NAILSWORTH. Forest Green Rovers managed to find the solution against Crawley Town to win 2-1. C. Morton was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Crawley Town to strike first with an early goal of Ronan Darcy at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 27′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Callum Morton gave the win to Forest Green Rovers in the 45′ minute scoring a double. Crawley Town was vastly better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

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 Craig Hicks with the support of Richard Morris and Paul Evans. The 4th official was Kevin Morris. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 13.64 degrees Celsius or 56.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Forest Green Rovers

2 - 1

Crawley Town

  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 8 Total 13
  • 5 On Target 7
  • 2 Off Target 4
  • 1 Shots blocked 3
  • 97 Attack 129
  • 51 Dangerous attack 45
  • 105 Ball safe 100
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 7
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 17 Total 4
  • 4 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Crawley Town was in firm control of the ball 62% while Forest Green Rovers was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Forest Green Rovers was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Forest Green Rovers won the match​.

Forest Green Rovers shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Crawley Town shot 13 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 4 yellow cards (Jordan Moore-Taylor, Reece Welch, Jacob Maddox and Fankaty Dabo). On the other side, Crawley Town didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Fankaty Dabo- Yellow
4'
7'
R. Darcy(goal)Will Wright
27'
45'
Tyrese Omotoye- sub ->Teddy Jenks
46'
Jacob Maddox- sub ->Harvey Bunker
63'
Jacob Maddox- Yellow
67'
Reece Welch- Yellow
69'
Mathew Stevens- sub ->Callum Morton
63'
Jordan Moore-Taylor- sub ->Reece Welch
73'
74'
82'
H. Forster- sub ->Kellan Gordon
82'
J. Roles- sub ->Ronan Darcy
Jordan Moore-Taylor- Yellow
87'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Stockport County
92
46
Wrexham
88
46
Mansfield Town
86
46
Milton Keynes Dons
78
46
Doncaster Rovers
71
46
Crewe Alexandra
71
46
Crawley Town
70
46
Barrow
69
46
Bradford City
69
46
AFC Wimbledon
65
46
Walsall
65
46
Gillingham
64
46
Harrogate Town
63
46
Notts County
61
46
Morecambe
58
46
Tranmere Rovers
57
46
Accrington Stanley
57
46
Newport County
55
46
Swindon Town
54
46
Salford City
51
46
Grimsby Town
49
46
Colchester United
45
46
Sutton United
42
46
Forest Green Rovers
42
46

After this match, Forest Green Rovers will have 13 points to remain in the 22nd place. On the opposite side, Crawley Town will stay with 21 points like Salford City to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Forest Green Rovers will play away with Crawley Town on the 17th of February with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of Forest Green Rovers (5 draws).

Crawley Town will host Forest Green Rovers on the 17th of February with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of Forest Green Rovers (5 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Forest Green Rovers
G
James Belshaw 31.England
8.2
D
Dominic Bernard 3.England
6.7
D
Jamie Robson 17.Scotland
7.1
D
Reece Welch 22.England
6.4
73' 69'
D
Fankaty Dabo 25.England
6.3
4'
M
Teddy Jenks 6.England
6.7
46'
M
Kyle McAllister 7.Scotland
7.5
M
Charlie McCann 8.Republic of Ireland
7.0
73'
M
Harvey Bunker 27.England
6.3
63'
F
Troy Deeney 14.England
7.8
F
Callum Morton 39.England
8.1
63' 27', 45'
Substitutes
G
Jamie Searle 20.New Zealand
D
Marcel Lavinier 2.England
D
Jordan Moore-Taylor 15.England
6.4
73' 87'
M
Jacob Maddox 18.England
6.4
63' 67'
F
Mathew Stevens 9.England
7.0
63'
F
Tyrese Omotoye 23.Belgium
6.7
46'

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

The manager David Horseman decided to play with the following team: James Belshaw (8.2), Fankaty Dabo (6.3), Reece Welch (6.4), Dominic Bernard (6.7), Jamie Robson (7.1), Kyle McAllister (7.5), Charlie McCann (7.0), Harvey Bunker (6.3), Teddy Jenks (6.7), Callum Morton (8.1) and Troy Deeney (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Marcel Lavinier, Mathew Stevens (7.0), Jordan Moore-Taylor (6.4), Jacob Maddox (6.4), Jamie Searle, Tyrese Omotoye (6.7) and Callum Jones (6.8).

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 4 changes: Harvey Bunker for Jacob Maddox (63′), Teddy Jenks for Tyrese Omotoye (46′), Callum Morton for Mathew Stevens (63′) and Reece Welch for Jordan Moore-Taylor (73′).

Best player: James Belshaw​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was the goalkeeper: James Belshaw. His rating is 8.16. He performed 5 saves.

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town
G
C. Addai 1.Jamaica
6.8
D
L. Maguire 6.England
7.5
D
T. Johnson 23.England
6.8
74'
D
W. Wright 30.England
7.5
M
K. Gordon 2.England
7.0
82'
M
L. Kelly 4.Republic of Ireland
7.5
M
R. Darcy 10.England
8.1
82' 7'
M
N. Tsaroulla 25.Cyprus
7.1
M
Jay Williams 26.England
6.8
F
Klaidi Lolos 8.Greece
6.4
F
D. Orsi 9.England
6.4
Substitutes
G
Luca Ashby-Hammond 13.England
D
T. Omole 16.England
M
J. Roles 11.Cyprus
6.8
82'
M
Aaron Henry 12.England
6.3
74'
M
Kamarai Swyer 24.England
M
R. Khaleel 27.Morocco
F
H. Forster 14.England
6.3
82'

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

Scott Lindsey played with: Corey Addai (6.8), Travis Johnson (6.8), Will Wright (7.5), Laurence Maguire (7.5), Kellan Gordon (7.0), Ronan Darcy (8.1), Jay Williams (6.8), Liam Kelly (7.5), Nick Tsaroulla (7.1), Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (6.4) and Klaidi Lolos (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Jack Roles (6.8), Aaron Henry (6.3), Luca Ashby-Hammond, Harry Forster (6.3), Tobi Omole, Kamarai Swyer and Rafiq Khaleel.

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 3 changes: Travis Johnson for Aaron Henry (74′), Kellan Gordon for Harry Forster (82′) and Ronan Darcy for Jack Roles (82′).

Best player: Ronan Darcy​

The most impressive player for Crawley Town was Ronan Darcy.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 44 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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