Another action-packed fixture in League Two as Forest Green Rovers welcome Tranmere Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Mon 13.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)

Forest Green Rovers and Tranmere Rovers are both riding high in the League Two with their 5th and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

It's no vacation for neither Forest Green Rovers nor Tranmere Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Forest Green Rovers have collected 33 points from their home games so far after 8-9-6.

Forest Green Rovers lost their last game at Tranmere Rovers after a 0-1 scoreline. In the match before that, Forest Green Rovers hosted Exeter City and drew the game 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Forest Green Rovers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Forest Green Rovers has scored 28 goals at home this season, in 23 matches. From these home matches, Forest Green Rovers have conceded only 20 goals.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W6-D8-L9 on the road this term.

The supporters enjoyed Tranmere Rovers's previous game versus Forest Green Rovers, a League Two 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Tranmere Rovers manager M. Mellon faced defeat when travelling to Crawley Town and losing 1-3.

We have checked recent matches where Tranmere Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were W0-D1-L0.

Tranmere Rovers have scored 30 goals on their travels this season, 23 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Tranmere Rovers have conceded 37 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Tranmere Rovers - Forest Green Rovers 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Forest Green Rovers 3 wins, 2 draws and Tranmere Rovers 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Norwood
29 goals / 1 assists
R. Brown
11 goals / 11 assists
C. Doidge
10 goals / 2 assists

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Forest Green Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
47 23 6 Played 6 23 47
20 8 0 Won 1 6 21
14 9 2 Drew 3 8 13
13 6 4 Lost 2 9 13
68 28 5 Scored 4 30 64
48 20 9 Conceded 6 37 50
94% 91% 100% Over 0.5 67% 83% 87%
79% 74% 83% Over 1.5 67% 78% 64%
49% 39% 50% Over 2.5 33% 52% 40%
15% 4% 0% Over 3.5 0% 39% 26%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 22% 15%
62% 61% 83% BTTS 33% 61% 49%
26% 30% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 30% 43%
19% 17% 17% Failed To Score 50% 26% 21%
 
4.6 5.4 6.5 Corners For (avg) 1.7 3.4 4.1
4.6 4.6 5.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.5 6 5
1.5 1.3 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.3 1.6
4 1 0 Red Cards 1 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Forest Green Rovers
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
23-03-19 LT Port Vale 0 - 2 Forest Green Rovers
30-03-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 1 - 2 Milton Keynes Dons
06-04-19 LT Crawley Town 1 - 2 Forest Green Rovers
13-04-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 2 - 0 Macclesfield Town
19-04-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 0 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
22-04-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 2 - 1 Cambridge United
27-04-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 4 - 3 Forest Green Rovers
04-05-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 0 - 0 Exeter City
10-05-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
13-05-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 18:45 Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
All EFL Trophy Vanarama National League Fa Trophy League Two Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
30-03-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 3 - 0 Carlisle United
02-04-19 LT Oldham Athletic 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
06-04-19 LT Newport County 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
13-04-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons
19-04-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 0 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
22-04-19 LT Lincoln City 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
30-04-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Bury
04-05-19 LT Crawley Town 3 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
10-05-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
13-05-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 18:45 Tranmere Rovers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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