Forest Green Rovers - Cambridge United: League One cellar dwellers desperate for points and greatness. Check out all the available data and facts before the fixture!
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
- Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an in-your-face fixture!
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Forest Green Rovers's struggle is real here at The New Lawn with only 6 points collected from 9 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-7. When Forest Green Rovers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons, Burton Albion, Fleetwood Town and Cheltenham Town), they have won 1 of 2 matches! We have seen two home losses in a row now for Forest Green Rovers, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Rovers's previous fixture was a FA Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-1 versus Alvechurch. The home team are looking to continue in that form. The attacker March won the honour of being "man of the match" for Forest Green Rovers with a rating of 7.83/10. March scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 1-1 result against Cheltenham Town (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) before that, played at their own home stadium in the EFL Trophy. This is expected to be a close game, with Forest Green Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Forest Green Rovers as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Forest Green Rovers has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Sports gamblers who prefer looking for low-scoring matches might like to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
Rovers aren't scoring a lot here at The New Lawn in the league, with only {5 goals} from 9 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Cambridge United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cambridge United so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
Cambridge United are looking to quickly end their 283 minutes long goal drought in the League One.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Grimsby Town with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
The game before that, in the League One, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Accrington Stanley.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Cambridge United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cambridge United, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Cambridge United's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. When Cambridge is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Morecambe, Cambridge United, Accrington Stanley, Milton Keynes Dons, Burton Albion, Fleetwood Town and Cheltenham Town.
Head 2 Head
Forest Green Rovers-Cambridge United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Forest Green Rovers six wins, Cambridge United three wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Wickham 5 goals |   J. Ironside 4 goals |  S. Smith 4 goals |
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| Forest Green Rovers | Cambridge United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 38 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 68% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 47% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 58% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 37% | 56% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 10.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 26% | 16% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 30% | 30% |
| 14.4 | 12.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 14.8 | 13.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4 |
- Cambridge United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-22) 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 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Derby County | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 14 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 14 |
