Forest Green Rovers
Line-up
- 13Montgomery, James
- 19McGinley, Nathan
- 16Gunning, Gavin
- 6Rawson, Farrend
- 23Mills, Joseph
- 2Shephard, Liam
- 20Digby, Paul
- 10Brown, Reece
- 7Winchester, Carl
- 11G. Williams
- 9Doidge, Christian
- 4James, Lloyd
- 14T. Campbell
- 21McCoulsky, Shawn
Subs
- 34Ward, Lewis
- 5Collins, Lee
- 25L. Scoble
- 26Reuben Reid
Grimsby Town
Line-up
- 23Russell, Sam
- 14Grayson, Joe
- 24Davis, Harry
- 5Ludvig Öhman
- 3S. Ring
- 27Hendrie, Luke
- 8Rose, Mitch
- 7Hessenthaler, Jake
- 18Vernam, Charles
- 39Thomas, Wes
- 17Cardwell, Harry
- 15Clifton, Harry
- 16Woolford, Martyn
- 21A. Rose
Subs
- 28Battersby, Ollie
- 2Hall-Johnson, Reece
- 25A. Whitmore
- 4John Welsh
Although the hosts should clearly be the favourites in this match, the head to head record is enough to put me off backing them in the win-draw-win market. Instead, I have considered that Forest Green average just a goal per game on home soil and have failed to score in three of their last five matches against Grimsby. This, combined with the fact that Grimsby have scored an average of just 0.79 goals per game on the road this term, leads me to believe that backing there to be less than 2.5 goals scored is the way to go in this fixture.