Forest Green Rovers surprises Stevenage with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

NAILSWORTH. Forest Green Rovers had a surprising win over Stevenage with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. March (57') and a goal from J. Matt (64').

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Forest Green Rovers surprises Stevenage with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

NAILSWORTH. Forest Green Rovers had a surprising win over Stevenage with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. March (57′) and a goal from J. Matt (64′). Forest Green Rovers made the most of its better ball possession (59%).

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 Neil Hair with the collaboration of Darren Wilding and Christopher Wade. The 4th official was Thomas Harty. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Forest Green Rovers

2 - 0

Team 1

Stevenage

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 25 Total 6
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 20 Off Target 4
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 117 Attack 85
  • 59 Dangerous attack 49
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 11 Corners 7
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 8 Total 13
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Forest Green Rovers had a strong ball possession 59% while Stevenage was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Forest Green Rovers had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Forest Green Rovers won the match​.

Forest Green Rovers shot 25 times, 5 on target, 20 off target. On the other side, Stevenage shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card (N. Cadden). Talking about the opposition, Stevenage received 1 yellow card (C. Lines).

Match Timeline

13'
19'
50'
57'
64'
66'
66'
74'
81'
84'
Dan Sweeney- sub ->J. March

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Forest Green Rovers
84
46
Exeter City
84
46
Bristol Rovers
80
46
Northampton Town
80
46
Port Vale
78
46
Swindon Town
77
46
Mansfield Town
77
46
Sutton United
76
46
Tranmere Rovers
75
46
Salford City
70
46
Newport County
69
46
Crawley Town
61
46
Leyton Orient
58
46
Bradford City
58
46
Colchester United
55
46
Walsall
54
46
Hartlepool United
54
46
Rochdale
53
46
Harrogate Town
53
46
Carlisle United
53
46
Stevenage
47
46
Barrow
44
46
Oldham Athletic
38
46
Scunthorpe United
26
46

After this match, Forest Green Rovers will have 47 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Stevenage will stay with 20 points to hold in the 22nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Forest Green Rovers will play away with Port Vale on the 1st of February with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Port Vale (4 draws).

Stevenage will host Walsall on the 8th of January with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Walsall (5 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Forest Green Rovers
G
Luke McGee 1.England
7.1
D
Jordan Moore-Taylor 15.England
7.2
D
Baily Cargill 6.England
7.2
D
Dominic Bernard  3.England
7.2
M
Kane Wilson 2.England
8.4
M
Nicky Cadden 11.Scotland
7.8
19'
M
Ebou Adams 8.Gambia
8.0
M
Sadou Diallo 23.England
6.9
74'
F
Jamille Matt 14.Jamaica
8.0
Goals64'
F
Jack Aitchison 10.Scotland
7.0
81'
F
Josh March 28.England
7.3
84' Goals57'
Substitutes
G
Lewis Thomas 24.Wales
D
Udoka Godwin-Malife 22.England
D
Dan Sweeney 4.England
7.0
84'
M
Jack Evans 16.England
M
Opanin Edwards 17.England
M
Ben Stevenson 7.England
6.7
74'
F
Jake Young 18.England
6.5
81'

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

The manager Rob Edwards decided to play with the following team: Luke McGee (7.1), Dominic Bernard (7.2), Jordan Moore-Taylor (7.2), Baily Cargill (7.2), Kane Wilson (8.4), Ebou Adams (8.0), Sadou Diallo (6.9), Nicky Cadden (7.8), Jack Aitchison (7.0), Josh March (7.3) and Jamille Matt (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: U. Godwin-Malife, Dan Sweeney (7.0), J. Evans, O. Edwards, Jake Young (6.5), Ben Stevenson (6.7) and L. Thomas.

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 3 changes: S. Diallo for B. Stevenson (74′), J. Aitchison for J. Young (81′) and J. March for D. Sweeney (84′).

Best player: Kane Wilson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was Kane Wilson even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 30 passes (86% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.

Stevenage – Formation

Stevenage
G
Adam Smith 41.England
6.6
D
Scott Cuthbert 5.Scotland
7.3
D
L. Prosser 6.England
6.8
D
Ben Coker 3.England
6.8
D
Luther James-Wildin 2.Antigua and Barbuda
6.3
D
Terence Vancooten 15.Guyana
6.4
M
Chris Lines 14.England
6.6
66' 13'
M
Jake Reeves  4.England
6.8
M
Bruno Andrade  12.Portugal
6.4
F
Elliott List 7.England
6.8
50'
F
Luke Norris 9.England
6.9
66'
Substitutes
G
Joseph Anang 1.England
D
Max Melbourne 22.England
M
Arthur Read 19.England
6.6
50'
M
Elliot Osborne 11.England
M
Charlie Carter 10.England
6.8
66'
F
James Daly 17.England
6.5
66'
F
Jack Smith 23.England

Stevenage started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Paul Tisdale played with: Adam Smith (6.6), Luther James-Wildin (6.3), Terence Vancooten (6.4), Scott Cuthbert (7.3), Luke Prosser (6.8), Ben Coker (6.8), Chris Lines (6.6), Jake Reeves (6.8), Bruno Andrade (6.4), Luke Norris (6.9) and Elliott List (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: James Daly (6.5), J. Smith, Arthur Read (6.6), E. Osborne, J. Anang, Charlie Carter (6.8) and M. Melbourne.

Stevenage could not rely on the presence of A. Read (injured).

Substitutions

Stevenage made 3 changes: E. List for A. Read (50′), C. Lines for J. Daly (66′) and L. Norris for C. Carter (66′).

Best player: Scott Cuthbert​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Stevenage was Scott Cuthbert.

His rating is (7.3) with 17 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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