Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forest Green Rovers & Southampton U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Rovers participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Forest Green Rovers have collected 0 points from their League One home games so far after 0-0-2.
Forest Green Rovers haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 197 minutes ago. Wickham scored that one.
Forest Green Rovers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Sheffield Wednesday. As you see from the result above, Rovers suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Peart-Harris got a match rating of 6.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Peart-Harris had 29 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that game, a home loss in the Carabao Cup against Brighton & Hove Albion.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Forest Green Rovers as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Shrewsbury Town are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Forest Green Rovers at home in the league. 1 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Southampton U21 form and stats
Southampton U21's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.Southampton U21 are yet to lose a point on their Premier League 2 Divison Two travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Southampton's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Norwich City U21 that finished 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League 2 Divison Two victory against Stoke City U21 with the score of 3-0.Southampton U21 have the goal stats of 6-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Stevens likes to play against Southampton U21 and have scored 2 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Bellis 2 goals |  J. Moore-Taylor 1 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Southampton U21 missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Southampton U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 21 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 35 | 45 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | C | 38 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 52% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.7 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 18% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Newport County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Southampton U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Portsmouth | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Derby County | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Cambridge United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Town | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 21 | Cheltenham Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 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 | Leeds United U21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Southampton U21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Norwich City U21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Sunderland U21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | West Brom U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Newcastle United U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Stoke City U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 0 |
