Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 March 2024
Result
Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 9 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Walsall: match report
Forest Green Rovers defeated Walsall 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 9 March 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.
Emmanuel Osadebe opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from Emmanuel Osadebe (63') and Kyle McAllister (81', penalty). Walsall did not score.
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Walsall received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 23rd on 27 points from 35 and Walsall 7th on 54 points from 35. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 42 points, and Walsall 11th with 65.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Walsall in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vicente Reyes of Forest Green Rovers (8.7), ahead of Joe Foulkes (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Forest Green Rovers win, 3 draws and 3 for Walsall.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Jamille Matt
- 63'Goal · Emmanuel Osadebe
- 67'Yellow card · David Okagbue
- 67'Yellow card · Tyrese Omotoye
- 71'Missed penalty · Isaac Hutchinson
- 72'Second yellow · David Okagbue
- 72'Yellow card · Jordan Moore-Taylor
- 81'Penalty goal · Kyle McAllister
- 84'Yellow card · Dominic Thompson
Head-to-head
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Vicente Reyes, Ryan Inniss, Richard Keogh, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Dominic Thompson, Charlie McCann, Harvey Bunker, Jamie Robson, Emmanuel Osadebe, Christian Doidge, Kyle McAllister
Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Jackson Smith, Emmanuel Adegboyega, David Okagbue, Taylor Allen, Tom Knowles, Isaac Hutchinson, Brandon Comley, Jack Earing, Liam Gordon, Jamille Matt, Josh Gordon