The Spitfires are back in Vanarama National League action, as we take on FC Halifax Town at the Silverlake Stadium on Saturday 5th April, with a kick-off time of 5:30pm.

Eastleigh:

The Spitfires will be looking to pick up a strong result this afternoon, in response to a couple of recent defeats.

Last time out, the Spitfires lost away from home against Tamworth. Scott Quigley was sent off just before half-time, before the home side netted two in fairly quick succession around the hour mark.

The Spitfires now occupy eleventh place in the standings, and will be hoping to close the gap to the top ten this afternoon.

FC Halifax Town:

Following six really strong results in a row, Halifax are without a win in their last four games. In their last match, they hosted Hartlepool at The Shay, and lost 1-0 due to a Reyes Cleary goal in the first-half of the game.

The last time they played away from home, the Shaymen were held to a goalless draw at the Kingfield Stadium against Woking.

The West Yorkshire side are making a final push towards securing a play-off spot. With just six games remaining, they sit in fifth place in the standings, and are four points clear of Southend United in eighth.

FC Halifax Town’s last five results:

29/03/25 | FC Halifax Town 0-1 Hartlepool United | VNL

25/03/25 | Woking 0-0 FC Halifax Town | VNL

22/03/25 | Oldham Athletic 2-0 FC Halifax Town | VNL

18/03/25 | FC Halifax Town 0-1 Dagenham & Redbridge | VNL

15/03/25 | Sutton United 0-3 FC Halifax Town | VNL

Previous meetings:

Recently, Halifax have had the upper hand against the Spitfires, and have won both of the last two meetings between the sides in convincing fashion.

Before that, it was Eastleigh who were having the better time of things. The time before that the teams met at the Silverlake Stadium, Eastleigh won 1-0, with Charlie Carter being Eastleigh’s scorer.

14/09/24 | FC Halifax Town 3-1 Eastleigh | VNL

20/04/24 | Eastleigh 0-3 FC Halifax Town | VNL

30/09/23 | FC Halifax Town 2-3 Eastleigh | VNL

29/04/23 | FC Halifax Town 1-1 Eastleigh | VNL

24/09/22 | Eastleigh 1-0 FC Halifax Town | VNL

Preview by Matthew Gibbs