HARROGATE. Forest Green Rovers had a easy win over Harrogate Town. Forest Green Rovers got an early 4-0 lead with 4 goals from J. Aitchison (21′), N. Cadden (26′) and J. Matt (45′). Harrogate Town tried to recover with a goal from L. Kerry (57′). Nevertheless, the encounter was closed by a goal (73′) scored by M. Stevens for Forest Green Rovers. Harrogate Town lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the CNG Stadium stadium in Harrogate on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Martin Coy assisted by David Avent and Johnathon Bickerdike. The 4th official was Joe Simpson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.8 degrees Celsius or 40.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Harrogate Town had a superior ball possession 59% while Forest Green Rovers was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Harrogate Town was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Forest Green Rovers was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Harrogate Town shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Forest Green Rovers shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Harrogate Town received 2 yellow cards (J. Falkingham and L. Kerry). On the opposite side, Forest Green Rovers didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Harrogate Town will stay with 30 points to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Forest Green Rovers will have 43 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Harrogate Town will host Northampton Town on the 11th of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Forest Green Rovers will play away agasint Oldham Athletic on the 11th of December with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Forest Green Rovers (3 draws).

Harrogate Town – Formation

Harrogate Town started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Simon Weaver decided to play with the following team: Mark Oxley (5.5), George Thomson (6.6), Warren Burrell (6.2), Connor Hall (6.5), Nathan Sheron (7.3), Lloyd Kerry (7.1), Josh Falkingham (6.2), Alexander Pattison (6.1), Simon Power (6.4), Luke Armstrong (6.5) and Jack Diamond (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: J. Cracknell, D. Orsi, B. Attree, J. Muldoon and B. Williams.

Substitutions

Harrogate Town decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Best player: Nathan Sheron​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Harrogate Town was Nathan Sheron.

His rating is (7.3) with 59 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

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

Rob Edwards played with: Luke McGee (6.7), Dominic Bernard (6.2), Jordan Moore-Taylor (7.1), Baily Cargill (6.8), Kane Wilson (7.4), Ben Stevenson (7.4), Ebou Adams (7.1), Nicky Cadden (7.9), Jack Aitchison (8.4), Jamille Matt (7.4) and Mathew Stevens (8.4).

They had on the bench: L. Thomas, T. Allen, R. Hendry, S. Diallo, Jake Young (6.6), Dan Sweeney (6.2) and Josh March (6.4).

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 3 changes: J. Matt for J. March (76′), K. Wilson for D. Sweeney (83′) and M. Stevens for J. Young (83′).

Best player: Jack Aitchison​

The most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was Jack Aitchison.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 30 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bristol Rovers – Port Vale – 1-2
• Exeter City – Northampton Town – 1-2
• Harrogate Town – Forest Green Rovers – 1-4
• Leyton Orient – Swindon Town – 4-1
• Mansfield Town – Carlisle United – 1-0
• Newport County – Sutton United – 3-2
• Oldham Athletic – Tranmere Rovers – 0-1
• Stevenage – Scunthorpe United – 1-1
• Walsall – Crawley Town – 1-1