Forest Green Rovers confront Northampton Town, who have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in League Two, for praise and victory.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (13) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in League Two
Forest Green Rovers and Northampton Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Forest Green Rovers have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the League Two. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 192 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Young was the last player to find the net.
The home team returns to The New Lawn after being equal after 90 minutes with Exeter City (placed 13th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 0-0. Jordan Moore-Taylor was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Moore-Taylor won 8 of 10 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 1-1 versus Northampton Town.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Forest handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and seven defeats.
Forest are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Forest have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Northampton Town form and stats
Four points from two away games for Northampton Town, meaning one draw and one victory in the League Two so far.
Northampton have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Liam Roberts. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.
Northampton Town had fun at their own home (The New Lawn) last time out, beating Scunthorpe United 2-0. Danny Rose and Sam Hoskins scored. Midfielder Sam Hoskins was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.5. Hoskins scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Forest Green Rovers.Northampton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Northampton manager J. Brady as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Newport County.
1 goal so far away for Northampton Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Forest-Northampton Town H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Forest Green Rovers one win, Northampton Town three wins, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Stevens 5 goals | N. Cadden 3 goals | J. Matt 3 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 54% | 62% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 29% |
- All of Forest Green Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forest Green Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Northampton Town.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (13) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (8) at home in League Two
- Northampton Town have not yet lost a game away.
- Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (0) away 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 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Barrow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Rochdale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Stevenage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Exeter City | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Newport County | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 20 | Salford City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Walsall | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |