The home fans await a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage should work versus a struggling visitor. Forward Madison are in 5th spot while the guesting Lexington stress at 9th.
- Forward Madison have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lexington have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in USL League One
The visiting Lexington played their last game only four days ago, a USL League One match. That game was also an away game, at North Carolina. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Forward Madison form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Forward Madison have to build on here at Breese Stevens Field in the USL League One.
Forward Madison are confident in defense, having played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Forward, who won 1-0 against Richmond Kickers (placed 3rd).
Ahead of that match, Forward Madison won a home game hosting North Carolina (3-0).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 Forward Madison have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.
A decent goal production from Forward in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches.
Lexington form and stats
There's been little loot from Lexington's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the USL League One. Lexington only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Lexington, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Lexington are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at North Carolina (placed 1st).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Chattanooga Red Wolves.Lexington are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Lexington - Forward 0-0 was the product when this pair of participants previously met, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Chaney 4 goals |  D. Smart 3 goals | K. Balogun 3 goals |
Forward Madison missing players
Lexington missing players
| Forward Madison | Lexington | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 33% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 54% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 5 | 7.2 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 13.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | 33% |
| 12.3 | 9.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.7 | 12.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
- All of Lexington's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forward Madison have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forward Madison have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Lexington have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Lexington have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lexington have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Lexington have the most conceded goals (12) away in USL League One
- Lexington have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in USL League One
- Lexington have yet to win a game away.
- Lexington haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | North Carolina | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | Charlotte Independence | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Northern Colorado | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Forward Madison | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | One Knoxville | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Greenville Triumph | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Tormenta | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Lexington | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Union Omaha | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Central Valley Fuego | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
