Forest Green Rovers 4-1 Chesterfield: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 April 2018
Result
Forest Green Rovers 4-1 Chesterfield
League Two · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Forest Green Rovers 4-1 Chesterfield: match report
Forest Green Rovers won against Chesterfield 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
S. Laird opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from S. Laird (27'), Christian Doidge (78'), D. Grubb (90+4') and Christian Doidge (90+6', penalty). Chesterfield scored through Kristian Dennis (36', penalty).
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Chesterfield received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 21st on 43 points from 42 and Chesterfield 24th on 35 points from 42. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Chesterfield 24th with 38.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Chesterfield in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Forest Green Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Chesterfield.
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Chesterfield's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · S. Laird
- 36'Penalty goal · Kristian Dennis
- 78'Goal · Christian Doidge
- 80'Yellow card · I. Osbourne
- 86'Yellow card · Gavin Gunning
- 90+4'Goal · D. Grubb
- 90+6'Penalty goal · Christian Doidge
Head-to-head
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Brad Collins, Scott Laird, Lee Collins, Gavin Gunning, Farrend Rawson, Haydn Hollis, Reece Brown, Chris Clements, Isaiah Osbourne, Christian Doidge, Reuben Reid
Chesterfield line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aaron Ramsdale, Ian Ross Evatt, Laurence Maguire, Drew Talbot, Andy Kellett, Joe Rowley, Louis Reed, Jak McCourt, Brad Barry, Robbie Weir, Kristian Dennis