Forest Green Rovers are favourites to win this home fixture versus Stevenage, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or could we be looking at a possible?
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (43) in League Two
- Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in League Two
Stevenage could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Swindon Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Forest Green Rovers have performed here at The New Lawn this season with 6 wins from 9 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. It’s been three wins in a row for Forest Green Rovers here at The New Lawn, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
An away draw last time out for Forest, facing Oldham Athletic in a game that ended 5-5. Opportunity lost for Forest Green Rovers in the Oldham Athletic match as a lead 4-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A goal frenzy last time out for Forest, with a total of 10 goals in the match against Oldham Athletic. Fun stuff to watch! The forward Stevens won the honour of being "man of the match" for Forest with the rating of 8.14/10. Stevens scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Harrogate Town.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Exeter City in only three days. This game is also played here at The New Lawn.
The Forest fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Forest have conceded 9 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Stevenage form and stats
Stevenage have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-3-7 (11 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Stevenage have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 354 minutes ago. Norris was the goal scorer.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Swindon Town (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 0-0. Midfield player Reeves was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Reeves hit three key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Salford City's place.The attacking power of Stevenage when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Stevenage's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips. Stevenage has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The last head to head encounter ended Stevenage - Forest 0-4, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Forest wins - draws - Stevenage wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Matt 13 goals | M. Stevens 13 goals |  E. List 8 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 43 | 16 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | 34 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 86% |
| 85% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 68% |
| 45% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 41% |
| 35% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| 15% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 9% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 27% | 36% |
| 40% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 64% | 45% |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.1 | 10.5 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 43% | 35% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 17% | 21% |
| 11.3 | 10.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.9 | 12.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- 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 Stevenage.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (43) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+23) in League Two
- Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 4 | Sutton United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | Newport County | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Salford City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 14 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Barrow | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 20 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -18 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 17 |
