking

    Jeff King (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

17. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

18. Posted at 14:09 20 Mar 202114:09 20 Mar 2021

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.