Forest Green Rovers 6-3 Crawley Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Forest Green Rovers 6-3 Crawley Town

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Forest Green Rovers 6-3 Crawley Town: match report

Forest Green Rovers defeated Crawley Town 6-3 in the League Two on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 2-2.

Nicky Cadden opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from Nicky Cadden (1'), Mathew Stevens (24'), Jamille Matt (48'), Nicky Cadden (67'), Nicky Cadden (68') and Jake Young (78'). Crawley Town scored through J. Hessenthaler (14'), J. Hessenthaler (30') and Kwesi Appiah (86').

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card; Crawley Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 1st on 9 points from 3 and Crawley Town 13th on 3 points from 2. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Crawley Town 12th with 61.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Crawley Town in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicky Cadden of Forest Green Rovers (9.8), ahead of Jamille Matt (8.8).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Nicky CaddenForest Green Rovers · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · J. HessenthalerCrawley Town · 1-1
  • 24'Goal · Mathew StevensForest Green Rovers · 2-1
  • 27'Yellow card · T. CraigCrawley Town
  • 28'Yellow card · Lee BradburyCrawley Town
  • 30'Goal · J. HessenthalerCrawley Town · 2-2
  • 48'Goal · Jamille MattForest Green Rovers · 3-2
  • 59'Yellow card · E. AdamsForest Green Rovers
  • 67'Goal · Nicky CaddenForest Green Rovers · 4-2
  • 68'Goal · Nicky CaddenForest Green Rovers · 5-2
  • 78'Goal · Jake YoungForest Green Rovers · 6-2
  • 86'Goal · Kwesi AppiahCrawley Town · 6-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Kwesi AppiahCrawley Town

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Forest Green Rovers 4, draws 3, Crawley Town 1.

Team news

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Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Luke McGee, Dominic Bernard, Dan Sweeney, Baily Cargill, Kane Wilson, Ben Stevenson, Regan Hendry, Nicky Cadden, Ebou Adams, Jamille Matt, Matty Stevens

Crawley Town line-up (4-4-1-1)

Glenn Morris, George Francomb, Ludwig Francillette, Tony Craig, Tom Dallison, Will Ferry, Jack Payne, Jake Hessenthaler, Jack Powell, Tyler Frost, Ashley Nadesan