ACCRINGTON. Accrington Stanley prevailed over Forest Green Rovers to win 2-1. J. Andrews was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Accrington Stanley to strike first with a goal of Josh Andrews at the 18′. Then Josh Andrews scored again for Accrington Stanley in the 51′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Mathew Stevens reduced the distance for Forest Green Rovers (83′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Wham Stadium stadium in Accrington on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ben Atkinson with the assistance of Richard Woodward and Paul Newhouse. The 4th official was Thomas Harty. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 19.05 degrees Celsius or 66.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Accrington Stanley was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Forest Green Rovers that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Accrington Stanley was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Accrington Stanley won the match​.

Accrington Stanley shot 16 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Forest Green Rovers shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card (Brad Hills). Regarding the opposition, Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card (Reece Welch).

Standings

After playing this contest, Accrington Stanley will have 17 points to remain in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Forest Green Rovers will stay with 7 points like Sutton United to remain in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Accrington Stanley will play away against Colchester United on the 17th of February with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Accrington Stanley (0 draws).

Forest Green Rovers will play away agasint Crawley Town on the 17th of February with a 9-8 head to head in favor of Forest Green Rovers (5 draws).

Accrington Stanley – Formation

Accrington Stanley adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager John Coleman decided to play with the following team: Jon McCracken (8.2), Matt Lowe (7.1), Brad Hills (7.3), Joseph Gubbins (6.4), Rosaire Longelo (6.7), Dan Martin (7.0), Benjamin Woods (7.0), Jack Nolan (8.2), Joe Pritchard (6.7), Shaun Whalley (7.1) and Josh Andrews (9.2).

The home team had on the bench: Lewis Shipley, Kelvin Mellor, Aaron Pickles, Connor O’Brien, Josh Woods (6.4), Korede Adedoyin (6.7) and Jack McIntyre.

Substitutions

Accrington Stanley made 2 changes: Josh Andrews for Josh Woods (81′) and Shaun Whalley for Korede Adedoyin (81′).

Best player: Josh Andrews​

The most impressive player for Accrington Stanley was Josh Andrews.

His rating is (9.2) with 2 goals, 16 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 26.

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Also Forest Green Rovers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

David Horseman played with: James Belshaw (6.4), Dominic Bernard (6.8), Ryan Inniss (6.7), Reece Welch (7.0), Jamie Robson (6.8), Harvey Bunker (6.8), Charlie McCann (7.5), Kyle McAllister (7.3), Matty Taylor (6.8), Sean Robertson (7.0) and Troy Deeney (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Darnell Johnson, Teddy Jenks, Mathew Stevens (7.1), Jacob Maddox (6.8), Jamie Searle, Fankaty Dabo (7.0) and Callum Morton (7.5).

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 4 changes: Jamie Robson for Fankaty Dabo (46′), Sean Robertson for Jacob Maddox (46′), Harvey Bunker for Callum Morton (54′) and Matty Taylor for Mathew Stevens (69′).

Best player: Troy Deeney​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was Troy Deeney.

His rating is (7.7) with 30 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

• Tranmere Rovers – Grimsby Town – 2-2
• Sutton United – Walsall – 4-0
• Stockport County – Doncaster Rovers – 1-0
• Salford City – Crewe Alexandra – 4-2
• Newport County – Harrogate Town – 1-2
• Mansfield Town – AFC Wimbledon – 0-0
• Gillingham – Milton Keynes Dons – 2-1
• Crawley Town – Wrexham – 0-1
• Colchester United – Morecambe – 1-3
• Bradford City – Swindon Town – 1-0
• Barrow – Notts County – 1-1
• Accrington Stanley – Forest Green Rovers – 2-1