Accrington Stanley favourites for feisty fight facing Forest Green Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wham Stadium (5057 seats)

Accrington Stanley have won 14 points performing as the host team. Forest Green Rovers have brought back 7 points playing away. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Accrington Stanley 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.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Accrington Stanley at their home stadium (Wham Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Accrington Stanley travelled for their previous game, a trip to Morecambe that ended 1-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Stockport County (1-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Accrington handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

There will be little rest for Accrington Stanley after this match as they are travelling to Harrogate Town for a EFL Trophy game in only three days.

The Accrington Stanley fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Forest Green Rovers have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far. With the Rovers losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Two away games in a row for Forest Green Rovers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Stockport County. Bunker got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Bunker hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A loss against Morecambe was the result prior to that, in a home game.

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.

Rovers have another match away in just three days, a EFL Trophy match versus Walsall. A back-breaking diary for the visitors!

Forest Green Rovers have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Forest Green Rovers in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings with these participants: Accrington Stanley won four, Forest Green Rovers triumphed in one and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversT. Deeney
T. Deeney
4 goals
Accrington StanleyT. Leigh
T. Leigh
3 goals
AccringtonJ. Nolan
J. Nolan
3 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Accrington Stanley Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 0 5 11
4 3 2 Won W 0 2 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 8
15 11 6 Scored S 0 6 10
17 9 2 Conceded C 0 7 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 82%
64% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 55%
27% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
9% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
64% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 55%
9% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 18%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
5.3 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.6 5.9
4.7 4.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6.7
2.5 2.5 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 3.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
14.3 15.3 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.8 13.6
4.3 4.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 3.5
32% 39% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 26%
 
13.6 12.3 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.2 14.4
3.5 2.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.6 5.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Accrington Stanley's home-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 the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 7 2 2 26 20 5 5 0 0 15 8 6 2 2 2 11 12 6 23
2 AFC Wimbledon 11 5 5 1 20 10 5 1 3 1 9 7 6 4 2 0 11 3 10 20
3 Crewe Alexandra 11 5 5 1 26 17 6 4 2 0 15 8 5 1 3 1 11 9 9 20
4 Stockport County 11 6 2 3 22 13 6 3 2 1 12 5 5 3 0 2 10 8 9 20
5 Crawley Town 11 6 2 3 20 19 6 5 0 1 13 5 5 1 2 2 7 14 1 20
6 Swindon Town 10 5 4 1 27 17 5 4 1 0 17 6 5 1 3 1 10 11 10 19
7 Mansfield Town 11 4 7 0 17 9 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 19
8 Gillingham 11 6 1 4 9 11 5 3 1 1 5 5 6 3 0 3 4 6 -2 19
9 Wrexham 11 4 5 2 23 23 6 3 2 1 20 16 5 1 3 1 3 7 0 17
10 Barrow 10 4 3 3 12 11 3 2 1 0 6 4 7 2 2 3 6 7 1 15
11 Milton Keynes Dons 11 4 3 4 16 16 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 15
12 Morecambe 10 4 3 3 12 12 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 1 0 3 3 8 0 15
13 Walsall 11 4 3 4 15 17 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 10 12 -2 15
14 Newport County 11 4 2 5 20 22 6 3 2 1 13 9 5 1 0 4 7 13 -2 14
15 Accrington Stanley 11 4 2 5 15 17 6 3 1 2 11 9 5 1 1 3 4 8 -2 14
16 Grimsby Town 11 3 4 4 14 15 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 0 2 3 5 10 -1 13
17 Salford City 11 4 1 6 15 17 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 3 0 3 10 9 -2 13
18 Bradford City 11 3 4 4 12 14 5 2 2 1 6 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 13
19 Harrogate Town 11 4 1 6 9 12 5 2 0 3 5 5 6 2 1 3 4 7 -3 13
20 Doncaster Rovers 11 3 2 6 13 19 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 1 0 4 6 12 -6 11
21 Colchester United 10 3 1 6 16 17 5 2 1 2 10 10 5 1 0 4 6 7 -1 10
22 Tranmere Rovers 11 3 0 8 15 20 6 3 0 3 11 8 5 0 0 5 4 12 -5 9
23 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 1 8 10 22 6 0 0 6 4 15 5 2 1 2 6 7 -12 7
24 Sutton United 11 1 1 9 12 26 6 1 1 4 6 9 5 0 0 5 6 17 -14 4

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