Salford City 0-4 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 28 September 2019
Result
Salford City 0-4 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Saturday 28 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Salford City 0-4 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Salford City were beaten by Forest Green Rovers 0-4 in the League Two on Saturday 28 September 2019. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Mathew Stevens opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Salford City did not score. Forest Green Rovers scored through Mathew Stevens (3'), Aaron Collins (16'), E. Adams (31') and Mathew Stevens (59').
Discipline: Salford City received 3 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Salford City were 17th on 11 points from 10 and Forest Green Rovers 5th on 18 points from 10. Salford City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Forest Green Rovers 11th with 49.
Salford City lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ebou Adams of Forest Green Rovers (8.8), ahead of Matty Stevens (8.5).
Going into the match Salford City's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Forest Green Rovers's D-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Mathew Stevens
- 16'Goal · Aaron Collins
- 31'Goal · E. Adams
- 34'Yellow card · Ibou Touray
- 38'Yellow card · Lois Maynard
- 39'Yellow card · Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
- 57'Yellow card · Lewis Thomas
- 59'Goal · Mathew Stevens
Team news
Salford City line-up (3-1-4-2)
Kyle Letheren, Nathan Pond, Carl Piergianni, Cameron Burgess, Joey Jones, S. Wiseman, Lois Maynard, Mark Shelton, Ibou Touray, L. Armstrong, Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Lewis Thomas, Dominic Bernard, Matthew Mills, Liam Kitching, Liam Shephard, Carl Winchester, Ebou Adams, Joseph Mills, Aaron Collins, Jack Aitchison, Matty Stevens