It's advantage Forest Green Rovers so far with their 1st position in the League Two table, welcoming Plymouth Argyle who are placed 13th.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a EFL Trophy match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Walsall, so at least Forest Green Rovers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Forest Green Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in League Two, have performed here at The New Lawn this season with 4 wins from 7 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Forest Green Rovers lost their last game at Walsall (placed 22nd) after a 0-6 scoreline. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Billericay Town.
Forest Green Rovers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Forest Green Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Forest Green Rovers as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Forest Green Rovers has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Forest Green Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 attempts. Forest Green Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at The New Lawn in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Plymouth Argyle so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Plymouth Argyle play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Bolton Wanderers. The game before that, in the EFL Trophy, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Chelsea U21.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Plymouth Argyle in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Plymouth Argyle, 3 draws and 8 defeats.
Plymouth Argyle have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Plymouth Argyle have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mills 5 goals |  J. Aitchison 4 goals |   J. Grant 4 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Plymouth Argyle missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Plymouth Argyle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 75% |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 19% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 38% |
| 56% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Bradford City | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 | Newport County | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Salford City | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Crawley Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 15 |
| 22 | Walsall | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 15 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 13 |