Forest Green Rovers and Exeter City are both high-flying in the League Two with their 1st and 8th places respectively. Let's hope for a top match!
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (45) in League Two
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 Exeter City.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The New Lawn as Forest Green Rovers have scored 18 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Forest has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Swindon Town defeat 87 days ago.
Forest Green Rovers's previous game was a League Two match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Stevenage (placed 22nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Wilson (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.44/10. Wilson signed up for two assists, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
5-5 away at Oldham Athletic before that.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.
A decent goal production from Forest in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Forest Green Rovers have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Exeter City form and stats
3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Exeter City playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Recent form does not give Exeter City much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Forest Green Rovers will be a tough nut to crack.
There might be some fixture complaints from Exeter as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Sutton United (1-2). Dieng got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, top player of the team. Dieng scored one goal.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Tranmere Rovers.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portsmouth in just three days.
Exeter are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 15 goals have been conceded by Exeter in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved encountered each other before this season: Exeter City - Forest 0-0. Previous ten meetings between these teams: Forest won one, Exeter City were winners in five and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Matt 14 goals | M. Stevens 13 goals |  M. Jay 10 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 45 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 33 |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 26 |
| 90% | 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 86% | 80% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 43% | 30% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 64% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 32% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 48% | 30% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 68% |
| 43% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 19% | 30% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 15.3 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.9 | 12.3 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 43% | 35% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 34% |
| 11 | 10.3 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4 |
- Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (45) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+25) 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 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Newport County | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Salford City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 19 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -20 | 20 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
