NAILSWORTH. Milton Keynes Dons managed to find the solution against Forest Green Rovers to win 2-1. M. Eisa was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Forest Green Rovers to strike first with a goal of Myles Peart-Harris at the 29′. Then it was a goal in the 43′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Mo Eisa gave the win to Milton Keynes Dons in the 51′ minute scoring a double.

The match was played at the The New Lawn stadium in Nailsworth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Backhouse assisted by Daniel Flynn and Simon Shaw. The 4th official was Steve Rushton. The weather was clear. The temperature was freezing at -1 degrees Celsius or 30.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Forest Green Rovers had a superior ball possession 55% while Milton Keynes Dons was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Forest Green Rovers was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Milton Keynes Dons was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Forest Green Rovers shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Milton Keynes Dons shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Amadou Bakayoko and Myles Peart-Harris). Regarding the opposition, Milton Keynes Dons received 4 yellow cards (Bradley Johnson, Josh McEachran, Jamie Cumming and C. Grant).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Forest Green Rovers will stay with 21 points to hold in the 24th place. On the other side, Milton Keynes Dons will have 25 points like Accrington Stanley to hold in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Forest Green Rovers will play away with Cambridge United on the 6th of May with a 11-5 head to head in favor of Forest Green Rovers (10 draws).

Milton Keynes Dons will play away agasint Burton Albion on the 6th of May with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Milton Keynes Dons (2 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Forest Green Rovers adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Ian Burchnall decided to play with the following team: Ross Doohan, Corey O’Keeffe, Jamie Robson, Brandon Cooper, Oliver Casey, Dylan McGeouch, Kyle McAllister, Ben Edward Stevenson, Jordan Garrick, Myles Peart-Harris and Amadou Bakayoko.

The home team had on the bench: Josh March, Mathew Stevens, Regan Hendry, Dominic Bernard, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Baily Cargill and Lewis Thomas.

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 4 changes: Jordon Garrick for Udoka Godwin-Malife (59′), Dylan McGeouch for Regan Hendry (59′), Kyle McAllister for Josh March (59′) and Myles Peart-Harris for Mathew Stevens (82′).

Milton Keynes Dons – Formation

Also Milton Keynes Dons adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Mark Graham Jackson played with: Jamie Cumming, Daniel Harvie, Tennai Watson, Jack Tucker, Bradley Johnson, Josh McEachran, Dawson Devoy, Will Grigg, Jonathan Leko, Mohamed Eisa and Zak Jules.

They had on the bench: Louie Barry, Conor Grant, Franco Nahuel Ravizzoli, Matthew Smith, Max Dean, Henry Lawrence and Darragh Burns.

Substitutions

Milton Keynes Dons made 4 changes: Jonathan Leko for C. Grant (63′), Josh McEachran for Matt Smith (63′), Will Grigg for Henry Lawrence (71′) and Mo Eisa for M. Dean (88′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Oxford United – Ipswich Town – 2-1
• Portsmouth – Exeter City – 2-0
• Forest Green Rovers – Milton Keynes Dons – 1-2
• Derby County – Bolton Wanderers – 2-1
• Shrewsbury Town – Cambridge United – 5-1
• Sheffield Wednesday – Fleetwood Town – 1-0
• Plymouth Argyle – Cheltenham Town – 4-2
• Barnsley – Accrington Stanley – 3-1