About Match
Forest Green Rovers go into the game 13th in the table on 9 points; Southend United sit 3rd on 13 — a 4-point gap. Against a league average of 1.53 goals per team per game, Forest Green Rovers run at 1.17 scored and 1.67 conceded, Southend United at 2 and 1.33. A win would lift Forest Green Rovers to 12 points and up to 4th (other results unchanged).
7 meetings are on record — 2 won by Forest Green Rovers, 2 by Southend United, 3 drawn, at 3.14 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 71%.
The venue is The New Lawn in Nailsworth, with room for 5,140 spectators.