A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 5th position and the visitors placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
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
5-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Forest Green Rovers, who have the most clean sheets (12) in League Two, so far this season.
Forest Green Rovers are confident in defense, having played 231 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Forest Green Rovers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Macclesfield Town in League Two and win 1-0. Before that, Forest Green Rovers played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Stevenage.
This is expected to be a close game, with Forest Green Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Forest Green Rovers as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Forest Green Rovers has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 6.
Forest Green Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Crawley Town awaits in three days.
Forest Green Rovers aren't scoring a lot here at The New Lawn in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. Forest Green Rovers have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Exeter City form and stats
Playing away, Exeter City have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.
Exeter City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Colchester United (placed 6th). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Newport County.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Exeter City in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Exeter City, 7 draws and 5 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ipswich Town in just three days.
Exeter City have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Exeter City have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Forest Green Rovers and Exeter City have met before this season: Exeter City - Forest Green Rovers 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 4 - 4 (Forest Green Rovers wins - draws - Exeter City wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Bowman 9 goals |   J. Mills 7 goals |  N. Law 6 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 34 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 83% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 46% | 42% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 42% |
| 21% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 42% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 46% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 38% | 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 17% |
| 5 | 5.2 | 6.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 281 | 157 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 152 | 324 |
| 88 | 42 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 50 | 100 |
| 31% | 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | 34% |
- Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals (18)
- Forest Green Rovers has the most clean sheets (12)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 44 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 37 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Salford City | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Newport County | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 16 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 27 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 26 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 25 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 23 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -23 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 23 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 17 |