FC Halifax Town v Solihull Moors LIVE
We’ll bring you all the updates throughout the evening as they happen as well as an on-the-whistle match report and post-match reaction on the Courier website.
FC Halifax Town v Solihull Moors LIVE
Line-up
Town team
Johnson, Senior, Keane, Stott, Galvin, Hunter, Summerfield, Wright, Cooke, Cappello, George.
Subs: Golden, Evans, Oluwabori, Cosgrave, Jenkins.
Tonight's ref
Dean Watson has shown 20 yellow cards but no red cards in five National League game this season. Took charge of Halifax's 1-0 win at Oldham last season, a game in which he sent off Mike Fondop, and Town's 1-1 draw against Eastleigh in the final game of last season.
Tonight's National League fixtures
Woking v Oxford C Gateshead v Eastleigh Altrincham P-P Dorking W Halifax v Solihull M Wealdstone v Maidenhead Dag & Red v Chesterfield
Could do with Eastleigh winning at Gateshead tonight - can't see it though. Could really do with a Town win though - anything else and they'll have failed to really close the gap by any meaningful distance and will have played a game more than Rochdale and Oldham, and the play-offs really are threatening to recede into the distance
Selection
Difficult to predict where CM will go with team selection after his post-match comments. Wasn't happy at all with some of his players, without naming names, so it comes down to whether he gives them a chance to make amends or changes things up. There is Jack Evans, Kane Thomson-Sommers, Rob Harker, Jack Jenkins and Adam Senior all waiting on the sidelines to come if there are changes, which I'd imagine there will be. Would have thought it's a question of how many
Last five games
Only three teams have failed to win in the National League in their last five games - Eastleigh, Bromley and Halifax. Solihull have only won once in their last five though
Former Shaymen
Jay Benn and Matty Warburton both started last time out for Solihull, so could well start again tonight. As could former Town loanee Tavhon Campbell, who joined them as a replacement for Josh Kelly the other day. Kelly is a big loss for Solihull - he was their top scorer and had an annoying habit of scoring against Town seemingly every time he played them, but now plays in the EFL for AFC Wimbledon.
Town will leapfrog Rochdale in the table with a draw or a win tonight but Solihull can go up to 4th if they win.