Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Scunthorpe United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 December 2019
Result
Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Scunthorpe United
League Two · Saturday 7 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Scunthorpe United: match report
Forest Green Rovers lost to Scunthorpe United 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 7 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
Alex Gilliead opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Forest Green Rovers did not score. Scunthorpe United scored through Alex Gilliead (57') and Abo Eisa (71').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card; Scunthorpe United received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 2nd on 35 points from 19 and Scunthorpe United 16th on 21 points from 19. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Scunthorpe United 20th with 40.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Scunthorpe United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Eastwood of Scunthorpe United (8.6), ahead of Rory McArdle (8.0).
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Scunthorpe United's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · James Perch
- 9'Yellow card · Kevin van Veen
- 41'Yellow card · Lee Novak
- 45'Yellow card · Dominic Bernard
- 48'Yellow card · Harrison McGahey
- 49'Missed penalty · Mathew Stevens
- 52'Yellow card · Levi Sutton
- 57'Goal · Alex Gilliead
- 71'Goal · Abo Eisa
- 75'Yellow card · Kgosi Ntlhe
- 90+4'Second yellow · Levi Sutton
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Lewis Thomas, Dominic Bernard, Farrend Rawson, Matthew Mills, Liam Shephard, Ebou Adams, Carl Winchester, Kevin Dawson, Liam Kitching, Matty Stevens, Jack Aitchison
Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-2)
Jake Eastwood, Jordan Clarke, Harrison McGahey, Rory McArdle, Kgosi Ntlhe, Alex Gilliead, James Perch, Levi Sutton, Abo Eisa, Kevin van Veen, Lee Novak