Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 1 January 2019
Result
Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town
League Two · Tuesday 1 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: match report
Forest Green Rovers defeated Northampton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 January 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
George Williams opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from George Williams (1') and Theo Archibald (90+4'). Northampton Town scored through Sam Foley (50').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 6th on 40 points from 24 and Northampton Town 16th on 30 points from 25. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Northampton Town 15th with 61.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Forest Green Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Northampton Town's D-D-D-D-W.
Key events
- 1'Goal · George Williams
- 28'Yellow card · Gavin Gunning
- 45+2'Yellow card · David Cornell
- 45+2'Yellow card · Liam Shephard
- 50'Goal · Sam Foley
- 73'Yellow card · J. Williams
- 90+4'Goal · Theo Archibald
Head-to-head
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up
James Montgomery, Liam Shephard, Joseph Mills, N. McGinley, Gavin Gunning, Farrend Rawson, Lloyd James, Reece Brown, Tahvon Campbell, George Williams, Carl Winchester
Northampton Town line-up
David Cornell, Shay Facey, David Buchanan, Jay Williams, Ash Taylor, Jordan Turnbull, Sam Foley, Sam Hoskins, Junior Morias, Andy Williams, Matt Crooks