Football tips: Salford City vs Forest Green Rovers - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Peninsula Stadium (5100 seats)

The visiting Forest Green Rovers side should be favourites in this visit to Salford City, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their ten league games this season.

Salford City and Forest Green Rovers 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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Salford City form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Salford City are 2-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Salford City lost their last game at Crewe Alexandra (placed 2nd) after a 1-4 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Grimsby Town.

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 Salford City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Salford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 attempts. Salford City have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Forest Green Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in League Two, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far.

Forest Green Rovers's last game was the home draw against Stevenage (0-0). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Carlisle United that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Forest Green Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were W3-D1-L4.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Forest Green Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

E. Dieseruvwe
3 goals
J. Mills
3 goals / 2 assists
D. Lloyd
2 goals

Salford City missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Salford City Forest Green Rovers
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
2 2 0 Won W 0 2 5
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
12 5 0 Scored S 0 4 7
16 4 2 Conceded C 0 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 80%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 30%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 10%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 20%
20% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 70%
20% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 30%
 
3.3 2.6 3 Corners For (avg) C F 6 3.8 4
7.4 6.4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 5.6 4.9
1.4 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 4
Key stats This season:
  • Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Salford City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Salford City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Salford City
All EFL Trophy Vanarama National League Fa Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Vanarama National League North Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Salford City 2 - 0 Aston Villa U21
07-09-19 LT Morecambe 2 - 2 Salford City
14-09-19 LT Salford City 0 - 2 Cheltenham Town
17-09-19 LT Salford City 1 - 0 Grimsby Town
21-09-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 4 - 1 Salford City
28-09-19 LT Salford City 14:00 Forest Green Rovers
05-10-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Salford City
08-10-19 EFL Salford City 18:45 Bury
12-10-19 LT Salford City 14:00 Cambridge United
19-10-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Salford City
Forest Green Rovers
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Forest Green Rovers 3 - 2 Southampton U21
07-09-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
14-09-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 1 - 0 Colchester United
17-09-19 LT Carlisle United 0 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
21-09-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 0 - 0 Stevenage
28-09-19 LT Salford City 14:00 Forest Green Rovers
05-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Crawley Town
08-10-19 EFL Forest Green Rovers 18:00 Coventry City
12-10-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Forest Green Rovers
19-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Mansfield Town

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

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