Forest Green Rovers favourites for feisty fight facing Oldham Athletic

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Forest Green Rovers have performed better than Oldham Athletic so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (37) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Forest nor Oldham Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at The New Lawn for Forest Green Rovers. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Before that, Forest Green Rovers played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Exeter City.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Forest Green Rovers matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and two defeats (from six games).

Forest has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Forest have conceded only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Oldham Athletic's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Oldham Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (37) in League Two, collect 19 points from their 9 away matches in the League Two. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Harrogate Town.

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 Oldham playing away, we found seven games. Results were one away win, one draw and five home wins.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Oldham Athletic are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, Oldham rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Forest won one, Oldham Athletic won zero and three draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ForestJ. Matt
J. Matt
9 goals
Oldham AthleticC. McAleny
C. McAleny
9 goals
Forest Green RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
5 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Forest Green Rovers Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 10 21
10 5 1 Won W 3 6 8
8 4 2 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 10
26 12 3 Scored S 8 19 33
16 7 2 Conceded C 6 17 37
90% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
57% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
33% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 80% 71%
14% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 33%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 30% 29%
52% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 70% 71%
43% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 5%
14% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.6 13.8 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 11.2 11.6
4 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4 3.6
31% 27% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 48% 43%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (37) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (15) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals (19) away in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals in the second half (22) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 20 11 5 4 31 21 9 7 1 1 15 10 11 4 4 3 16 11 10 38
2 Forest Green Rovers 20 10 7 3 26 16 9 5 3 1 12 7 11 5 4 2 14 9 10 37
3 Carlisle United 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 10 3 2 5 7 9 10 36
4 Cheltenham Town 20 10 4 6 30 21 11 5 3 3 17 12 9 5 1 3 13 9 9 34
5 Morecambe 20 10 4 6 27 30 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 5 1 4 14 17 -3 34
6 Salford City 19 9 6 4 27 14 11 5 6 0 18 7 8 4 0 4 9 7 13 33
7 Exeter City 19 8 7 4 40 26 10 6 1 3 22 10 9 2 6 1 18 16 14 31
8 Cambridge United 20 9 4 7 31 19 11 6 3 2 17 10 9 3 1 5 14 9 12 31
9 Walsall 20 7 9 4 26 26 10 5 3 2 12 10 10 2 6 2 14 16 0 30
10 Crawley Town 20 7 7 6 31 27 10 5 3 2 19 11 10 2 4 4 12 16 4 28
11 Colchester United 20 7 7 6 27 29 9 6 2 1 17 10 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 28
12 Leyton Orient 20 8 3 9 29 26 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 3 27
13 Tranmere Rovers 19 8 3 8 22 24 9 4 0 5 11 9 10 4 3 3 11 15 -2 27
14 Oldham Athletic 20 8 2 10 33 37 11 2 1 8 14 20 9 6 1 2 19 17 -4 26
15 Bolton Wanderers 20 7 5 8 25 32 10 3 2 5 11 15 10 4 3 3 14 17 -7 26
16 Harrogate Town 20 7 4 9 21 24 9 1 3 5 7 13 11 6 1 4 14 11 -3 25
17 Port Vale 20 7 3 10 29 29 11 3 3 5 12 14 9 4 0 5 17 15 0 24
18 Bradford City 20 6 5 9 20 25 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 23
19 Mansfield Town 20 3 11 6 22 27 10 0 6 4 10 16 10 3 5 2 12 11 -5 20
20 Scunthorpe United 19 6 2 11 19 28 10 3 2 5 10 17 9 3 0 6 9 11 -9 20
21 Barrow 20 4 7 9 28 30 10 2 6 2 17 15 10 2 1 7 11 15 -2 19
22 Grimsby Town 20 5 4 11 18 35 9 2 2 5 7 16 11 3 2 6 11 19 -17 19
23 Stevenage 19 3 8 8 13 21 9 3 2 4 7 7 10 0 6 4 6 14 -8 17
24 Southend United 19 4 4 11 13 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 9 1 3 5 3 15 -18 16

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.