Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Swindon Town: result and report
League Two · Friday 22 September 2017
Result
Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Swindon Town
League Two · Friday 22 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Swindon Town: match report
Forest Green Rovers lost to Swindon Town 0-2 in the League Two on Friday 22 September 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
O. Lancashire opened the scoring in the 86th minute. Forest Green Rovers did not score. Swindon Town scored through O. Lancashire (86') and Matthew Taylor (90+1').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Swindon Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 22nd on 5 points from 8 and Swindon Town 8th on 13 points from 8. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Swindon Town 9th with 68.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Swindon Town in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read D-L-L-L-L and Swindon Town's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 43'Yellow card · Dale Bennett
- 58'Yellow card · C. Robertson
- 65'Yellow card · M. Roberts
- 86'Goal · O. Lancashire
- 86'Yellow card · Charlie Cooper
- 90+1'Goal · Matthew Taylor
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Scott Laird, Lee Collins, Mark Roberts, Drissa Traoré, Liam Noble, Charlie Cooper, Will Randall, Toni Gomes, Christian Doidge
Swindon Town line-up (4-4-2)
Lawrence Vigouroux, Ben Purkiss, Chris Hussey, Chris Robertson, Javier Klimowicz, James Dunne, Timi Max Elsnik, Kellan Gordon, Keshi Anderson, Paul Mullin, Luke Norris