NAILSWORTH. Swindon Town conquers Forest Green Rovers with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Simpson (81′) and a goal from H. McKirdy (54′).

J. March missed a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Forest Green Rovers to draw the match.​

J. March missed 1 penalty (90′ + 4′) for ​Forest Green Rovers.

The match was played at the The New Lawn stadium in Nailsworth on Saturday and it started at 11:00 am local time. The referee was Paul Howard who had the assistance of Kevin Howick and Matthew Smith. The 4th official was Chris Sarginson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.5 degrees Celsius or 63.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Forest Green Rovers was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Swindon Town that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Forest Green Rovers was more aggressive with 39 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Swindon Town was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Forest Green Rovers shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Swindon Town shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards (D. Sweeney and J. Matt). On the opposite side, Swindon Town received 1 yellow card (H. McKirdy).

Standings

After this encounter, Forest Green Rovers will stay with 23 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Swindon Town will have 19 points to stay in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Forest Green Rovers will play away with Scunthorpe United on the 16th of October with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Scunthorpe United (0 draws).

Swindon Town will host Rochdale on the 16th of October with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Swindon Town (4 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Forest Green Rovers adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Rob Edwards decided to play with the following team: Luke McGee (6.8), Dan Sweeney (5.8), Jordan Moore-Taylor (7.0), Dominic Bernard (6.8), Kane Wilson (6.7), Ben Stevenson (7.7), Regan Hendry (6.7), Nicky Cadden (6.8), Jack Aitchison (5.8), Jamille Matt (6.8) and Mathew Stevens (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jake Young (7.4), Josh March (6.0), Baily Cargill (6.3), O. Edwards, L. Thomas, S. Diallo and J. Evans.

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 3 changes: J. Aitchison for J. Young (69′), D. Sweeney for B. Cargill (76′) and M. Stevens for J. March (77′).

Best player: Ben Stevenson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Forest Green Rovers was Ben Stevenson.

His rating is (7.7) with 37 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Swindon Town – Formation

Also Swindon Town adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the other side, Ben Garner played with: Lewis Ward (9.2), Akinwale Odimayo (7.3), Dion Conroy (7.4), Romoney Crichlow-Noble (6.5), Robert Donald Hunt (7.1), Ben Gladwin (7.6), Louis Reed (7.5), Ellis Iandolo (7.0), Jack Payne (6.8), Harry McKirdy (8.6) and Tyreece Simpson (7.3).

They had on the bench: J. Lyden, M. Dabre, Mathieu Baudry (6.4), H. Parsons, R. East, R. Aguair and J. Mitchell-Lawson.

Substitutions

Swindon Town made 3 changes: H. McKirdy for M. Baudry (85′), J. Payne for R. East (90′) and B. Gladwin for J. Lyden (90′).

Best player: Lewis Ward​

The player that probably impressed the most for Swindon Town was the goalkeeper: Lewis Ward. His rating is 9.22. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Forest Green Rovers – Swindon Town – 0-2
• Barrow – Leyton Orient – 1-1
• Sutton United – Port Vale – 4-3
• Bristol Rovers – Carlisle United – 3-0
• Harrogate Town – Scunthorpe United – 6-1
• Hartlepool United – Northampton Town – 2-1
• Mansfield Town – Oldham Athletic – 0-0
• Newport County – Bradford City – 0-0
• Rochdale – Crawley Town – 0-1
• Stevenage – Exeter City – 2-2
• Walsall – Salford City – 2-1