Match preview League Two: Forest Green Rovers - Scunthorpe United at The New Lawn

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

2nd position in the League Two table for Forest Green Rovers so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 16th-placed Scunthorpe United visits The New Lawn.

Forest Green Rovers and Scunthorpe United 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.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Forest Green Rovers, who have the most clean sheets (10) in League Two, so far this season.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Carlisle United in the FA Cup last time out and are looking for a win here. In the match before that, Forest Green Rovers hosted Crewe Alexandra and drew the League Two game 0-0.

Forest Green Rovers have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. 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 6 from 9 matches.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Scunthorpe United so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

Two travels in a row for Scunthorpe United, whose manager P. Hurst could celebrate last time after the EFL Trophy win against Blackpool. Before that, Scunthorpe United secured a home win against Port Vale with the score 2-1.

Scunthorpe United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Scunthorpe United have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversJ. Mills
J. Mills
5 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedK. van Veen
K. van Veen
5 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Aitchison
J. Aitchison
4 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Forest Green Rovers Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
10 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
5 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
4 2 1 Lost L 1 6 8
24 8 3 Scored S 3 9 25
13 6 4 Conceded C 6 16 26
84% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
47% 33% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 79%
32% 22% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 53%
21% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 32%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 11%
32% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 53%
53% 56% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
32% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
4.7 5.2 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 4.7 5.4
5.2 4.4 5.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 4.7 4.8
2.1 2.1 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
4 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
215 114 49 Total Shots T S 16 99 228
69 28 13 Shots on Target S O 4 29 75
35% 29% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 31% 33%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals (13)
  • Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
  • Forest Green Rovers has the most clean sheets (10)
  • Scunthorpe United has the fewest points (5) away
  • Scunthorpe United has the most conceded goals in the second half (19)
  • Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swindon Town 19 11 3 5 32 22 10 6 1 3 14 11 9 5 2 2 18 11 10 36
2 Forest Green Rovers 19 10 5 4 24 13 9 4 3 2 8 6 10 6 2 2 16 7 11 35
3 Crewe Alexandra 19 10 4 5 32 22 10 5 2 3 18 11 9 5 2 2 14 11 10 34
4 Exeter City 19 9 6 4 24 20 9 5 3 1 13 6 10 4 3 3 11 14 4 33
5 Cheltenham Town 18 8 7 3 28 15 9 5 3 1 21 11 9 3 4 2 7 4 13 31
6 Northampton Town 19 9 4 6 28 19 10 6 1 3 18 8 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 31
7 Bradford City 18 9 4 5 26 18 9 6 1 2 15 7 9 3 3 3 11 11 8 31
8 Plymouth Argyle 18 8 5 5 27 21 9 5 3 1 18 9 9 3 2 4 9 12 6 29
9 Port Vale 19 7 7 5 25 25 9 5 4 0 13 7 10 2 3 5 12 18 0 28
10 Colchester United 18 7 6 5 23 17 8 4 2 2 11 7 10 3 4 3 12 10 6 27
11 Newport County 17 7 6 4 17 14 10 5 3 2 11 8 7 2 3 2 6 6 3 27
12 Salford City 19 6 7 6 23 28 10 3 4 3 9 12 9 3 3 3 14 16 -5 25
13 Cambridge United 19 6 6 7 23 19 9 3 3 3 12 9 10 3 3 4 11 10 4 24
14 Macclesfield Town 19 5 8 6 18 21 9 3 5 1 10 6 10 2 3 5 8 15 -3 23
15 Mansfield Town 19 5 6 8 26 26 9 2 2 5 15 16 10 3 4 3 11 10 0 21
16 Scunthorpe United 19 5 6 8 25 26 10 4 4 2 16 10 9 1 2 6 9 16 -1 21
17 Crawley Town 19 5 6 8 25 31 10 4 2 4 12 14 9 1 4 4 13 17 -6 21
18 Grimsby Town 17 5 5 7 20 22 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 3 2 4 11 10 -2 20
19 Leyton Orient 19 5 5 9 26 34 10 2 3 5 14 19 9 3 2 4 12 15 -8 20
20 Oldham Athletic 18 4 7 7 19 26 9 2 4 3 11 10 9 2 3 4 8 16 -7 19
21 Carlisle United 19 5 4 10 19 31 10 3 3 4 10 15 9 2 1 6 9 16 -12 19
22 Walsall 19 5 4 10 14 26 10 2 3 5 7 13 9 3 1 5 7 13 -12 19
23 Stevenage 18 2 8 8 12 21 8 2 2 4 8 10 10 0 6 4 4 11 -9 14
24 Morecambe 19 3 5 11 16 35 9 1 3 5 8 14 10 2 2 6 8 21 -19 14

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.