Match ends, Stevenage 0, Forest Green Rovers 2.
StevenageStevenage0Forest GreenForest Green Rovers2
Forest Green tightened their grip on a play-off place with a 2-0 win at Stevenage.
Liam Shephard and Christian Doidge scored the goals as the visitors showed why they have the second-best away record in League Two.
Main man Doidge - back in form after an ill-fated spell at Bolton - twice fired over from promising positions before heading in to clinch the points early in the second half.
Forest Green's star man Reece Brown was also denied by goalkeeper Paul Farman and hit the post in a match of few chances.
The decisive moment came minutes before Doidge's goal, visiting stopper James Montgomery making a brilliant save from half-time sub Alex Reid.
The away side took the lead with a quick free-kick after 13 minutes. Lloyd James worked the ball to George Williams who squared for Shephard to tap in at the back post.
Doidge got himself on the scoresheet when he nodded in after Farman's brilliant save denied Williams before Montgomery twice kept out Stevenage skipper Alex Revell to protect his clean sheet.
MK Dons' defeat at Grimsby and victory at Stevenage lifted Forest Green up to fifth.
Match report supplied by Press Association.
Line-ups
Stevenage
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Farman
- 2Wildin
- 5Cuthbert
- 31NugentBooked at 29mins
- 3Hunt
- 24MakasiSubstituted forSonupeat 73'minutes
- 4Timlin
- 8Byrom
- 10Kennedy
- 9Revell
- 7BallSubstituted forReidat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Sonupe
- 15Vancooten
- 16Iontton
- 22Reid
- 25Henry
- 27Byrne
- 30Wilkinson
Forest Green
Formation 3-5-2
- 13MontgomeryBooked at 35mins
- 6Rawson
- 16Gunning
- 19McGinley
- 2Shephard
- 4James
- 10Brown
- 7WinchesterSubstituted forDigbyat 72'minutes
- 23Mills
- 11WilliamsSubstituted forMondalat 77'minutes
- 9Doidge
Substitutes
- 5Collins
- 14Campbell
- 20Digby
- 21McCoulsky
- 25Mondal
- 26Reid
- 34Ward
- Referee:
- Darren Drysdale
- Attendance:
- 2,494
Match Stats
Home TeamStevenageAway TeamForest Green
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home8
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away4
- Corners
- Home7
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home2
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Stevenage 0, Forest Green Rovers 2.
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Foul by Junior Mondal (Forest Green Rovers).
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Luther Wildin (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt missed. Junior Mondal (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
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Attempt missed. Michael Timlin (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by James Montgomery.
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Attempt saved. Alex Revell (Stevenage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
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Foul by Farrend Rawson (Forest Green Rovers).
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Alex Reid (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Christian Doidge.
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Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Liam Shephard.
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Attempt blocked. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Junior Mondal replaces George Williams.
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Foul by George Williams (Forest Green Rovers).
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Luther Wildin (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Gavin Gunning.
Substitution
Substitution, Stevenage. Emmanuel Sonupe replaces Moses Makasi.
Substitution
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Paul Digby replaces Carl Winchester.
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Attempt missed. Reece Brown (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
