Accrington Stanley 3-1 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Accrington Stanley 3-1 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Accrington Stanley 3-1 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Accrington Stanley defeated Forest Green Rovers 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Callum Johnson opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Callum Johnson (3'), Jordan Clark (81') and Kayden Jackson (90+2'). Forest Green Rovers scored through R. Reid (64').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 1st on 71 points from 36 and Forest Green Rovers 20th on 37 points from 36. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Forest Green Rovers 21st with 47.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Accrington Stanley win, 0 draws and 0 for Forest Green Rovers.

Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Forest Green Rovers's L-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Callum JohnsonAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 64'Goal · R. ReidForest Green Rovers · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Jordan ClarkAccrington Stanley · 2-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Kayden JacksonAccrington Stanley · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Accrington Stanley 1, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 0.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-4-2)

Aaron Chapman, Jimmy Dunne, Mark Hughes, Janoi Donacien, Callum Johnson, Jordan Clark, Scott Brown, Sean McConville, Seamus Conneely, Kayden Jackson, Billy Kee

Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Brad Collins, Lee Collins, Gavin Gunning, Farrend Rawson, Haydn Hollis, Charlie Cooper, Chris Clements, Isaiah Osbourne, Dan Wishart, Tahvon Campbell, Reuben Reid