Grimsby Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 6 March 2021

Result

Grimsby Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 6 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Grimsby Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Grimsby Town were beaten by Forest Green Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 6 March 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jamille Matt opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Grimsby Town's goal came from J. Hanson (38'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Jamille Matt (19', penalty) and E. Adams (66').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card; Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 24th on 24 points from 30 and Forest Green Rovers 3rd on 54 points from 31. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 24th with 43 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 76.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ebou Adams of Forest Green Rovers (7.8), ahead of Luke Hendrie (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Grimsby Town wins, 1 draw and 4 for Forest Green Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Penalty goal · Jamille MattForest Green Rovers · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Jay MateteGrimsby Town
  • 31'Yellow card · Mark CooperForest Green Rovers
  • 38'Goal · J. HansonGrimsby Town · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · E. AdamsForest Green Rovers · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Grimsby Town 2, draws 1, Forest Green Rovers 4.

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)

Jake Eastwood, Luke Hendrie, Elliott Hewitt, Rollin Menayese, Samuel Habergham, Filipe Morais, Jay Matete, Giles Coke, Idris El Mizouni, James Hanson, Lenell John-Lewis

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

Luke McGee, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Chris Stokes, Dominic Bernard, Kane Wilson, Ebou Adams, Elliott Whitehouse, Scott Wagstaff, Aaron Collins, Josh Davison, Jamille Matt