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

League Two · Saturday 7 October 2023

Result

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 7 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Accrington Stanley 2-1 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Accrington Stanley beat Forest Green Rovers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 7 October 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Josh Andrews opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Josh Andrews (18') and Josh Andrews (51'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Mathew Stevens (83').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card; Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 15th on 14 points from 11 and Forest Green Rovers 23rd on 7 points from 11. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 17th with 57 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 42.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Andrews of Accrington Stanley (9.2), ahead of Jon McCracken (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Accrington Stanley wins, 0 draws and 1 for Forest Green Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Josh AndrewsAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Reece WelchForest Green Rovers
  • 51'Goal · Josh AndrewsAccrington Stanley · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Brad HillsAccrington Stanley
  • 83'Goal · Mathew StevensForest Green Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jon McCracken, Matt Lowe, Brad Hills, Joseph Gubbins, Rosaire Longelo, Dan Martin, Ben Woods, Jack Nolan, Joe Pritchard, Shaun Whalley, Josh Andrews

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

James Belshaw, Dominic Bernard, Ryan Inniss, Reece Welch, Jamie Robson, Harvey Bunker, Charlie McCann, Kyle McAllister, M. Taylor, Sean Robertson, Troy Deeney