National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Walsall or Forest Green Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Walsall nor Forest Green Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Walsall form and stats
All-inclusive League Two results playing at home this season for Walsall are 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 214 minutes without scoring a league goal. Draper was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Walsall will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the game against Sutton United. Walsall were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Matt, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 7.31 (out of 10). Matt hit one key pass.
Before that, Walsall drew at home versus Milton Keynes Dons.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Walsall handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Gillingham in only four days. This game is also played here at Poundland Bescot Stadium.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Walsall at home in the league. 5 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 5 matches.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Forest Green Rovers playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Forest Green Rovers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Accrington Stanley. Attacker Deeney got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Deeney hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, the Rovers manager Horseman faced defeat when travelling to Stockport County and losing 0-2.Forest Green Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
After this away game Forest Green Rovers return home for a League Two game against Colchester United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Rovers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Forest Green Rovers's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Walsall wins - draws - Forest Green Rovers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Draper 4 goals |   T. Deeney 4 goals |  M. Stevens 3 goals |
Walsall missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| Walsall | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 18 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Scored | S | 12 | 21 | ||
| 44 | 14 | Conceded | C | 22 | 54 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | ||
| 11.8 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brighton U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 4 | Walsall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Walsall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
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