League Two: Forest Green Rovers are 4 points short of Morecambe, but are inspired to go all in. Game on!
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest points (0) at home in League Two
- Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (1) away in League Two
Forest Green Rovers and Morecambe should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Forest Green Rovers have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 5 games. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at The New Lawn, with the home team losing five in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Salford City game.
The supporters are hoping that Rovers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 3-4 away loss in the match against Notts County (placed 1st). A goal frenzy last time out for Forest Green Rovers, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Notts County. Fun stuff to watch! Incredibly enough, Deeney scored three goals against Notts County but the team still lost everything as their opponents won 3-4. Deeney, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 9.31 (out of 10). Deeney scored three goals and hit the woodwork once.
Preceding that match was the home game against Doncaster Rovers that was lost 1-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Forest Green Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Stockport County awaits in three days.
Forest Green Rovers aren't scoring a lot here at The New Lawn in the league, with only {3 goals} from 5 games. As for conceded goals, Forest Green Rovers's unpleasant statistic is 13 goals surrendered.
Morecambe form and stats
It's not happening yet for Morecambe on their League Two travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three consecutive losses in away matches means Morecambe are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Morecambe's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Swindon Town that finished 2-2. The draw against Swindon Town came from a losing position. The Morecambe manager Adams brought on Walker as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Bloxham, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.6. Bloxham served one assist and hit two key passes.
The game before that was the EFL Trophy-duel against Liverpool U21, a home loss (0-3).
A new game in only three days for Morecambe, the League Two home match versus Accrington Stanley. Busy days.
Morecambe are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games. The Morecambe manager Adams has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Forest Green Rovers victories, three draws and four Morecambe wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Deeney 4 goals |   M. Mellon 4 goals | M. Stevens 2 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
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| Forest Green Rovers | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 18 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 56% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 22% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 38% |
| 6.1 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
| 7 | 6.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.6 | 15.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.3 | 9.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| 26% | 16% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 14.3 | 14.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 18 | 13.5 |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
- All of Forest Green Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Morecambe's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Morecambe have scored away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest points (0) at home in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Morecambe have lost all their away matches so far.
- Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (1) away in League Two
- Morecambe 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 | Notts County | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Gillingham | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Crawley Town | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | Stockport County | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Milton Keynes Dons | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Barrow | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Morecambe | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Newport County | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Walsall | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 21 | Salford City | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 4 |
