Forest Green Rovers 3-2 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 April 2021

Result

Forest Green Rovers 3-2 Scunthorpe United

League Two · Saturday 17 April 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Forest Green Rovers 3-2 Scunthorpe United: match report

Forest Green Rovers beat Scunthorpe United 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 17 April 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jordan Moore-Taylor opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from Jordan Moore-Taylor (21'), E. Adams (71') and C. Stokes (80'). Scunthorpe United scored through Harrison McGahey (45+1') and Abo Eisa (52').

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 7th on 62 points from 40 and Scunthorpe United 19th on 47 points from 40. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 76 points, and Scunthorpe United 22nd with 48.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Scunthorpe United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ebou Adams of Forest Green Rovers (8.9), ahead of Harrison McGahey (8.6).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Jordan ClarkeScunthorpe United
  • 21'Goal · Jordan Moore-TaylorForest Green Rovers · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Harrison McGaheyScunthorpe United · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Kane WilsonForest Green Rovers
  • 52'Goal · Abo EisaScunthorpe United · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Dominic BernardForest Green Rovers
  • 70'Yellow card · Jem KaracanScunthorpe United
  • 71'Goal · E. AdamsForest Green Rovers · 2-2
  • 79'Missed penalty · Nicky CaddenForest Green Rovers
  • 80'Goal · C. StokesForest Green Rovers · 3-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Alex GillieadScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Forest Green Rovers 1, draws 0, Scunthorpe United 2.

Team news

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

Luke McGee, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Chris Stokes, Baily Cargill, Kane Wilson, Dominic Bernard, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Nicky Cadden, Scott Wagstaff, Ebou Adams, Aaron Collins

Scunthorpe United line-up (3-5-2)

Rory Watson, Jordan Clarke, Harrison McGahey, George Taft, Devarn Green, Alex Gilliead, Jem Karacan, John McAtee, Mason O'Malley, Abo Eisa, Kevin van Veen