All the facts on the Forest Green Rovers - Scunthorpe United game:

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Forest Green Rovers warm up for Scunthorpe United with belief in picking up all three points. Can they? Check our match preview!

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (66) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (26) in League Two

This could be an exciting match with lots of action and bustle as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

36 points is a decent return from 18 League Two games here at The New Lawn for Forest Green Rovers. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.

Happy days for Forest Green Rovers in their previous game, a fixture away at Colchester United (placed 19th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Cargill got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Cargill hit three key passes and won 1 of 2 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Leyton Orient that ended 1-1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Rovers as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Mansfield Town are visiting.

Forest Green Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The New Lawn with 28 goals in 18 league matches. More than 55 % of these goals (16 in all) came after at least one hour had been played. 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 14 from 18 matches.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

There's been little loot from Scunthorpe United's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 19 away games in the League Two. Scunthorpe United only have 1 win to counter their 11 defeats and 7 draws. With the Scunthorpe United losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Scunthorpe's previous game was their home loss versus Harrogate Town (0-3). Burns, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 6.81. Burns hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, the Scunthorpe United manager Hill faced defeat when travelling to Salford City and losing 1-5.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Scunthorpe United have conceded 41 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides faced each other earlier this campaign: Scunthorpe United - Forest Green Rovers 0-2. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Rovers victories, zero draws and three Scunthorpe United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
23 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Matt
J. Matt
17 goals
Forest Green RoversN. Cadden
N. Cadden
6 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Forest Green Rovers Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 19 39
20 11 5 Won W 0 1 4
12 3 1 Drew D 0 7 12
5 4 0 Lost L 6 11 23
66 28 12 Scored S 1 13 26
32 14 2 Conceded C 15 41 71
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 84% 90%
84% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 79% 69%
35% 28% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 44%
22% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 37% 28%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 16% 10%
49% 28% 33% BTTS BTTS 17% 53% 49%
41% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 16% 15%
19% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 83% 47% 46%
 
5.9 5.8 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.4 4
4.6 5.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.2 5.6
1.4 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
12.9 14.2 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 8.9 9.3
4.7 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.7 2.8
38% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 25% 24%
 
10.5 10.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 14.2 13.8
2.9 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.9 4.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Scunthorpe United.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (32) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (66) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+34) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest clean sheets (6) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (26) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (41) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (71) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (45) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-28) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-45) 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 37 20 12 5 66 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 34 72
2 Exeter City 38 18 14 6 56 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 7 8 4 25 19 20 68
3 Northampton Town 39 19 9 11 47 33 20 12 3 5 28 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 14 66
4 Port Vale 38 17 12 9 57 36 20 10 6 4 30 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 21 63
5 Newport County 39 17 12 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 20 8 6 6 24 25 13 63
6 Bristol Rovers 39 18 9 12 53 43 19 11 3 5 28 19 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 63
7 Tranmere Rovers 39 18 9 12 44 34 19 14 1 4 29 13 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 63
8 Mansfield Town 36 18 8 10 50 41 18 12 3 3 31 19 18 6 5 7 19 22 9 62
9 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
10 Sutton United 39 17 10 12 58 46 19 11 5 3 32 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 12 61
11 Salford City 37 15 11 11 46 34 18 8 7 3 25 15 19 7 4 8 21 19 12 56
12 Crawley Town 38 14 9 15 48 53 20 7 6 7 26 27 18 7 3 8 22 26 -5 51
13 Hartlepool United 38 14 9 15 39 50 18 9 6 3 22 16 20 5 3 12 17 34 -11 51
14 Bradford City 39 11 14 14 43 47 20 4 9 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 47
15 Harrogate Town 39 12 11 16 56 61 19 5 7 7 27 28 20 7 4 9 29 33 -5 47
16 Walsall 39 12 11 16 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 24 20 4 6 10 15 27 -9 47
17 Leyton Orient 38 10 16 12 51 38 20 8 5 7 31 17 18 2 11 5 20 21 13 46
18 Carlisle United 38 12 10 16 34 50 20 6 7 7 16 21 18 6 3 9 18 29 -16 46
19 Colchester United 39 10 12 17 37 52 20 5 8 7 20 24 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 42
20 Rochdale 38 8 16 14 41 51 18 4 10 4 20 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -10 40
21 Barrow 38 8 13 17 33 45 19 3 9 7 18 23 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 37
22 Stevenage 38 7 13 18 34 60 19 6 6 7 22 27 19 1 7 11 12 33 -26 34
23 Oldham Athletic 38 7 10 21 37 61 19 4 3 12 23 35 19 3 7 9 14 26 -24 31
24 Scunthorpe United 39 4 12 23 26 71 20 3 5 12 13 30 19 1 7 11 13 41 -45 24

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 37 20 12 5 66 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 34 72
2 Exeter City 38 18 14 6 56 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 7 8 4 25 19 20 68
3 Northampton Town 39 19 9 11 47 33 20 12 3 5 28 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 14 66
4 Port Vale 38 17 12 9 57 36 20 10 6 4 30 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 21 63
5 Newport County 39 17 12 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 20 8 6 6 24 25 13 63
6 Bristol Rovers 39 18 9 12 53 43 19 11 3 5 28 19 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 63
7 Tranmere Rovers 39 18 9 12 44 34 19 14 1 4 29 13 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 63
8 Mansfield Town 36 18 8 10 50 41 18 12 3 3 31 19 18 6 5 7 19 22 9 62
9 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
10 Sutton United 39 17 10 12 58 46 19 11 5 3 32 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 12 61
11 Salford City 37 15 11 11 46 34 18 8 7 3 25 15 19 7 4 8 21 19 12 56
12 Crawley Town 38 14 9 15 48 53 20 7 6 7 26 27 18 7 3 8 22 26 -5 51
13 Hartlepool United 38 14 9 15 39 50 18 9 6 3 22 16 20 5 3 12 17 34 -11 51
14 Bradford City 39 11 14 14 43 47 20 4 9 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 47
15 Harrogate Town 39 12 11 16 56 61 19 5 7 7 27 28 20 7 4 9 29 33 -5 47
16 Walsall 39 12 11 16 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 24 20 4 6 10 15 27 -9 47
17 Leyton Orient 38 10 16 12 51 38 20 8 5 7 31 17 18 2 11 5 20 21 13 46
18 Carlisle United 38 12 10 16 34 50 20 6 7 7 16 21 18 6 3 9 18 29 -16 46
19 Colchester United 39 10 12 17 37 52 20 5 8 7 20 24 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 42
20 Rochdale 38 8 16 14 41 51 18 4 10 4 20 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -10 40
21 Barrow 38 8 13 17 33 45 19 3 9 7 18 23 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 37
22 Stevenage 38 7 13 18 34 60 19 6 6 7 22 27 19 1 7 11 12 33 -26 34
23 Oldham Athletic 38 7 10 21 37 61 19 4 3 12 23 35 19 3 7 9 14 26 -24 31
24 Scunthorpe United 39 4 12 23 26 71 20 3 5 12 13 30 19 1 7 11 13 41 -45 24

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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.