Grimsby Town 1-0 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
Grimsby Town 1-0 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Grimsby Town 1-0 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Grimsby Town defeated Forest Green Rovers 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 9 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Mitchell Rose of Grimsby Town in the 39th minute.
Discipline: Grimsby Town received 3 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Grimsby Town were 12th on 29 points from 20 and Forest Green Rovers 20th on 20 points from 20. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 18th with 51 points, and Forest Green Rovers 21st with 47.
Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 5-3-2.
Going into the match Grimsby Town's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Forest Green Rovers's D-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Jack Fitzwater
- 39'Missed penalty · Sam Jones
- 39'Goal · Mitchell Rose
- 64'Yellow card · M. Roberts
- 74'Yellow card · Luke Summerfield
- 76'Yellow card · Siriki Dembélé
- 90+1'Yellow card · J. McKeown
Team news
Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)
James McKeown, Ben Davies, Nathan Clarke, Danny Collins, Zak Mills, Mitchell Rose, Luke Summerfield, Diallang Jaiyesimi, Siriki Dembélé, Sam Jones, Jamille Matt
Forest Green Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Brad Collins, Scott Laird, Lee Collins, Jack Fitzwater, Alex Iacovitti, Mark Roberts, Reece Brown, Charlie Cooper, Christian Doidge, Dan Wishart, Luke James