Accrington Stanley 2-1 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 4 March 2023

Result

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Forest Green Rovers

League One · Saturday 4 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Accrington Stanley · Forest Green Rovers · League One predictions

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Accrington Stanley won against Forest Green Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 4 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Myles Peart-Harris opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Aaron Pressley (44') and Rosaire Longelo (64'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Myles Peart-Harris (22').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card; Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 21st on 31 points from 31 and Forest Green Rovers 24th on 23 points from 34. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 23rd with 44 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 27.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Pressley of Accrington Stanley (8.1), ahead of Seamus Conneely (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Accrington Stanley wins, 0 draws and 1 for Forest Green Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Harvey RodgersAccrington Stanley
  • 22'Goal · Myles Peart-HarrisForest Green Rovers · 0-1
  • 43'Red card · Oliver CaseyForest Green Rovers
  • 44'Goal · Aaron PressleyAccrington Stanley · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Corey O'KeeffeForest Green Rovers
  • 64'Goal · Rosaire LongeloAccrington Stanley · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Jamie RobsonForest Green Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Tyrese OmotoyeForest Green Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Accrington Stanley 2, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 1.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-1-2)

Lukas Jensen, Baba Fernandes, Harvey Rodgers, Mo Sangare, Mitch Clark, Seamus Conneely, Seb Quirk, Rosaire Longelo, Nathan Butler-Oyedeji, Sean McConville, Aaron Pressley

Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ross Doohan, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Oliver Casey, Brandon Cooper, Jamie Robson, Dylan McGeouch, Charlie Savage, Corey O'Keeffe, Myles Peart-Harris, Jordon Garrick, Amadou Bakayoko