Both the home- and away side have had a low return so far, but three lovely points in this vital game would definitely provide a boost. Get set for Forest Green Rovers - Colchester United!
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-13) in League Two
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Rovers have less rest than Colchester United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a EFL Trophy game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Walsall, so at least Forest Green Rovers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
0 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Forest Green Rovers, who have the the worst goal difference (-13) in League Two, have to build on here at The New Lawn in the League Two. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Rovers with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Sutton United game, 42 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Forest Green Rovers coach Horseman and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Walsall in the EFL Trophy.
Heartbreak before that as Forest Green Rovers lost 1-2 at Accrington Stanley's place.Rovers have scored {4 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Forest Green Rovers have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here at The New Lawn.
Colchester United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Colchester United's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The manager Garner was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground JobServe Community Stadium. Colchester United suffered a 1-3 loss to Morecambe (placed 10th). Midfield player Fevrier was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Fevrier hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 41 successful passes (of 45 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Newport County's place.Goals from both teams? This side's most recent fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Colchester manager Garner as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Cambridge United.
Colchester United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Colchester United have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior nine meetings between these two squads are: five wins for Rovers, zero draws and four wins for Colchester United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Taylor 5 goals |   T. Deeney 4 goals |  M. Stevens 3 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 24 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 91% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 64% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 64% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 5.8 | 7 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 6.5 | 6.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 15.2 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.8 | 15.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 26% | 19% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 30% | 28% |
| 14.5 | 14.5 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 14.8 | 15.2 |
| 5.8 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
- All of Forest Green Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 home matches.
- Forest Green Rovers have lost all their home matches so far.
- Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest points (0) at home in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-13) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Forest Green Rovers is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 |
