NAILSWORTH. Forest Green Rovers conquers Tranmere Rovers 1-0 after C. McCann scored just 1 goal (45′). Tranmere Rovers was unquestionably 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 Dale Baines with the help of Dumitru-Ravel Cheosiaua and . The 4th official was Jack Clench. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.49 degrees Celsius or 45.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 4 Total 20
- 3 On Target 4
- 0 Off Target 8
- 1 Shots blocked 8
- 80 Attack 121
- 67 Dangerous attack 83
- 91 Ball safe 92
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 9
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Tranmere Rovers had a strong ball possession 62% while Forest Green Rovers was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Tranmere Rovers had a more offensive attitude with 83 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Forest Green Rovers managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Forest Green Rovers shot 4 times, 3 on target, 0 off target. On the other side, Tranmere Rovers shot 20 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards (Dominic Thompson, and Ryan Inniss ). On the opposite side, Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Tom Davies and Jordan Turnbull).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Forest Green Rovers has 26 points to remain in the 23rd place. On the opposite side, Tranmere Rovers will stays with 40 points like Swindon Town to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Forest Green Rovers will host Wrexham on the 27th of February with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Wrexham (6 draws).
Tranmere Rovers will play away against Swindon Town on the 27th of February with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Swindon Town (3 draws).
Forest Green Rovers – Formation
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Forest Green Rovers started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Steve Cotterill decided to play with the following team: Vicente Reyes
, Ryan Inniss , Richard Keogh , Jordan Moore-Taylor , Dominic Thompson , Charlie McCann , Harvey Bunker , Jamie Robson , Emmanuel Osadebe , Christian Doidge and Kyle McAllister .The home team had on the bench: Dominic Bernard
, Darnell Johnson , Mathew Stevens, Jamie Searle, Alex Gorrin, Tyrese Omotoye, Nathan Holland and Marcel Lavinier.Substitutions
Forest Green Rovers made 4 changes: Jamie Robson for Dominic Bernard (63′), Harvey Bunker for Nathan Holland (64′), Kyle McAllister for Darnell Johnson (90′) and Nathan Holland for Tyrese Omotoye (90′).
Player of the match: Charlie McCann
The player that probably impressed the most for Forest Green Rovers was Charlie McCann.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 34 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.Tranmere Rovers – Formation
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Tranmere Rovers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Nigel Adkins played with: Luke McGee
, Lee O’Connor , Tom Davies , Jordan Turnbull , Connor Wood , Robert Apter , Brad Walker , Regan Hendry , Kieron Morris , Connor Jennings and Harvey Saunders .They had on the bench: Luke Norris
, Josh Hawkes , Charlie Jolley, Joe Murphy, Josef Yarney, Reece McAlear and James Norris .Substitutions
Tranmere Rovers made 4 changes: Brad Walker for Reece McAlear (63′), Kieron Morris for Luke Norris (62′), Harvey Saunders for Josh Hawkes (75′) and Lee O’Connor for James Norris (74′).
Player of the match: Regan Hendry
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tranmere Rovers was Regan Hendry.
His rating is
with 73 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 9 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Sutton United – Colchester United – 1-1
- Stockport County – Swindon Town – 0-0
- Notts County – Crewe Alexandra – 1-3
- Morecambe – Grimsby Town – 1-1
- Milton Keynes Dons – Newport County – 3-0
- Mansfield Town – Salford City – 5-1
- Harrogate Town – Walsall – 0-2
- Gillingham – Wrexham – 1-0
- Forest Green Rovers – Tranmere Rovers – 1-0
- Doncaster Rovers – AFC Wimbledon – 1-0
- Accrington Stanley – Crawley Town – 0-1