Forest Green Rovers will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they welcome a struggling Stevenage to The New Lawn on New Year Eve for an important League Two fixture with kickoff at 18:00.
Forest Green Roves still remain four points clear at the top of League Two standings despite having at least one match less than most of the division. This is due to their impressive performances this campaign and the club has recorded 13 wins, five draws and two defeats from their 20 matches to collect 44 points which are keep them four points above Northampton Town in the second place and have played one match more.
The hosts have seen their last four fixtures postponed due to Covid-19 and will be eager to return to the fold this weekend looking to bounce back from their 5-5 draw against Oldham at away in their last League One outing.
Forest head into the match in a good form having just lost one of their last seven matches across all competitions claiming six wins and a draw in the process and they should fancy their chances if they will be able to replicate their strong form prior to the Covid-19 outbreaks.
Meanwhile Stevenage have made a poor 2021-22 League Two campaign with the club only managing four wins from their 22 league matches, drawing eight while suffering 10 defeats in the process. They currently sit in the 21st spot on 20 points with just one point above the relegation zone.
Their clash against Crawley Town on Boxing Day was the only fixture that has fallen due to the Covid-19 outbreaks over the last few weeks, meaning that Stevenage were involved in the midweek fixture and they failed to capitalize on postponement of many fixtures to climb up the table as they were held to 0-0 draw against Swindon Town at away on Wednesday night.
The draw marked Stevenage’s seventh winless match across all competition and have suffered four defeats in the run. They need to start to collecting points if they are to avoid dropping into the relegation zone but they are coming up against the top side in the division and will be fascinating how they perform.
Forest Green vs Stevenage head to head
Both sides have met in 25 encounters since 2003 with Forest Green claiming eight victories while Stevenage have claimed seven victories and there have been 10 draws
- Stevenage 0-4 Forest Green 18/09/21
- Stevenage 3-0 Forest Green 02/03/21
- Forest Green 1-0 Stevenage 17/10/20
- Stevenage 0-0 Forest Green 26/12/19
- Forest Green 0-0 Stevenage 21/09/19
Home
- Oldham 5-5 Forest Green
- Harrogate 1-4 Forest Green
- Forest Green 1-4 Chelsea U21
- Forest Green 2-0 Bristol Rovers
- Forest Green 2-0 Barrow AFC
Away
- Swindon 0-0 Stevenage
- Salford 1-0 Stevenage
- Stevenage 0-2 Carlisle
- Stevenage 1-1 Scunthorpe
- Yeovil 1-0 Stevenage
Forest Green team news
Forest Green will at least be without three unnamed players with the trio having tested positive for Covid-19.
Stevenage team news
Stevenage might be without Jake Taylor who will need to assessed ahead of the Saturday clash.
Prediction and odds
- Forest Green win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both sides to score (no)
