This campaign has been grim for Forest Green Rovers so far, while Bolton Wanderers have played well. Will the visitors win again at The New Lawn?
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
- Bolton Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (7) in League One
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only four days ago. That game, against Cheltenham Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Bolton Wanderers.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Forest Green Rovers have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at The New Lawn.
In their previous game, the manager Burchnall led his Rovers to a defeat away at Burton Albion. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The New Lawn. The defeat against Burton Albion was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Adeboyejo). Midfielder Brown was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Brown scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Forest Green Rovers lost 0-4 at home to Exeter City.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Forest Green Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Peterborough United in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
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 (4 from 6 games). Forest Green Rovers have conceded 14 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Forest Green Rovers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Morecambe, Bristol Rovers, Oxford United, Milton Keynes Dons, Burton Albion, Wycombe Wanderers and Port Vale), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Wanderers, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Cheltenham Town (placed 14th). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lincoln City.Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's latest 11 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Bolton Wanderers as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Forest Green Rovers one win, zero draws and Bolton Wanderers one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Wickham 4 goals |  J. March 2 goals |  R. Brown 2 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Bolton Wanderers missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Bolton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 25 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 91% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 64% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 36% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.6 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 23% | 15% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 25% | 38% |
| 12.5 | 11.3 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 12.4 | 10.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
- All of Forest Green Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bolton Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (7) in League One
- Bolton Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League One
- Bolton Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (9) in League One
- 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 matches.
- Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (14) at home in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-15) in League One
- 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Derby County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 8 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
