National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Forest Green Rovers or Exeter City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Rovers nor Exeter City 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.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Forest Green Rovers have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at The New Lawn.
An away draw last time out for Forest Green Rovers, facing Port Vale in a game that ended 2-2. A disappointing finish for Forest Green Rovers in their match versus Port Vale as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Peart-Harris, who plays in attack, was the declared top player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.62 (out of 10). Peart-Harris scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that, an away loss at Peterborough United in the League One.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Portsmouth in only four days. This game is also played here at The New Lawn.
Forest Green Rovers have scored {5 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot.
Exeter City form and stats
Exeter was sent out of EFL Trophy in the 2nd round last season.The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Exeter City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Oxford United that ended with defeat 2-4. An insane game with heaps of goals last time out for Exeter, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this match be as full of joy? Brown, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.7. Brown scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, the Exeter City manager Nicholson faced defeat when travelling to Charlton Athletic and losing 2-4.After this away game Exeter return home for a League One game against Fleetwood Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Exeter City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Exeter City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Exeter City have managed a sequence of 9 consecutive games without losing (4-5-0) when playing Rovers.Top Goalscorers
  J. Brown 8 goals |   C. Wickham 5 goals |  S. Nombe 5 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 30 | 48 | ||
| 49 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 46% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Newport County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Southampton U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Derby County | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 14 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 12 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 9 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 8 |
