Another all-action game as Forest Green Rovers entertain Lincoln City

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Forest Green Rovers are believing in their home crowd to assist them during this game against Lincoln City. Who is the winner at The New Lawn?

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (63) in League One
  • Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League One

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Forest Green Rovers's results here at The New Lawn in the League One have been very modest with 4 victories, 0 draws and 12 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at The New Lawn, with the home team losing five in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Cheltenham Town game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 189 minutes without scoring a league goal. Clarke was the last player to find the net.

Forest Green Rovers lost their last game at Ipswich Town (placed 3rd) after a 0-4 scoreline. Rovers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Doohan had a busy but productive day in the Ipswich Town match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Defender Casey got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Casey won 9 of 11 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Charlton Athletic with the scoreline 0-1.

Forest Green Rovers aren't scoring a lot here at The New Lawn in the league, with only {11 goals} from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Forest Green Rovers have conceded 28 from these games.

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Lincoln City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Lincoln City played 0-0 against Portsmouth in their previous match. Rushworth (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.02. Rushworth topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw at Derby County's stadium before that.

Lacking goals? 17 of this side's latest 21 league matches have seen two or less goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Milton Keynes Dons in just three days.

As opposed to that, Lincoln have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lincoln City have won at least one point in the last 8 matches (7-1-0) facing Forest Green Rovers.

The latest head-to-head meeting ended Lincoln City - Forest Green Rovers 1-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityB. House
B. House
7 goals
Lincoln CityJ. Diamond
J. Diamond
6 goals
RoversM. Peart-Harris
M. Peart-Harris
4 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Forest Green Rovers Lincoln City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 15 30
5 4 0 Won W 2 5 8
7 0 0 Drew D 1 3 15
21 12 5 Lost L 2 7 7
25 11 1 Scored S 5 15 29
63 28 11 Conceded C 6 21 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 87% 80%
82% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 67%
52% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 40% 27%
24% 12% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 10%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
55% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 27% 43%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 37%
39% 44% 80% Failed to Score F T 60% 53% 40%
 
4.5 4.8 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.7 4.4
6.2 5.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.9 5.6
2.3 2.5 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.5 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.5 10 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 7.5 9.1
3 3.1 1.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.3 2.2
26% 22% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 43% 44%
 
13 10.9 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.9 12.3
4.2 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.9 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (28) at home in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (63) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-38) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League One
  • Lincoln City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 31 20 8 3 58 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 14 8 4 2 18 9 36 68
2 Plymouth Argyle 32 20 8 4 57 32 16 14 1 1 32 12 16 6 7 3 25 20 25 68
3 Ipswich Town 32 16 12 4 60 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 16 7 6 3 27 19 29 60
4 Bolton Wanderers 33 17 8 8 48 24 17 11 4 2 26 8 16 6 4 6 22 16 24 59
5 Derby County 31 16 9 6 50 25 16 11 3 2 33 12 15 5 6 4 17 13 25 57
6 Barnsley 30 17 5 8 45 27 14 9 1 4 22 14 16 8 4 4 23 13 18 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 31 16 5 10 44 29 16 9 3 4 25 15 15 7 2 6 19 14 15 53
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 6 12 39 34 16 8 2 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 5 48
9 Peterborough United 30 15 2 13 48 38 14 9 1 4 26 15 16 6 1 9 22 23 10 47
10 Portsmouth 30 10 12 8 37 36 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 5 4 6 16 20 1 42
11 Charlton Athletic 31 10 10 11 45 43 16 6 5 5 28 21 15 4 5 6 17 22 2 40
12 Port Vale 32 11 7 14 33 46 17 6 4 7 17 22 15 5 3 7 16 24 -13 40
13 Exeter City 32 10 9 13 42 43 15 5 5 5 20 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 -1 39
14 Lincoln City 30 8 15 7 29 31 15 3 12 0 14 10 15 5 3 7 15 21 -2 39
15 Bristol Rovers 32 10 8 14 44 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 16 5 3 8 22 29 -11 38
16 Fleetwood Town 31 8 12 11 34 34 15 3 5 7 14 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 0 36
17 Oxford United 33 9 9 15 36 41 16 5 3 8 20 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 -5 36
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 40 58 15 5 4 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 34
19 Cheltenham Town 31 9 6 16 25 40 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 4 3 9 12 20 -15 33
20 Accrington Stanley 30 7 9 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 9 24 -21 30
21 Milton Keynes Dons 32 8 5 19 30 51 16 2 4 10 11 24 16 6 1 9 19 27 -21 29
22 Cambridge United 31 8 5 18 26 51 16 6 3 7 15 19 15 2 2 11 11 32 -25 29
23 Morecambe 31 6 10 15 32 52 16 5 6 5 22 21 15 1 4 10 10 31 -20 28
24 Forest Green Rovers 33 5 7 21 25 63 16 4 0 12 11 28 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 22

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.