Only a win will satisfy the Forest Green Rovers supporters in this The New Lawn clash with Grimsby Town, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League Two table.
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 Grimsby Town.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Forest Green Rovers have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the League Two. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Forest are returning here after visiting Morecambe in a League Two game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Jamille Matt and Jake Young scored the goal(s). Prior to that, an away loss at Colchester United.
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 six games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost two.
There will be little rest for Forest after this match as they are travelling to Cheltenham Town for a League Two game in only four days.
The Forest Green Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Grimsby Town, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Grimsby's last game was the home draw against Carlisle United (1-1). A 1-2 loss hosting Harrogate Town before that.
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 Grimsby playing away, we found seven games. Results were two away wins, one draw and four home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Grimsby now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Stevenage is waiting in only four days.
Grimsby Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Grimsby have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Forest Green Rovers four wins, two draws and Grimsby Town four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Matt 5 goals | C. Winchester 2 goals | J. Young 2 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 130 | 52 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 39 | 69 |
| 33 | 13 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 50% | 38% |
- Forest Green Rovers have not yet lost a 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Harrogate Town | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Salford City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 12 | Walsall | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | Barrow | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 2 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)