Northampton Town 2-1 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 13 October 2018
Result
Northampton Town 2-1 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Saturday 13 October 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Northampton Town 2-1 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Northampton Town beat Forest Green Rovers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 13 October 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.
R. Reid opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Aaron Pierre (63') and Andy Williams (90+7'). Forest Green Rovers scored through R. Reid (43').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 9 points from 12 and Forest Green Rovers 7th on 20 points from 12. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 75.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read D-D-L-D-L and Forest Green Rovers's D-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 43'Goal · R. Reid
- 55'Yellow card · Matt Crooks
- 60'Yellow card · Robert Sánchez
- 63'Goal · Aaron Pierre
- 72'Yellow card · John-Joe O'Toole
- 86'Yellow card · Sam Hoskins
- 90'Yellow card · Farrend Rawson
- 90'Yellow card · Liam Shephard
- 90+1'Yellow card · Kevin van Veen
- 90+7'Goal · Andy Williams
Team news
Northampton Town line-up
David Cornell, Shay Facey, David Buchanan, Matt Crooks, Jordan Turnbull, Aaron Pierre, Billy Waters, John-Joe O'Toole, Andy Williams, Sam Hoskins, Sam Foley
Forest Green Rovers line-up
Robert Sánchez, Liam Shephard, Joseph Mills, N. McGinley, Farrend Rawson, Paul Digby, Lloyd James, Carl Winchester, Reuben Reid, Dayle Grubb, Reece Brown