About Match
Forest Green Rovers go into the game 13th in the table on 9 points; Gateshead sit 22nd on 4 — a 5-point gap. Gateshead's recent output outruns their position: 18th on form over five rounds, 22nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Forest Green Rovers 1.17 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Gateshead 0.83 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.53. If Forest Green Rovers win, their total rises to 12 and up to 4th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Forest Green Rovers 3, draws 0, Gateshead 2, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The New Lawn stages the fixture, a ground that holds 5,140.