Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 December 2023

Result

Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Milton Keynes Dons won against Forest Green Rovers 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 16 December 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Max Dean opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from Max Dean (21') and Jack Payne (35'). Forest Green Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received 4 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 13th on 27 points from 19 and Forest Green Rovers 23rd on 15 points from 19. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 42.

Milton Keynes Dons lined up in a 3-5-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Payne of Milton Keynes Dons (8.8), ahead of Joe Tomlinson (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Milton Keynes Dons wins, 0 draws and 0 for Forest Green Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Callum JonesForest Green Rovers
  • 21'Goal · Max DeanMilton Keynes Dons · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Jack PayneMilton Keynes Dons · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Cameron NormanMilton Keynes Dons
  • 53'Yellow card · Max DeanMilton Keynes Dons
  • 53'Yellow card · Jamie RobsonForest Green Rovers
  • 57'Yellow card · Ethan RobsonMilton Keynes Dons
  • 75'Yellow card · Ryan InnissForest Green Rovers
  • 89'Yellow card · Daniel HarvieMilton Keynes Dons
  • 90'Yellow card · Jordan Moore-TaylorForest Green Rovers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Milton Keynes Dons 2, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Jacob MaddoxForest Green Rovers · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-5-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Cameron Norman, Warren O'Hora, Dean Lewington, Joe Tomlinson, Jack Payne, Ethan Robson, Conor Grant, Daniel Harvie, Alex Gilbey, Max Dean

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

Luke Daniels, Sean Robertson, Ryan Inniss, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Jamie Robson, Kyle McAllister, Callum Jones, Charlie McCann, Teddy Jenks, Troy Deeney, Callum Morton