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.
Key events
- 37'Goal · Reece Brown
- 38'Yellow card · Liam Coyle
- 39'Yellow card · John Coleman
- 39'Yellow card · Myles Peart-Harris
- 63'Yellow card · Reece Brown
- 76'Goal · Tommy Leigh
- 81'Goal · Josh March
- 90+3'Yellow card · Dominic Bernard
Head-to-head
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