Football match preview: AFC Wimbledon vs Forest Green Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kingsmeadow (5339 seats)

AFC Wimbledon look forward to contest Forest Green Rovers in this League Two game. Everything you need to know about the game is located here!

Insights:
  • AFC Wimbledon have the the best goal difference (+5) in League Two

Both participants have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an energetic fixture!

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

A League Two draw at home so far for AFC Wimbledon. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats from 23 matches.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alex Bass not having conceded a league goal in 248 minutes.

AFC Wimbledon are returning here after visiting Sutton United and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Pell, Johnson and Tilley scored the goal(s). Tilley has scored in three games in a row. Ace! Midfielder Tilley was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.32 (out of ten) in that game. Tilley scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Colchester United.

This is expected to be a close game, with AFC Wimbledon perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with AFC Wimbledon as a small favourite), we find 11 games. AFC Wimbledon has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.

There will be little rest for Wimbledon after this match as they are travelling to Chelsea for a Carabao Cup game in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from AFC Wimbledon's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Only one away game in the League Two so far for Forest Green Rovers and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 7 draws and 15 losses from 23 travels.

Forest Green Rovers's previous game was their home loss versus Newport County (0-3). McAllister got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. McAllister hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 42 successful passes (of 46 total).

A 1-2 loss hosting Swindon Town before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Forest Green Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Forest Green Rovers, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

{1 goals} so far away for Forest Green Rovers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Wimbledon victories, two draws and one Forest Green Rovers win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC WimbledonJ. Tilley
J. Tilley
4 goals
Forest Green RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
2 goals
AFC WimbledonH. Pell
H. Pell
1 goals

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Wimbledon Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 1 4
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 3
6 1 0 Scored S 0 1 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 7
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
75% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
6.2 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6.8
5.8 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5.2
2.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 14.5
4.8 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3
32% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 17%
 
11 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 12.2
4.8 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 5.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • AFC Wimbledon have the the best goal difference (+5) in League Two
AFC Wimbledon Last season Forest Green Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
11 7   Won W   1 6
15 7   Drew D   7 9
20 9   Lost L   15 31
48 26   Scored S   16 31
60 30   Conceded C   47 89
85% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
65% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 80%
43% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
24% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 24%
11% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
52% 48%   BTTS BTTS   57% 50%
30% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 9%
33% 30%   Failed to Score F T   43% 43%
 
4.1 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.9
5.3 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 6
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.4 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   8 8.3
2.4 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.7
43% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 25%
 
10.7 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 12.7
3.5 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gillingham 4 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 12
2 Milton Keynes Dons 4 3 0 1 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 9 7 3 9
3 AFC Wimbledon 4 2 2 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 5 0 5 8
4 Accrington Stanley 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 7
5 Salford City 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 7
6 Morecambe 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 7
7 Barrow 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 7
8 Crawley Town 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
9 Notts County 4 2 1 1 7 8 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 6 -1 7
10 Mansfield Town 4 1 3 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 5 5 3 6
11 Crewe Alexandra 4 1 3 0 10 8 3 1 2 0 8 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 6
12 Newport County 4 2 0 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 6
13 Swindon Town 3 1 2 0 9 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 7 6 1 5
14 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 5
15 Wrexham 4 1 2 1 13 13 3 1 1 1 12 12 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
16 Stockport County 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Walsall 4 1 1 2 7 9 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 5 8 -2 4
18 Bradford City 4 1 1 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -3 4
19 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 0 3 7 7 3 1 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
20 Sutton United 4 1 0 3 6 7 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
21 Harrogate Town 4 1 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 -4 3
22 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 0 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 -5 3
23 Doncaster Rovers 4 0 1 3 3 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 -7 1
24 Colchester United 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38
Last season 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 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gillingham 4 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 12
2 Milton Keynes Dons 4 3 0 1 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 9 7 3 9
3 AFC Wimbledon 4 2 2 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 5 0 5 8
4 Accrington Stanley 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 7
5 Salford City 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 7
6 Morecambe 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 7
7 Barrow 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 7
8 Crawley Town 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
9 Notts County 4 2 1 1 7 8 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 6 -1 7
10 Mansfield Town 4 1 3 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 5 5 3 6
11 Crewe Alexandra 4 1 3 0 10 8 3 1 2 0 8 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 6
12 Newport County 4 2 0 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 6
13 Swindon Town 3 1 2 0 9 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 7 6 1 5
14 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 5
15 Wrexham 4 1 2 1 13 13 3 1 1 1 12 12 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
16 Stockport County 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Walsall 4 1 1 2 7 9 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 5 8 -2 4
18 Bradford City 4 1 1 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -3 4
19 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 0 3 7 7 3 1 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
20 Sutton United 4 1 0 3 6 7 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
21 Harrogate Town 4 1 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 -4 3
22 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 0 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 -5 3
23 Doncaster Rovers 4 0 1 3 3 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 -7 1
24 Colchester United 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.