Forest Green Rovers 4-3 Yeovil Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 19 August 2017
Result
Forest Green Rovers 4-3 Yeovil Town
League Two · Saturday 19 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-3
Forest Green Rovers 4-3 Yeovil Town: match report
Forest Green Rovers defeated Yeovil Town 4-3 in the League Two on Saturday 19 August 2017. It was 2-3 at half-time.
Olufela Olomola opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from Christian Doidge (23'), Reece Brown (45+5'), Charlie Cooper (49') and Omar Bugiel (79'). Yeovil Town scored through Olufela Olomola (9'), Otis Khan (14', penalty) and François Zoko (35').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Yeovil Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 21st on 1 point from 2 and Yeovil Town 15th on 3 points from 2. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Yeovil Town 19th with 48.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Yeovil Town in a 3-4-3.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Olufela Olomola
- 14'Penalty goal · Otis Khan
- 23'Goal · Christian Doidge
- 35'Goal · François Zoko
- 45+5'Goal · Reece Brown
- 49'Goal · Charlie Cooper
- 59'Yellow card · Manny Monthe
- 69'Yellow card · Tom James
- 79'Goal · Omar Bugiel
- 90'Yellow card · Charlie Cooper
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Scott Laird, Lee Collins, Manny Monthe, Jack Fitzwater, Liam Noble, Reece Brown, Charlie Cooper, Christian Doidge, Luke James
Yeovil Town line-up (3-4-3)
Artur Krysiak, Nathan Smith, Bevis Mugabi, Ryan Dickson, Omar Sowunmi, Tom James, Otis Khan, Connor Michael Smith, James Bailey, François Zoko, Olufela Olomola