Forest Green Rovers fans count on points in home fixture facing Oldham Athletic

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

League Two: First-class against second-rate, at least based on the matches so far. Forest Green Rovers - Oldham Athletic. Home victory or a shock?

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (69) in League Two

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.

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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 31 goals to get 43 points from 21 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 13-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Edwards led his Rovers to a defeat away at Barrow. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The New Lawn. As you see from the result above, Forest Green Rovers suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Bernard was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.03 out of 10. The defender Bernard hit two key passes and won 0 of 1 duels.

In the match before that, Forest Green Rovers hosted Hartlepool United and drew the game 1-1.

Rovers has scored 31 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Forest Green Rovers have conceded only 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Oldham Athletic have only collected 19 points from their away games in the League Two, after 4-7-10 (21 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Oldham Athletic in their previous game as they lost hosting Northampton Town, 0-2. Clarke was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.1. The defender Clarke hit one key pass and won 12 of 14 duels.

A 2-3 defeat away at Port Vale before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oldham Athletic as they have only managed to score 17 times from 21 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Oldham have seen the ball go into their own net 29 times on the road. Oldham Athletic has visited these top teams seven times, and 5 of 7 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Forest Green Rovers and Oldham Athletic have duelled earlier this season: Oldham Athletic - Forest Green Rovers 5-5. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Forest Green Rovers three wins, four draws and Oldham Athletic zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
23 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Matt
J. Matt
17 goals
Oldham AthleticD. Keillor-Dunn
D. Keillor-Dunn
13 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Forest Green Rovers Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 21 6 Played P 7 21 42
22 13 6 Won W 1 4 9
13 4 0 Drew D 2 7 10
6 4 0 Lost L 4 10 23
69 31 12 Scored S 9 17 42
37 15 1 Conceded C 12 29 66
93% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 81% 86%
80% 71% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 57% 69%
34% 24% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 48% 55%
22% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 19% 24%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 10% 10%
46% 29% 17% BTTS BTTS 71% 43% 48%
41% 52% 83% Clean Sheets C S 14% 33% 29%
20% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 29% 43% 38%
 
6 6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.9 4.7 4.8
4.5 4.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.1 6.4 5.9
1.5 1.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.9 14 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 10 10.7
4.7 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.9 2.7 3.2
36% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 31%
 
10.3 9.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.9 14 13.4
2.9 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.5 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (69) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+32) 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 41 22 13 6 69 37 21 13 4 4 31 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 32 79
2 Exeter City 41 21 14 6 60 36 20 12 6 2 33 17 21 9 8 4 27 19 24 77
3 Port Vale 42 21 12 9 64 39 21 11 6 4 33 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 25 75
4 Northampton Town 42 20 10 12 49 34 21 12 4 5 28 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 15 70
5 Bristol Rovers 42 20 10 12 57 45 21 13 3 5 31 20 21 7 7 7 26 25 12 70
6 Mansfield Town 41 20 9 12 59 47 20 13 3 4 34 22 21 7 6 8 25 25 12 69
7 Sutton United 41 19 10 12 62 48 20 12 5 3 33 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 14 67
8 Newport County 42 18 12 12 64 52 21 9 6 6 39 27 21 9 6 6 25 25 12 66
9 Tranmere Rovers 42 18 12 12 48 38 21 14 3 4 32 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 10 66
10 Swindon Town 41 18 11 12 66 50 20 7 7 6 30 21 21 11 4 6 36 29 16 65
11 Salford City 42 18 11 13 52 37 21 10 7 4 29 17 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 65
12 Crawley Town 41 16 9 16 52 56 21 8 6 7 27 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -4 57
13 Hartlepool United 42 14 11 17 42 56 21 9 7 5 24 21 21 5 4 12 18 35 -14 53
14 Leyton Orient 42 12 16 14 56 41 21 9 5 7 34 17 21 3 11 7 22 24 15 52
15 Walsall 42 13 11 18 43 54 21 9 5 7 28 26 21 4 6 11 15 28 -11 50
16 Bradford City 42 11 16 15 45 50 21 4 10 7 25 28 21 7 6 8 20 22 -5 49
17 Rochdale 42 10 17 15 44 52 21 6 11 4 23 18 21 4 6 11 21 34 -8 47
18 Harrogate Town 42 12 11 19 58 69 21 5 7 9 29 34 21 7 4 10 29 35 -11 47
19 Carlisle United 42 12 11 19 36 56 21 6 7 8 16 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -20 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 39 57 21 5 8 8 20 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -18 45
21 Barrow 41 9 13 19 38 48 21 4 9 8 23 25 20 5 4 11 15 23 -10 40
22 Stevenage 41 9 13 19 37 61 21 7 6 8 23 28 20 2 7 11 14 33 -24 40
23 Oldham Athletic 42 9 10 23 42 66 21 5 3 13 25 37 21 4 7 10 17 29 -24 37
24 Scunthorpe United 42 4 12 26 26 79 21 3 5 13 13 34 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 24

Oldham Athletic:
England:
Table
  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 41 22 13 6 69 37 21 13 4 4 31 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 32 79
2 Exeter City 41 21 14 6 60 36 20 12 6 2 33 17 21 9 8 4 27 19 24 77
3 Port Vale 42 21 12 9 64 39 21 11 6 4 33 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 25 75
4 Northampton Town 42 20 10 12 49 34 21 12 4 5 28 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 15 70
5 Bristol Rovers 42 20 10 12 57 45 21 13 3 5 31 20 21 7 7 7 26 25 12 70
6 Mansfield Town 41 20 9 12 59 47 20 13 3 4 34 22 21 7 6 8 25 25 12 69
7 Sutton United 41 19 10 12 62 48 20 12 5 3 33 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 14 67
8 Newport County 42 18 12 12 64 52 21 9 6 6 39 27 21 9 6 6 25 25 12 66
9 Tranmere Rovers 42 18 12 12 48 38 21 14 3 4 32 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 10 66
10 Swindon Town 41 18 11 12 66 50 20 7 7 6 30 21 21 11 4 6 36 29 16 65
11 Salford City 42 18 11 13 52 37 21 10 7 4 29 17 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 65
12 Crawley Town 41 16 9 16 52 56 21 8 6 7 27 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -4 57
13 Hartlepool United 42 14 11 17 42 56 21 9 7 5 24 21 21 5 4 12 18 35 -14 53
14 Leyton Orient 42 12 16 14 56 41 21 9 5 7 34 17 21 3 11 7 22 24 15 52
15 Walsall 42 13 11 18 43 54 21 9 5 7 28 26 21 4 6 11 15 28 -11 50
16 Bradford City 42 11 16 15 45 50 21 4 10 7 25 28 21 7 6 8 20 22 -5 49
17 Rochdale 42 10 17 15 44 52 21 6 11 4 23 18 21 4 6 11 21 34 -8 47
18 Harrogate Town 42 12 11 19 58 69 21 5 7 9 29 34 21 7 4 10 29 35 -11 47
19 Carlisle United 42 12 11 19 36 56 21 6 7 8 16 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -20 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 39 57 21 5 8 8 20 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -18 45
21 Barrow 41 9 13 19 38 48 21 4 9 8 23 25 20 5 4 11 15 23 -10 40
22 Stevenage 41 9 13 19 37 61 21 7 6 8 23 28 20 2 7 11 14 33 -24 40
23 Oldham Athletic 42 9 10 23 42 66 21 5 3 13 25 37 21 4 7 10 17 29 -24 37
24 Scunthorpe United 42 4 12 26 26 79 21 3 5 13 13 34 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 24

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