Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 3 February 2018

Result

Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Coventry City

League Two · Saturday 3 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Forest Green Rovers defeated Coventry City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 3 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

A. Bray opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from A. Bray (39') and Lee Collins (64'). Coventry City scored through Marc McNulty (59', penalty).

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received no yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 23rd on 26 points from 30 and Coventry City 5th on 50 points from 29. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Coventry City 5th with 82.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Coventry City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Forest Green Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Coventry City.

Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Coventry City's W-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Liam KellyCoventry City
  • 39'Goal · A. BrayForest Green Rovers · 1-0
  • 59'Penalty goal · Marc McNultyCoventry City · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Lee CollinsForest Green Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Forest Green Rovers 1, draws 0, Coventry City 0.

Team news

Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Lee Collins, Gavin Gunning, Farrend Rawson, Haydn Hollis, Dayle Grubb, Alex Bray, Isaiah Osbourne, Christian Doidge, Reuben Reid

Coventry City line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Burge, Jack Grimmer, Chris Stokes, Jordan Willis, Tom Davies, Liam Kelly, Michael Doyle, Joshua Barrett, Maxime Biamou, Marc McNulty, Tom Bayliss