Match Report
7 points and 16 places separated them: Forest Green Rovers 17th with 6, Boreham Wood 1st with 13. Forest Green Rovers had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.2/2 for Forest Green Rovers and 2.8/1.4 for Boreham Wood (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.55.
Boreham Wood's unbeaten run stood at 11, having scored in 13 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Forest Green Rovers wins, 1 for Boreham Wood, 1 draw, at 2 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
S. Gill took charge of the match — our records show 99 games refereed with an average of 2.2 yellow cards per game. The match was played at The New Lawn (capacity 5,140). On the scoreboard, Boreham Wood led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
Boreham Wood: Zak Brunt (2'), Lewis Richardson (18'), Matt Rush (55')
Key stats
Possession: Forest Green Rovers 49% · Boreham Wood 51% · Total shots: 5-9 · On target: 0-5 · Corners: 2-5