Forest Green Rovers are hunting the top league spots while Barrow are more worried about avoiding relegation. May the best team win!
- Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Forest nor Barrow as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Forest Green Rovers have to build on here at The New Lawn in the League Two.
Forest enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hartlepool United's place. The match ended 3-1 with Jamille Matt, Jordan Moore-Taylor and Mathew Stevens scoring. Jordan Moore-Taylor, defender, was given a rating of 8.04/10 in that game, top of the team. Moore-Taylor scored one goal and won 8 of 10 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Walsall.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Forest Green Rovers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Bristol Rovers in only four days. This game is also played here at The New Lawn.
A decent goal production from Forest in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Barrow form and stats
Playing away, Barrow have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season. Two points from the last two away games for Barrow, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
O. Banks was the last player to score for the away team. Barrow haven't scored a league goal in the last 214 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Crawley Town with 0-1 on the scoreboard. James Jones was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.13. The defender Jones won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that, Barrow travelled to Carlisle United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.The schedule is very tough for Barrow now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Sutton United is waiting in only four days.
Barrow find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Barrow have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. Barrow has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Forest Green Rovers-Barrow H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Forest three wins, Barrow one win, six draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Matt 8 goals | M. Stevens 8 goals |  O. Banks 6 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Barrow missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Barrow | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 81% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 44% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 6% | 14% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 65% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 25% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 14.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 39% | 32% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 10.9 | 10.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.9 | 11.3 |
| 3.2 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Newport County | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 15 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 16 | Salford City | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 19 | Barrow | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 13 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 12 |