Both these teams have had some difficulties so far, but a win in this crucial game would definitely be a big help. Let's hear it for Forest Green Rovers - Morecambe!
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in League One
- Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (4) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Forest Green Rovers nor Morecambe 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.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Forest Green Rovers have collected 3 points from their League One home games so far after 1-0-3.
Forest Green Rovers drew their last game, 1-1 away at Charlton Athletic (placed 14th). Midfield player Hendry got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Hendry hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).
Ahead of that match, Forest Green Rovers won a home game hosting Accrington Stanley (2-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rovers handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
There will be little rest for Forest Green Rovers after this match as they are travelling to Newport County for a EFL Trophy game in only three days.
Rovers aren't scoring a lot here at The New Lawn in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games.
Morecambe form and stats
0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Morecambe in their League One matches away.
Home advantage was not enough for Morecambe in their previous game as they lost hosting Sheffield Wednesday, 0-3. Morecambe keeper Ripley had a top-notch shift versus Sheffield Wednesday, but in spite of achieving eight saves the beating could not be avoided.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bristol Rovers that ended 2-2.We have checked recent matches where Morecambe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Morecambe are hosting Hartlepool United in the EFL Trophy only three days away.
The attacking power of Morecambe when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. As for defending, Morecambe rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Forest Green Rovers three wins, three draws and Morecambe four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. March 2 goals |  C. Wickham 2 goals |   J. Weir 2 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 8.8 | 7.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7 | 8.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
| 21% | 17% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 17% |
| 11.9 | 9.5 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 24 | 21 | 20.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
- All of Forest Green Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (4) in League One
- Morecambe have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in League One
- Morecambe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Morecambe have yet to win a game.
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Barnsley | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Derby County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Forest Green Rovers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 4 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 1 |
