NAILSWORTH. Bristol Rovers beat Forest Green Rovers 3-1 thanks to J. Marquis who scored in the 19th and 61st minute. It was Forest Green Rovers to score first with a goal from Charlie Savage. Nevertheless, later Bristol Rovers found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with John Marquis (19′), Scott Sinclair (26′) and John Marquis (61′).

Corey O’Keeffe didn’t convert a decisive penalty (85′). That would have allowed Forest Green Rovers to draw the match.​

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 Scott Oldham with the support of Mike George and Alex James. The 4th official was Adam Ricketts. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.5 degrees Celsius or 40.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Forest Green Rovers was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Bristol Rovers that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bristol Rovers was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bristol Rovers won the encounter.​

Forest Green Rovers shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Bristol Rovers shot 13 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card (Dominic Bernard). Talking about the opposition, Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards (L. Bogarde, John Marquis and Luke McCormick).

Standings

After this encounter, Forest Green Rovers will stay with 23 points to sit in the 24th place. On the other side, Bristol Rovers will have 45 points like Lincoln City to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Forest Green Rovers will host Barnsley on the 15th of April with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Barnsley (0 draws).

Bristol Rovers will host Derby County on the 15th of April with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Derby County (0 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Forest Green Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Duncan Ferguson decided to play with the following team: Lewis Thomas, Corey O’Keeffe, Jamie Robson, Brandon Cooper, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Dominic Bernard, Jordan Garrick, Myles Peart-Harris, Charlie Savage, Amadou Bakayoko and Dylan McGeouch (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ross Doohan, Baily Cargill (6.8), Sean O’Brien, Kyle McAllister, Tyrese Omotoye and Harvey Bunker.

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 5 changes: Amadou Bakayoko for Tyrese Omotoye (46′), Jordon Garrick for Kyle McAllister (62′), Dylan McGeouch for Harvey Bunker (86′), Corey O’Keeffe for Sean O’Brien (86′) and Dominic Bernard for Baily Cargill (86′).

Best player: Baily Cargill​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was Baily Cargill.

His rating is (6.8) with 10 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 86′.

Bristol Rovers – Formation

Bristol Rovers started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Joey Barton played with: James Belshaw, Lewis Jack Gibson, Lewis Gordon, Jarell Quansah, Lamar Bogarde, Scott Sinclair, Grant Ward, Luca Hoole, Aaron Collins, Josh Coburn and John Marquis (8.2).

These were the players on the bench: Anthony Evans, James Connolly, Glenn Whelan, Ryan Loft (6.4), Luke McCormick (5.2), James Gibbons and Ellery Balcombe.

Substitutions

Bristol Rovers made 5 changes: Josh Coburn for Antony Evans (63′), John Marquis for Ryan Loft (79′), Aaron Collins for Luke McCormick (80′), Luke McCormick for James Connolly (88′) and L. Bogarde for Glenn Whelan (89′).

Best player: John Marquis​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol Rovers was John Marquis.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 20 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Shrewsbury Town – Morecambe – 3-1
• Portsmouth – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-1
• Peterborough United – Cheltenham Town – 0-3
• Oxford United – Derby County – 2-3
• Milton Keynes Dons – Cambridge United – 1-0
• Forest Green Rovers – Bristol Rovers – 1-3
• Fleetwood Town – Port Vale – 1-1
• Exeter City – Lincoln City – 2-1
• Charlton Athletic – Accrington Stanley – 1-1
• Burton Albion – Wycombe Wanderers – 2-1
• Bolton Wanderers – Ipswich Town – 0-2
• Barnsley – Plymouth Argyle – 3-0