CLEETHORPES. Grimsby Town conquers Forest Green Rovers 1-0 after H. Rodgers scored just 1 goal (8′). Forest Green Rovers was much better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Blundell Park stadium in Cleethorpes on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 6,506 spectators.​ The referee was Tom Reeves with the collaboration of Darren Williams and Connor Brown. The 4th official was Peter Wright. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.15 degrees Celsius or 44.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Forest Green Rovers had a superior ball possession 64% while Grimsby Town was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Forest Green Rovers was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, Grimsby Town managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Grimsby Town shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Forest Green Rovers shot 7 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card (Kieran Green). Regarding the opposition, Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card (Richard Keogh).

Standings

After playing this match, Grimsby Town has 33 points to remain in the 21st place. Regarding the opposition, Forest Green Rovers will stays with 27 points to sit in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Grimsby Town will play away with AFC Wimbledon on the 5th of March with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Grimsby Town (1 draw).

Forest Green Rovers will host Walsall on the 9th of March with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Walsall (3 draws).

Grimsby Town – Formation

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

The manager David Artell decided to play with the following team: Harvey Cartwright (6.7), Harry Clifton (7.0), Toby Mullarkey (6.7), Douglas Tharme (7.7), Harvey Rodgers (8.2), Denver Hume (6.6), Gavan Holohan (7.0), Curtis Thompson (7.0), Jamie Andrews (6.8), Donovan Wilson (7.1) and Danny Rose (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Liam Smith, Kieran Green (6.8), Abo Eisa, Rekeil Pyke (6.8), Jake Eastwood, Arthur Gnahoua and Harry Wood.

Substitutions

Grimsby Town made 2 changes: Curtis Thompson for Kieran Green (76′) and Donovan Wilson for Rekeil Pyke (85′).

Player of the match: Harvey Rodgers​

The most impressive player for Grimsby Town was Harvey Rodgers.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 30 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 7.

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

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

Steve Cotterill played with: Vicente Reyes (6.3), Jordan Moore-Taylor (6.6), Richard Keogh (6.8), Dominic Bernard  (6.3), Dominic Thompson (6.7), Harvey Bunker (7.1), Charlie McCann (7.0), Jamie Robson (6.8), Emmanuel Osadebe (6.7), Kyle McAllister (7.0) and Christian Doidge (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Marcel Lavinier (6.8), Darnell Johnson, Jacob Maddox , Sean Robertson, Jamie Searle, Tyrese Omotoye (6.8), Isaac Hughes and William Merrett.

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 2 changes: Harvey Bunker for Tyrese Omotoye (81′) and Dominic Bernard  for Marcel Lavinier (86′).

Player of the match: Harvey Bunker​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was Harvey Bunker.

His rating is 7.1 with 67 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

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