FC Halifax Town v Stoke City U21 prediction · National League Cup

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Match information

TUE 13 OCT · 19:00

Venue · The Shay

Line-ups

FC Halifax Town

Stoke City U21

Rest & schedule

Before kick-off · this competition

FC Halifax Town

Stoke City U21

35Days since last match35

0Matches in previous 14 days0

Based on available results in this competition before kick-off.

League table

2026/27

Positions of these teams

#	TEAM	P	GD	PTS
3	FC Halifax Town	2	+7	6
31	Stoke City U21	2	−10	0

Based on available league results; standings may be incomplete.

Line-ups, squads and player statistics aren’t currently available for this competition.

Match statistics

Match statistics aren’t available yet.

Line-ups

FC Halifax Town

Formation not confirmed

1 S. Johnson

23 D. Crowe

44 M. Maltby

5 S. Hobson

16 D. Hill

20 T. Trusty

4 W. Hugill

24 T. McDermott

27 C. Allen

11 C. Douglas

14 A. Morgan-Smith

Coach · –

Substitutes

33 · T. Grant

22 · D. Kawa

7 · O. Bray

21 · T. Wainman

2 · M. Bardell

8 · W. Flint

17 · B. Tollitt

Stoke City U21

Formation not confirmed

1 L. Knight

5 F. Anderson

3 J. Whiteley

2 A. Dauda

6 J. Mears

4 P. Otegbayo

8 E. Boulter

11 T. Martin

7 T. Achu

10 F. Nixon

9 A. Walker

Coach · Liam Lawrence

Substitutes

13 · O. Hatton

12 · L. Connell

14 · E. Fearn

15 · P. Makavore

16 · J. McWilliams

18 · T. Midwood

19 · R. Bardsley

Our number

No model for this competition

We have too little history in National League Cup to put an honest number on this match, so we do not publish one. A guessed probability would look exactly like a real one, which is the problem.

Head to head

0 meetings since 2024

No meetings between these two in National League Cup since 2024. Cup ties and meetings in other competitions are not counted here.

Form · last six in National League Cup

FC HALIFAX TOWN

WDDLWW3–0 · 1–1 · 0–0 · 0–1 · 6–2 · 3–0

STOKE CITY U21

LWLLLL1–2 · 4–0 · 1–4 · 0–2 · 0–4 · 0–6

The table

2026/27

#	TEAM	P	GD	PTS
1	Middlesbrough U21	3	+14	9
2	Boreham Wood	3	+4	7
3	FC Halifax Town	2	+7	6
4	Scunthorpe	2	+5	6
5	Truro City	2	+4	6
6	West Ham United U21	2	+4	6
7	Tamworth	3	+1	6
8	Woking	2	+3	4
9	AFC Hornchurch	3	+2	4
10	Birmingham City U21	2	+1	4
11	Braintree	2	+1	4
12	Everton U21	2	+1	4
13	Norwich City U21	2	+1	4
14	West Bromwich Albion U21	2	+1	4
15	Wealdstone	2	+4	3
16	Wolves U21	2	−1	3
17	Derby County U21	2	−2	3
18	Solihull Moors	3	−2	3
19	Leeds United U21	3	−3	3
20	Sutton Utd	2	0	2
21	Fulham U21	3	−1	2
22	Nottingham Forest U21	2	−1	1
23	Worthing	2	−1	1
24	Gateshead	2	−2	1
25	Aldershot Town	2	−3	1
26	Ipswich Town U21	2	−3	1
27	Leicester City U21	2	−3	1
28	Boston United	2	−2	0
29	Newcastle United U21	3	−4	0
30	Southampton U21	2	−4	0
31	Stoke City U21	2	−10	0
32	Hartlepool	2	−11	0