Swindon Town favourites for feisty fight facing Forest Green Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The County Ground (15728 seats)

Swindon Town have performed better than Forest Green Rovers so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League Two match only four days ago. This match was also played here at The County Ground. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Forest Green Rovers have had more rest.

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Swindon Town form and stats

Swindon Town, who have the most points (41) at home in League Two, have performed here at The County Ground this season with 13 wins from 18 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3. In general it's been a long time since Swindon Town tasted defeat here at The County Ground, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.

A nice win for Swindon Town last time playing, versus Scunthorpe United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Eoin Doyle (2) scoring for the victors. Before that game, the 3-1 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 Swindon Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won six times, drawn four and lost six.

A decent goal production from Swindon Town in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 18 league matches. Swindon Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at The County Ground in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 18 matches.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

7 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Forest Green Rovers playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

There might be some fixture complaints from Forest Green Rovers as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Scunthorpe United (0-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Oldham Athletic that ended 1-1.

Forest Green Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

The visiting Forest Green Rovers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 25 goals from 18 games. 18 goals have been conceded by Forest Green Rovers in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Forest Green Rovers - Swindon Town 2-2 played earlier this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Swindon Town victories, two draws and two Forest Green Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green Rovers
J. Mills
7 goals
Swindon Town
K. Anderson
6 goals
Swindon Town
D. Jaiyesimi
5 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Swindon Town Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 4 18 35
21 13 3 Won W 1 7 12
6 2 1 Drew D 0 6 10
8 3 1 Lost L 3 5 13
62 34 10 Scored S 3 25 41
37 15 5 Conceded C 5 18 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
86% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 61% 57%
57% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 39% 40%
34% 28% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 26%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
51% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 46%
34% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 34%
14% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 28% 31%
 
5.3 5.1 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.2 5.2
4.5 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.1 4.6
1.5 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
414 213 46 Total Shots T S 50 215 450
153 76 22 Shots on Target S O 17 83 149
41% 45% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 30% 28%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Swindon Town has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
  • Swindon Town has the most points (41) at home
  • Swindon Town has the most scored goals in the first half (35)
  • Swindon Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Swindon Town 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 Swindon Town 35 21 6 8 62 37 18 13 2 3 34 15 17 8 4 5 28 22 25 69
2 Crewe Alexandra 36 19 9 8 64 42 18 12 3 3 35 16 18 7 6 5 29 26 22 66
3 Plymouth Argyle 36 19 8 9 58 39 18 11 5 2 35 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 19 65
4 Exeter City 36 18 11 7 52 40 18 10 7 1 31 15 18 8 4 6 21 25 12 65
5 Cheltenham Town 35 17 12 6 52 27 17 11 4 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 63
6 Northampton Town 36 17 7 12 53 38 18 11 2 5 30 12 18 6 5 7 23 26 15 58
7 Port Vale 36 14 14 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 18 5 6 7 22 29 6 56
8 Colchester United 36 14 13 9 49 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 18 5 8 5 21 20 12 55
9 Bradford City 36 14 12 10 44 38 18 11 5 2 29 14 18 3 7 8 15 24 6 54
10 Salford City 36 12 11 13 47 46 18 4 6 8 18 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 1 47
11 Forest Green Rovers 35 12 10 13 41 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 18 7 6 5 25 18 1 46
12 Crawley Town 36 10 15 11 48 47 18 9 5 4 27 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 1 45
13 Cambridge United 36 12 9 15 39 46 18 7 3 8 23 27 18 5 6 7 16 19 -7 45
14 Grimsby Town 36 11 11 14 43 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 18 5 6 7 21 24 -8 44
15 Walsall 35 12 8 15 37 48 18 5 5 8 18 25 17 7 3 7 19 23 -11 44
16 Newport County 34 11 10 13 31 37 18 8 7 3 19 13 16 3 3 10 12 24 -6 43
17 Oldham Athletic 36 9 14 13 44 54 18 6 7 5 28 21 18 3 7 8 16 33 -10 41
18 Scunthorpe United 36 10 10 16 44 54 18 6 6 6 24 23 18 4 4 10 20 31 -10 40
19 Leyton Orient 35 9 12 14 45 54 18 4 8 6 24 29 17 5 4 8 21 25 -9 39
20 Carlisle United 35 9 12 14 37 53 17 4 7 6 15 23 18 5 5 8 22 30 -16 39
21 Mansfield Town 35 8 11 16 46 54 17 4 5 8 27 29 18 4 6 8 19 25 -8 35
22 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 35 59 18 4 8 6 20 23 18 3 3 12 15 36 -24 32
23 Macclesfield Town 36 7 15 14 32 44 18 5 9 4 19 17 18 2 6 10 13 27 -12 30
24 Stevenage 35 3 13 19 23 47 17 2 6 9 10 22 18 1 7 10 13 25 -24 22

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.