Oxford United travel to Forest Green Rovers with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Oxford United have finished evaluating following their 4-0-match vs Cheltenham Town and are eager to meet Forest Green Rovers. Get all the facts!

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (31) in League One
  • Oxford United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Forest Green Rovers have had a bad season and will be relegated from League One. Oxford United are struggling to avoid relegation.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One.

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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 5 victories, 2 draws and 15 defeats. When Forest Green Rovers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Cambridge United, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons, Port Vale and Cheltenham Town), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

The followers are hoping that Rovers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Cheltenham Town (placed 17th). Midfield player McGeouch got a match rating of 7.02 in that game, the max score being 10. McGeouch dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the match before that, Forest Green Rovers hosted Fleetwood Town and drew the game 0-0.

Rovers aren't scoring a lot here at The New Lawn in the league, with only {15 goals} from 22 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. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Forest Green Rovers defense is not exactly impregnable. 39 goals conceded from 22 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Oxford United form and stats

There's been little loot from Oxford United's travels as they have only collected 21 points from 22 away games in the League One. Oxford United only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 9 draws.

Oxford United had fun at their own home (The New Lawn) last time out, beating Cheltenham Town 4-0. Goodrham, Browne (2) and Joseph scored. That victory was so important for this team, after a horrific period of 17 league rounds in a row not winning. As mentioned above, Oxford United was the only team on the pitch versus Cheltenham Town in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Browne got a match rating of 8.64 in that game, top player of the team. Browne scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

A 0-2 defeat away at Barnsley before that.

Lacking goals? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Oxford when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Oxford United have conceded 25 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Oxford United have managed a sequence of 11 consecutive games without losing (5-6-0) when playing Forest Green Rovers.

These opponents have fought earlier this season: Oxford United - Rovers 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedC. Brannagan
C. Brannagan
9 goals
Oxford UnitedK. Joseph
K. Joseph
8 goals
Forest Green RoversM. Peart-Harris
M. Peart-Harris
5 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Oxford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Forest Green Rovers Oxford United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
6 5 3 Won W 1 4 10
9 2 0 Drew D 4 9 14
29 15 3 Lost L 1 9 20
31 15 8 Scored S 5 17 45
84 39 9 Conceded C 5 25 54
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 86% 93%
80% 73% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 70%
48% 50% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 23% 39%
25% 18% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 16%
9% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
52% 45% 83% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 55%
9% 18% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 14% 14%
41% 41% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 55% 39%
 
4 4.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 5.7
6 5.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.7 4.8
2.1 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.5 8.8 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 10.5 13.9
2.8 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.5 3.2
25% 24% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 32%
 
12.7 11.4 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 11 9.8
4.3 4.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4 3.7
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 (4) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest points (17) at home in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (15) at home in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (31) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (39) at home in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (84) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (43) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-24) at home in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-53) in League One
  • Oxford United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 44 29 8 7 78 46 22 19 1 2 43 16 22 10 7 5 35 30 32 95
2 Ipswich Town 44 27 13 4 93 33 22 15 6 1 54 13 22 12 7 3 39 20 60 94
3 Sheffield Wednesday 44 26 12 6 77 37 22 15 6 1 48 16 22 11 6 5 29 21 40 90
4 Barnsley 44 26 7 11 76 41 22 16 1 5 45 22 22 10 6 6 31 19 35 85
5 Bolton Wanderers 44 21 12 11 57 34 22 13 5 4 30 13 22 8 7 7 27 21 23 75
6 Derby County 44 21 12 11 66 44 22 13 5 4 39 19 22 8 7 7 27 25 22 75
7 Peterborough United 44 23 4 17 73 54 22 13 3 6 38 25 22 10 1 11 35 29 19 73
8 Portsmouth 44 17 17 10 58 47 22 9 10 3 32 20 22 8 7 7 26 27 11 68
9 Wycombe Wanderers 44 20 8 16 57 46 22 11 5 6 32 21 22 9 3 10 25 25 11 68
10 Lincoln City 44 13 20 11 44 44 22 6 14 2 21 17 22 7 6 9 23 27 0 59
11 Charlton Athletic 44 15 13 16 65 62 22 8 7 7 41 29 22 7 6 9 24 33 3 58
12 Fleetwood Town 44 14 15 15 51 47 22 7 7 8 23 23 22 7 8 7 28 24 4 57
13 Shrewsbury Town 43 16 8 19 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 28 22 6 5 11 20 28 -6 56
14 Exeter City 44 14 11 19 61 60 22 9 5 8 33 25 22 5 6 11 28 35 1 53
15 Bristol Rovers 43 14 10 19 55 68 22 6 7 9 25 33 21 8 3 10 30 35 -13 52
16 Burton Albion 43 14 10 19 56 78 21 8 6 7 27 33 22 6 4 12 29 45 -22 52
17 Cheltenham Town 44 13 11 20 40 59 22 8 7 7 23 25 22 5 4 13 17 34 -19 50
18 Port Vale 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 8 5 9 22 27 22 5 5 12 23 38 -20 49
19 Oxford United 44 10 14 20 45 54 22 6 5 11 28 29 22 4 9 9 17 25 -9 44
20 Milton Keynes Dons 44 11 10 23 40 62 22 4 6 12 16 29 22 7 4 11 24 33 -22 43
21 Morecambe 44 9 14 21 42 73 22 7 8 7 27 29 22 2 6 14 15 44 -31 41
22 Accrington Stanley 44 10 11 23 37 74 22 6 5 11 26 37 22 4 6 12 11 37 -37 41
23 Cambridge United 43 11 7 25 37 66 22 8 4 10 22 26 21 3 3 15 15 40 -29 40
24 Forest Green Rovers 44 6 9 29 31 84 22 5 2 15 15 39 22 1 7 14 16 45 -53 27

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 44 29 8 7 78 46 22 19 1 2 43 16 22 10 7 5 35 30 32 95
2 Ipswich Town 44 27 13 4 93 33 22 15 6 1 54 13 22 12 7 3 39 20 60 94
3 Sheffield Wednesday 44 26 12 6 77 37 22 15 6 1 48 16 22 11 6 5 29 21 40 90
4 Barnsley 44 26 7 11 76 41 22 16 1 5 45 22 22 10 6 6 31 19 35 85
5 Bolton Wanderers 44 21 12 11 57 34 22 13 5 4 30 13 22 8 7 7 27 21 23 75
6 Derby County 44 21 12 11 66 44 22 13 5 4 39 19 22 8 7 7 27 25 22 75
7 Peterborough United 44 23 4 17 73 54 22 13 3 6 38 25 22 10 1 11 35 29 19 73
8 Portsmouth 44 17 17 10 58 47 22 9 10 3 32 20 22 8 7 7 26 27 11 68
9 Wycombe Wanderers 44 20 8 16 57 46 22 11 5 6 32 21 22 9 3 10 25 25 11 68
10 Lincoln City 44 13 20 11 44 44 22 6 14 2 21 17 22 7 6 9 23 27 0 59
11 Charlton Athletic 44 15 13 16 65 62 22 8 7 7 41 29 22 7 6 9 24 33 3 58
12 Fleetwood Town 44 14 15 15 51 47 22 7 7 8 23 23 22 7 8 7 28 24 4 57
13 Shrewsbury Town 43 16 8 19 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 28 22 6 5 11 20 28 -6 56
14 Exeter City 44 14 11 19 61 60 22 9 5 8 33 25 22 5 6 11 28 35 1 53
15 Bristol Rovers 43 14 10 19 55 68 22 6 7 9 25 33 21 8 3 10 30 35 -13 52
16 Burton Albion 43 14 10 19 56 78 21 8 6 7 27 33 22 6 4 12 29 45 -22 52
17 Cheltenham Town 44 13 11 20 40 59 22 8 7 7 23 25 22 5 4 13 17 34 -19 50
18 Port Vale 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 8 5 9 22 27 22 5 5 12 23 38 -20 49
19 Oxford United 44 10 14 20 45 54 22 6 5 11 28 29 22 4 9 9 17 25 -9 44
20 Milton Keynes Dons 44 11 10 23 40 62 22 4 6 12 16 29 22 7 4 11 24 33 -22 43
21 Morecambe 44 9 14 21 42 73 22 7 8 7 27 29 22 2 6 14 15 44 -31 41
22 Accrington Stanley 44 10 11 23 37 74 22 6 5 11 26 37 22 4 6 12 11 37 -37 41
23 Cambridge United 43 11 7 25 37 66 22 8 4 10 22 26 21 3 3 15 15 40 -29 40
24 Forest Green Rovers 44 6 9 29 31 84 22 5 2 15 15 39 22 1 7 14 16 45 -53 27

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