Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Walsall (11th, 65 pts) held a 23-point advantage over Forest Green Rovers (24th, 42 pts). Forest Green Rovers's recent output outran their position: 11th on form over five rounds, 24th in the table. Per game in the league, Forest Green Rovers were scoring 0.96 and conceding 1.7, Walsall 1.5 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Walsall, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Forest Green Rovers against 15/15 for Walsall.
9 meetings are on record — 2 won by Forest Green Rovers, 3 by Walsall, 4 drawn, at 2.11 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 11% of those meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
The match was played at The New Lawn in Nailsworth (capacity 5,140). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-0 full-time score.