Forest Green 2-1 Accrington: The Green see visitors off at The New Lawn
Forest Green Rovers’ 2-1 win over Accrington Stanley on Tuesday, was hard fought at The New Lawn. Both teams arrived at the match with previous defeats in the league. Rovers were hoping to get something from this game after losing 2-0 to Shrewsbury Town in their previous fixture. Accrington Stanley lost 2-0 in their against Ipswich Town. both teams are now on 7 points and occupy 21st and 19th places respectively after 4 matches.
It was an impressive opening from The Green, when Reece Brown gave them the lead in the 37th minute, and they saw out the first half 1-0.
Accrington Stanley took the initiative in the second half, when Tommy Leigh found the net, 76 minutes in. Rovers in turn, then responded on the 81 minute mark, grabbing the lead with an effort from Josh March, leaving the final score at 2-1.
Substitutions for Rovers included Ben Stevenson, Harvey Bunker and Bryan Fiabema for Connor Wickham, David Davis and Reece Brown, respectively. Accrington Stanley replaced Seamus Conneely and Josh Woods with Liam Coyle and Shaun Whalley.
There were bookings for Myles Peart-Harris, Reece Brown and Dominic Bernard from Rovers. For Accrington Stanley, Liam Coyle saw yellow.
Accrington Stanley and Rovers will next play away to Lincoln City and Peterborough United respectively.
Technical card: | |
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Forest Green Rovers: | Reece Brown (Bryan Fiabema, min.79), Myles Peart-Harris, Connor Wickham (Ben Stevenson, min.68), David Davis (Harvey Bunker, min.75), Josh March and Dominic Bernard |
Accrington Stanley: | Liam Coyle (Seamus Conneely, min.55), Shaun Whalley (Josh Woods, min.65) and Tommy Leigh |
Stadium: | The New Lawn |
Goals: | Reece Brown (1-0, min. 37), Tommy Leigh (1-1, min. 76) and Josh March (2-1, min. 81) |