The hosts, Forest Green Rovers, should be the favourites in this game, but Bristol Rovers have exhibited both capability and mettle. Read more about the fixture!
- Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+18) in League Two
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Forest and Bristol Rovers.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 League Two games here at The New Lawn for Forest Green Rovers. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Forest after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Forest's previous game was a League Two match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Barrow (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The versatile forward Mathew Stevens bettered all the other players in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Stevens scored two goals.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Hartlepool United and winning 3-1.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's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won five matches, drawn zero and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chelsea U21 are coming to town in three days.
Forest have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The New Lawn with 14 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Bristol Rovers have produced an overall stat of 2-4-3 so far.
Bristol are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Salford City (placed 16th). Midfielder Sam Finley was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Finley served one assist and hit six key passes.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Tranmere Rovers.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Bristol Rovers playing away, we found six games. Results were one away win, one draw and four home wins.
Bristol have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Bristol have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Forest-Bristol Rovers H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Forest Green Rovers four wins, Bristol Rovers zero wins, one draw. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Stevens 10 goals | J. Matt 8 goals | N. Cadden 5 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 32 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 88% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 78% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 56% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 6% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 78% | 67% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 22% |
| 24% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 6 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13.1 | 14.5 | 22.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| 40% | 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 35% |
| 10.9 | 10.8 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.6 | 11.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 4 |
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+18) in League Two
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Harrogate Town | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 7 | Sutton United | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 9 | Newport County | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Walsall | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Salford City | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Crawley Town | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 20 |
| 20 | Barrow | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 18 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 15 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 13 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 13 |