Forest Green Rovers vs Accrington Stanley Match Analysis and Prediction

Forest Green Rovers play host to Accrington Stanley at the New Lawn on Tuesday in the sides’ rearranged fixture from matchday four of the 2022-23 League One season.

Both teams head into the contest off the back of respective defeats last time out and they will be looking to pick up a quick response.

Forest Green Rovers fell to a thirs league defeat on the bounce on Saturday when they were beaten 2-0 by Shrewsbury Town.

The Green Army trailed to Rekeil Pyke’s 10th minute opener before Jordan Shipley sealed the deal in the early exchanges of second half

As a result, Ian Burchnall’s side  have dropped to 23rd place in the League one standings, three points adrift of safety at this early stage, albeit with a game in hand.

Next up is the challenge of an opposing side who are yet to lose to aby of the previous five matches involving the teams dating back to 2005.

Having conceded the joint-most goals on home turf in the entire division, the Green Army will need to thighten up at the back as they aim to overturn what has been a disappointing season.

Meanwhile Accrington Stanley suffered a first league defeat on the campaign through a 2-0 loss against Ipswich Town at the Wham Stadium on Saturday.

Following a relatively dull opening 45 minutes, second-half goals from Conor Chaplin and Wes Burns condemned John Coleman’s side to a defeat.

Accrington Stanley have slipped down to 18 place in the standings and are now five points behind Peterborough United in the last playoff spot but with a game in hand.

Unbeaten in four of their five most recent matches  away from home, The ‘Owd Reds have turned a corner on the road and now set out in search of another positive result on unfarmiliar territory.

Forest Green Rovers vs Accrington Stanley head to head

The two teams have previously met on eight occasions across two competitions, where Rovers have claimed two victories while Accrington have won four, and they have drawn in two. Accrington have scored 14 goals and conceded eight. In their last five meetings, Accrington have won three while they have drawn two.

Accrington Stanley 2-2 Forest Green Rovers 05/03/05

Accrington Stanley 2-0 Forest Green Rovers 18/11/05

Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Accrington Stanley 07/04/06

Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Accrington Stanley 30/09/17

Accrington Stanley 3-1 Forest Green Rovers 17/03/18

Forest Green Rovers latest home form

Rovers have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just two of their five most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Shrewsbury Town in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded nine.

Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Leyton Orient 09/08/22

Forest Green Rovers 0-3 Plymouth Agyle 20/08/22

Forest Green Rovers 0-3 Brighton & Hove Albion 24/08/22

Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Southampton U21 30/08/22

Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Shrewsbury Town 03/09/22

Forest Green Rovers latest away form

Rovers have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their eight most recent matches. They lost 5-0 to Sheffield Wednesday in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded 11.

Swindon Supermarine 1-2 Forest Green Rovers 16/07/22

Bristol City 3-1 Forest Green Rovers 19/07/22

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Forest Green Rovers 30/07/22

Lincoln City 1-1 Forest Green Rovers 13/08/22

Sheffield Wednesday 5-0 Forest Green Rovers 27/08/22

Accrington Stanley latest home form

Accrington Stanley have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just one of their six most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Ipswich Town in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded 11.

Accrington Stanley 2-2(P) Tranmere Rovers 09/08/22

Accrington Stanley 4-4 Burton Albion 13/08/22

Accrington Stanley 0-0 Exeter City 27/08/22

Accrington Stanley (P)3-3 Rochdale 30/08/22

Accrington Stanley 0-2 Ipswich Town 03/09/22

Accrington Stanley latest away form

Accrington Stanley have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their four most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with MK Dons in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded eight.

Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Accrington Stanley 18/04/22

AFC Wimbleon 3-4 Accrington Stanley 30/04/22

Crystal Palace 1-1 Accrington Stanley 02/07/22

Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley 06/08/22

Milton Keynes Dons 1-1 Accrington Stanley 20/08/22

Forest Green Rovers news

Forest Green Rovers are set to be without Bailey Cargill as the defender missed the defeat to Shrewsbury Town due to injury.

Having witnessed his side fail to score in four of their last five matches across all competitions Burchnall is expected to mix things up in attack for this contest.

Accrington Stanley news

Seamus Conneely will be pushing for a return to the starting XI having had to make do with a place on the Accrington Stanley bench last time out.

With three goals and one assist in six appearances so far, Sean McConville is definitely on to keep an eye on for the visitors.

Prediction and Odds

Forest Green Rovers have started their season poorly and anything short of three point in this contest would be less than ideal, particularly in front of their home supporters.

We are tipping the hosts to have enough to edge their visitors and come away with a hard-fought victory on Tuesday.

Odds: 1 2.21 X 2.04 2 2.30

Probable outcomes

Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Accrington Stanley

Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley

Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Accrington Stanley

Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Accrington Stanley

Forest Green Rovers 2-2 Accrington Stanley