Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 8 February 2020
Result
Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 8 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Walsall: match report
Forest Green Rovers were beaten by Walsall 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 8 February 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Josh Gordon opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Forest Green Rovers's goal came from Josh March (87'). Walsall scored through Josh Gordon (52', penalty) and Wes McDonald (73').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received no yellow cards; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 9th on 45 points from 31 and Walsall 15th on 36 points from 31. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Walsall 14th with 47.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Walsall in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Gordon of Walsall (7.7), ahead of L. Kinsella (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Forest Green Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Walsall.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Josh Gordon
- 52'Penalty goal · Josh Gordon
- 73'Goal · Wes McDonald
- 76'Yellow card · Nathan Sheron
- 87'Goal · Josh March
Head-to-head
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Conrad Logan, Kevin Dawson, Farrend Rawson, Liam Kitching, Chris Stokes, Ebou Adams, Carl Winchester, Odin Bailey, Robert Hall, Jack Aitchison, Josh March
Walsall line-up (4-4-2)
Liam Roberts, Shay Facey, Dan Scarr, Matt Sadler, Cameron Pring, Josh Gordon, Stuart Sinclair, Nathan Sheron, L. Kinsella, Rory Holden, Caolan Lavery