Striving Stevenage need to pull off a surprise victory when they welcome high-flying Forest Green Rovers in the next league fixture. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have not-so-high expectations.
- Stevenage have not yet lost a game at home.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (14) in League Two
This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Stevenage form and stats
Stevenage must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three League Two games here at The Lamex Stadium. Stevenage have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
In their previous game, the manager A. Revell led his Stevenage to a defeat in the League Two match away at Sutton United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Lamex Stadium. Luke Norris, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top performer for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.23 (out of 10). Norris hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Swindon Town.This is expected to be a close game, with Stevenage perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stevenage as a small favourite), we find eight games. Stevenage has won three of these, drawn five and lost zero.
Stevenage has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Stevenage are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Lamex Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The seven points Forest Green Rovers have gathered from their first three away trips in the League Two is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Forest goalkeeper Luke McGee is eager to challenge this, with his 261 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Forest won their last game, 1-0 versus Northampton Town played at home. Jordan Moore-Taylor, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Moore-Taylor won 11 of 17 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Exeter City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Forest Green Rovers in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Forest Green Rovers, two draws and four defeats.
Forest are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Stevenage won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Forest Green Rovers have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  M. Stevens 5 goals | J. Matt 4 goals | N. Cadden 3 goals |
Stevenage missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| Stevenage | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 4.1 | 4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 10.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 28% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 45% | 47% |
- Forest Green Rovers have not yet lost a game away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (14) in League Two
- Stevenage have not yet lost a game at home.
- Stevenage haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Hartlepool United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Rochdale | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Barrow | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Salford City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Newport County | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Walsall | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 3 |