League Two preview: Can Forest Green Rovers edge out victory against Doncaster Rovers?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Forest Green Rovers - Doncaster Rovers: League Two dungeon dwellers hungry for points and glory. Read all the available statistics and news before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest points (0) at home in League Two
  • Doncaster Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-9) in League Two

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

0-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Forest Green Rovers so far this season.

The Forest Green Rovers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Crewe Alexandra here at The New Lawn. Midfield player Brown got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, the max score being 10. Brown scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, a home win hosting Shrewsbury Town in the EFL Trophy. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Forest Green Rovers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rovers here at The New Lawn in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 4 games). Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Forest Green Rovers have allowed the opposition to score 11 goals here at The New Lawn.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

It's not happening yet for Doncaster Rovers on their League Two travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?

Two away games in a row for Doncaster Rovers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Wrexham. It is not a good sign for Doncaster that their goalie Lawlor managed six saves in the Wrexham match, but still were unable to stop a defeat.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Swindon Town.

We have checked recent matches where Doncaster Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

After this away game Doncaster Rovers return home for a EFL Trophy game against Everton U21. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Doncaster when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Doncaster Rovers's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
2 goals
Forest Green RoversR. Brown
R. Brown
1 goals
Forest Green RoversH. Bunker
H. Bunker
1 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Forest Green Rovers Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 0 3 7
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
4 4 1 Lost L 0 3 5
5 2 0 Scored S 0 2 5
12 11 2 Conceded C 0 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 71%
43% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 71%
14% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
14% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 57%
29% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
29% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
5 6.2 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.7 4.4
6.3 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.3 5.1
3.1 4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.3 2.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.9 12.8 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 10.4
3.6 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 3.9
20% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 19%
 
14.6 14.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 12.4
4.9 5.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6.3 5.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Doncaster Rovers's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Forest Green Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Doncaster Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Doncaster Rovers have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Doncaster Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-9) in League Two
  • Doncaster Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • 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 the worst goal difference (-9) at home 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.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gillingham 7 5 0 2 5 5 3 2 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 3 2 0 15
2 Notts County 7 4 2 1 13 11 3 3 0 0 8 4 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 14
3 Mansfield Town 7 3 4 0 14 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 3 0 8 5 7 13
4 Milton Keynes Dons 7 4 1 2 14 12 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 2 0 2 10 10 2 13
5 Swindon Town 6 3 3 0 20 11 3 2 1 0 13 5 3 1 2 0 7 6 9 12
6 Crewe Alexandra 7 3 3 1 17 11 4 2 2 0 11 7 3 1 1 1 6 4 6 12
7 Wrexham 7 3 3 1 17 15 4 2 1 1 14 13 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 12
8 Barrow 6 3 2 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 11
9 Walsall 7 3 2 2 11 11 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 7 9 0 11
10 Crawley Town 7 3 2 2 11 13 4 3 0 1 7 3 3 0 2 1 4 10 -2 11
11 AFC Wimbledon 7 2 4 1 10 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 2 2 0 7 2 4 10
12 Grimsby Town 7 2 4 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 0 2 1 4 5 3 10
13 Newport County 7 3 1 3 15 14 3 2 1 0 9 3 4 1 0 3 6 11 1 10
14 Morecambe 6 3 1 2 6 6 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 10
15 Accrington Stanley 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 10
16 Bradford City 7 2 3 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 0 2 2 1 5 -2 9
17 Stockport County 7 2 2 3 10 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 8
18 Salford City 7 2 1 4 9 11 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 2 0 2 6 6 -2 7
19 Forest Green Rovers 7 2 1 4 5 12 4 0 0 4 2 11 3 2 1 0 3 1 -7 7
20 Colchester United 6 2 0 4 8 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 6
21 Harrogate Town 7 2 0 5 4 8 3 1 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 3 2 6 -4 6
22 Tranmere Rovers 7 1 0 6 8 12 4 1 0 3 7 7 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 3
23 Sutton United 7 1 0 6 10 16 4 1 0 3 5 6 3 0 0 3 5 10 -6 3
24 Doncaster Rovers 7 0 2 5 5 14 4 0 2 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 2 8 -9 2

Read more about League Two

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.