Sutton United vs Forest Green Rovers pre-match guide

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Sutton United confront Forest Green Rovers, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in League Two, for recognition and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Sutton United have the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (3) in League Two

These are busy days for the home side, as they were in action only four days ago in the Carabao Cup. That game was an away game at Wycombe Wanderers, so at least Sutton are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Sutton United form and stats

Sutton United have played three League Two home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Sutton United are returning here after visiting Wycombe Wanderers in a Carabao Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Goodliffe, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Goodliffe won 6 of 7 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Newport County (1-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sutton United handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

A decent goal production from Sutton in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Sutton United have conceded 5 from these games.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Forest Green Rovers are still undefeated on their travels in the League Two. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to AFC Wimbledon (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The draw against AFC Wimbledon came from a losing position. The Rovers manager Horseman brought on Deeney as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

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

We have checked recent matches where Forest Green Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

After this away game Forest Green Rovers return home for a EFL Trophy game against Shrewsbury Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Forest Green Rovers has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Sutton one win, two draws and Forest Green Rovers two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sutton UnitedO. Patrick
O. Patrick
3 goals
Forest Green RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
2 goals
Sutton UnitedJ. Kizzi
J. Kizzi
1 goals

Sutton United missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Sutton United Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 2 0 Lost L 0 0 3
7 5 0 Scored S 1 2 3
10 5 0 Conceded C 0 1 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
80% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
40% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 20%
40% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 40%
 
3.4 3.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 5.8
5.8 6.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8.5 6
2.2 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.6 9.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.5 13
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3
35% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 20%
 
12.8 10.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 16 14.2
4.2 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 5.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forest Green Rovers have not yet lost a game away.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (3) 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.
  • Sutton United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sutton United have scored more than double the goals of Forest Green Rovers.
  • Sutton United have the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in League Two
  • Sutton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Sutton United Last season Forest Green Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
15 11   Won W   1 6
13 5   Drew D   7 9
18 7   Lost L   15 31
46 26   Scored S   16 31
58 21   Conceded C   47 89
91% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
72% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 80%
41% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
15% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 24%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
48% 48%   BTTS BTTS   57% 50%
28% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 9%
33% 26%   Failed to Score F T   43% 43%
 
5.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.9
4.6 4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 6
1.8 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
4 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.2 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   8 8.3
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.7
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 25%
 
10.3 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 12.7
3.3 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

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

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.