League Two: Forest Green Rovers receive Tranmere Rovers in what should be an exciting football game. Here's a thorough preview!
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (18) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (3) in League Two
Both participants have had sufficient rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The overall League Two statistics playing at home this season for Forest Green Rovers are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Forest, as their goalkeeper Luke McGee has completely shut out the opponents for 351 minutes in the League Two.
Forest enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Stevenage's place. The match ended 4-0 with Kane Wilson, Jamille Matt, Mathew Stevens and Jake Young scoring. As mentioned above, Forest Green Rovers "killed" Stevenage in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Nicky Cadden (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.81/10. Cadden signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.
Ahead of that match, Forest won a home game hosting Northampton Town (1-0).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Brighton U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at The New Lawn.
The Forest manager R. Edwards has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. Forest have conceded 6 from these games.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
Playing away, Tranmere Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in League Two, have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Tranmere Rovers have lost on their last two travels.
Tranmere go into this game after a win, the home game against Salford City that ended 2-0. Kieron Morris got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, top player of the team. Morris scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Leeds United U21.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Tranmere Rovers's away games in the league this season with only 0 goals from 4 matches. Tranmere are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Forest Green Rovers four wins, three draws and Tranmere Rovers three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Stevens 6 goals | J. Matt 5 goals | N. Cadden 3 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 5.4 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.8 | 7 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 11.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 51% | 47% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 16% |
- 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 Tranmere Rovers.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (18) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+10) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Forest Green Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Tranmere Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tranmere Rovers have failed to score a single goal away.
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (3) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest scored goals (0) away in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (8) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have yet to win a 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Harrogate Town | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Hartlepool United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Rochdale | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Newport County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Carlisle United | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Barrow | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Colchester United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Salford City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Sutton United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Walsall | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 4 |