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

League One · Tuesday 6 September 2022

Result

Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Accrington Stanley

League One · Tuesday 6 September 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Forest Green Rovers defeated Accrington Stanley 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 6 September 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Reece Brown opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from Reece Brown (37') and Josh March (81'). Accrington Stanley scored through Tommy Leigh (76').

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 23rd on 4 points from 6 and Accrington Stanley 18th on 7 points from 6. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 27 points, and Accrington Stanley 23rd with 44.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Accrington Stanley in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Myles Peart-Harris of Forest Green Rovers (7.8), level with Sean McConville (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Reece BrownForest Green Rovers · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Liam CoyleAccrington Stanley
  • 39'Yellow card · John ColemanAccrington Stanley
  • 39'Yellow card · Myles Peart-HarrisForest Green Rovers
  • 63'Yellow card · Reece BrownForest Green Rovers
  • 76'Goal · Tommy LeighAccrington Stanley · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Josh MarchForest Green Rovers · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Dominic BernardForest Green Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Luke McGee, Dominic Bernard, Oliver Casey, Christian Marques, Corey O'Keeffe, Reece Brown, David Davis, Armani Little, Myles Peart-Harris, Josh March, Connor Wickham

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

Lukas Jensen, Mitch Clark, Doug Tharme, Ryan Astley, Harvey Rodgers, Liam Coyle, Shaun Whalley, Ethan Hamilton, Tommy Leigh, Sean McConville, Matt Lowe