Stevenage 1-2 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 October 2017
Result
Stevenage 1-2 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Stevenage 1-2 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Stevenage lost to Forest Green Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 21 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Matt Godden opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Stevenage's goal came from Matt Godden (43'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Reece Brown (61') and Christian Doidge (73').
Discipline: Stevenage received 3 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stevenage were 7th on 24 points from 14 and Forest Green Rovers 23rd on 9 points from 14. Stevenage went on to finish that season 16th with 55 points, and Forest Green Rovers 21st with 47.
Stevenage lined up in a 4-4-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 3-5-2.
Going into the match Stevenage's last five read W-L-L-W-W and Forest Green Rovers's W-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Jonathan Smith
- 43'Goal · Matt Godden
- 61'Goal · Reece Brown
- 73'Goal · Christian Doidge
- 81'Yellow card · Alex Iacovitti
- 83'Yellow card · Dale Bennett
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jack King
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jack King
Team news
Stevenage line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Fryer, Joe Martin, Fraser Franks, Terence Vancooten, Ronnie Henry, Jonathan Smith, Ben Kennedy, Tom Pett, Dale Gorman, Kyle Wootton, Matty Godden
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Scott Laird, Lee Collins, Jack Fitzwater, Alex Iacovitti, Drissa Traoré, Reece Brown, Isaiah Osbourne, Keanu Marsh-Brown, Christian Doidge