NAILSWORTH. Walsall overcomes Forest Green Rovers 1-0 after G. Miller scored just 1 goal (12′). Forest Green Rovers lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

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 Alan Young with the support of Marvyn Amphlett and Danny Gratton. The 4th official was Kevin Howick. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.1 degrees Celsius or 48.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Forest Green Rovers had a strong ball possession 60% while Walsall was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Forest Green Rovers was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Walsall found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Forest Green Rovers shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Walsall shot 15 times, 2 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards (E. Adams, B. Cargill and N. Cadden). On the opposite side, Walsall received 2 yellow cards (L. Kinsella and R. Menayese).

Standings

After this encounter, Forest Green Rovers will stay with 66 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Walsall will have 35 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Forest Green Rovers will play away against Colchester United on the 21st of March with a 4-4 head to head statistic.

Walsall will host Sutton United on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Walsall (0 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

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 (6.4), Udoka Godwin-Malife (7.4), Jordan Moore-Taylor (7.0), Baily Cargill (6.3), Kane Wilson (6.4), Ebou Adams (7.1), Ben Stevenson (7.1), Nicky Cadden (7.0), Jack Aitchison (6.8), Jamille Matt (6.6) and Mathew Stevens (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: L. Thomas, Dan Sweeney (6.9), Sadou Diallo (6.4), J. March, D. Bernard, R. Hendry and Kasey McAteer (6.4).

Forest Green Rovers could not rely on the presence of D. Sweeney (injured).

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 3 changes: B. Stevenson for S. Diallo (66′), J. Taylor-Moore for D. Sweeney (75′) and J. Aitchison for K. McAteer (79′).

Best player: Udoka Godwin-Malife​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was Udoka Godwin-Malife.

His rating is (7.4) with 61 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Walsall – Formation

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

Neil McDonald played with: Carl Rushworth (7.1), Rollin Menayese (7.3), Donervon Daniels (7.0), Emmanuel Monthe (7.1), Hayden White (7.0), Liam Kinsella (7.1), Emmanuel Osadebe (7.9), Jack Earing (7.4), Tyrese Shade (7.2), Conor Wilkinson (6.8) and George Miller (7.6).

They had on the bench: J. Rose, S. Perry, T. Leak, S. Ward, Devante Rodney (6.6), B. Kiernan and Romaine Sawyers.

Substitutions

Walsall made 2 changes: G. Miller for D. Rodney (79′) and C. Wilkinson for S. Perry (90′).

Best player: Emmanuel Osadebe​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Walsall was Emmanuel Osadebe even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 34 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Northampton Town – Colchester United – 3-0
• Hartlepool United – Sutton United – 1-1
• Tranmere Rovers – Port Vale – 1-1
• Stevenage – Bristol Rovers – 0-4
• Oldham Athletic – Bradford City – 2-0
• Forest Green Rovers – Walsall – 0-1
• Scunthorpe United – Rochdale – 1-2
• Carlisle United – Swindon Town – 0-3
• Newport County – Mansfield Town – 1-1