Forest Green Rovers supporters put their faith in manager M. Cooper to deliver victory against Cambridge United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Forest Green Rovers and Cambridge United are both riding high in the League Two with their 3rd and 7th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+14) in League Two

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.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Forest Green Rovers have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games.

Forest manager M. Cooper and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Oxford United (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Harrogate Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Forest have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost four.

Forest are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Port Vale awaits in three days.

Forest are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Forest Green Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cambridge United form and stats

The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+14) in League Two, are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Cambridge won their last game, 2-0 versus Gillingham played at home. A 1-2 loss hosting Oldham Athletic before that.

We have checked recent matches where Cambridge have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, two draws and four defeats.

After this away game Cambridge return home for a League Two game against Colchester United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Cambridge are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Forest, two draws and two wins for Cambridge United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedP. Mullin
P. Mullin
13 goals
ForestJ. Matt
J. Matt
7 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
7 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Forest Green Rovers Cambridge United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 2 6 15
8 3 0 Won W 0 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 1 1 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
21 9 1 Scored S 1 14 27
14 7 1 Conceded C 3 5 13
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
56% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
44% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 53%
19% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 20%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 13%
56% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 53%
38% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 0.8 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.2 16.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 16.2 12.3
4.2 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.3 3.8
31% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 44% 47%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Cambridge United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cambridge United has the fewest conceded goals (5) away in League Two
  • Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+14) in League Two
  • Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+9) away in League Two
  • Cambridge United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 16 11 3 2 26 13 8 7 1 0 13 6 8 4 2 2 13 7 13 36
2 Cheltenham Town 16 10 2 4 29 16 9 5 2 2 16 10 7 5 0 2 13 6 13 32
3 Forest Green Rovers 16 8 5 3 21 14 7 3 3 1 9 7 9 5 2 2 12 7 7 29
4 Carlisle United 16 9 2 5 22 16 7 6 0 1 15 8 9 3 2 4 7 8 6 29
5 Exeter City 16 7 6 3 33 23 7 5 0 2 15 7 9 2 6 1 18 16 10 27
6 Colchester United 16 7 6 3 24 22 8 6 2 0 16 8 8 1 4 3 8 14 2 27
7 Cambridge United 15 7 4 4 27 13 9 4 3 2 13 8 6 3 1 2 14 5 14 25
8 Salford City 15 7 4 4 23 13 8 4 4 0 15 6 7 3 0 4 8 7 10 25
9 Leyton Orient 16 7 3 6 24 19 7 3 2 2 13 8 9 4 1 4 11 11 5 24
10 Tranmere Rovers 16 7 3 6 19 18 8 4 0 4 11 8 8 3 3 2 8 10 1 24
11 Port Vale 16 7 1 8 24 21 8 3 1 4 10 10 8 4 0 4 14 11 3 22
12 Bolton Wanderers 16 6 4 6 20 24 9 3 2 4 11 12 7 3 2 2 9 12 -4 22
13 Morecambe 16 6 4 6 19 27 7 2 3 2 7 11 9 4 1 4 12 16 -8 22
14 Walsall 16 4 9 3 17 18 8 3 3 2 6 6 8 1 6 1 11 12 -1 21
15 Crawley Town 16 5 5 6 23 22 7 4 1 2 13 7 9 1 4 4 10 15 1 20
16 Oldham Athletic 16 6 2 8 23 29 8 1 1 6 8 14 8 5 1 2 15 15 -6 20
17 Harrogate Town 16 5 4 7 17 20 8 1 3 4 7 12 8 4 1 3 10 8 -3 19
18 Scunthorpe United 15 5 2 8 15 22 8 2 2 4 6 13 7 3 0 4 9 9 -7 17
19 Mansfield Town 16 2 9 5 17 22 9 0 5 4 9 15 7 2 4 1 8 7 -5 15
20 Grimsby Town 15 4 3 8 13 26 6 1 1 4 4 13 9 3 2 4 9 13 -13 15
21 Barrow 16 2 7 7 20 24 9 1 6 2 14 15 7 1 1 5 6 9 -4 13
22 Stevenage 16 2 7 7 11 16 8 2 2 4 6 7 8 0 5 3 5 9 -5 13
23 Bradford City 15 3 4 8 14 20 9 2 3 4 9 11 6 1 1 4 5 9 -6 13
24 Southend United 15 1 3 11 6 29 7 0 1 6 4 15 8 1 2 5 2 14 -23 6

Read more about League Two

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.