Forest Green Rovers prepare to battle it out with Shrewsbury Town in this League One match. All you should learn about the fixture can be found here!
- Forest Green Rovers have lost all their home matches so far.
- Shrewsbury Town have not yet lost a game away.
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
The story so far in the League One for Forest Green Rovers at their home stadium (The New Lawn) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Rovers are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 197 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Wickham).
Forest Green Rovers's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at home, ending 3-1 against Southampton U21. The home team are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Forest Green Rovers lost 0-5 at Sheffield Wednesday's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Forest Green Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rovers, as the League One home game vs Accrington Stanley is only three days away.
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.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Shrewsbury Town are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a EFL Trophy home defeat versus Wolves U21 with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Shrewsbury Town travelled to Bristol Rovers and returned home with a draw after the League One game finished 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shrewsbury Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 3 Shrewsbury Town wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Moore-Taylor 1 goals | R. Hendry 1 goals | J. March 1 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.3 | 7.3 |
| 2.6 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 14.3 | 11.8 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 17% | 10% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 18% |
| 13.6 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| 5.4 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- All of Forest Green Rovers's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- 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 lost all their home matches so far.
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shrewsbury Town have not yet lost a game away.
| 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 |
