It's the second attempt for points this season as Walsall and Forest Green Rovers lock horns at Banks's Stadium.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Walsall form and stats
Last season, Walsall's league statistics were 11 wins, 20 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 19th position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 53. Playing at home last season Walsall managed 7-6-10 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 27 conceded.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 337 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Gordon was the last player to find the net.
Walsall drew their last game, also a home match. Doncaster Rovers (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Carl Rushworth, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.33 out of 10 in that game. Rushworth stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tranmere Rovers (0-1).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Walsall, as the League Two home game vs Scunthorpe United is only three days away.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Forest Green Rovers performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 13 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 28/24 goals scored/conceded.
Forest Green Rovers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bristol City (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) that finished 2-2. Regan Hendry got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Hendry scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 47 successful passes (of 56 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Sutton United.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Forest manager R. Edwards as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Rochdale.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last five meetings): Walsall won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Forest Green Rovers managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
![]() E. Adams 1 goals | ![]() M. Stevens 1 goals |
Walsall missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| Walsall | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Walsall | Last season | Forest Green Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 24 | 48 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Scored | S | 28 | 63 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Conceded | C | 26 | 56 | ||
| 87% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 90% | ||
| 72% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 69% | ||
| 33% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 13% | 4% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 21% | ||
| 4% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 57% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 33% | ||
| 35% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 25% | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Newport County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Stevenage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Salford City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Carlisle United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Colchester United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Exeter City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Sutton United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Barrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Port Vale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Walsall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 82 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 29 | 24 | 80 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 79 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 58 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 78 |
| 5 | Newport County | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 57 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 73 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 73 |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 73 |
| 8 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 71 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 71 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 70 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 51 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 66 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 30 | -2 | 61 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 62 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 35 | -6 | 61 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 57 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 60 |
| 14 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 60 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 53 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 34 | -5 | 59 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 55 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 58 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 61 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 32 | -9 | 57 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 81 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 31 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 39 | -9 | 54 |
| 19 | Walsall | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 45 | 53 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 26 | -8 | 53 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 44 | 61 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | -17 | 51 |
| 21 | Barrow | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 50 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 64 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 36 | -23 | 48 |
| 23 | Southend United | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 58 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -29 | 45 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 69 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 39 | -32 | 43 |
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