Ahead of today’s game against Forest Green Rovers, we take a look at the Current Form of both sides, Attendance Stats, Top Goalscorers & More!
Last 6 Forest Green Rovers Results (VNL):
North Ferriby United 0-3 Forest Green Rovers
Forest Green Rovers 3-0 Guiseley AFC
Solihull Moors 0-1 Forest Green Rovers
Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Aldershot Town
Macclesfield Town 0-1 Forest Green Rovers
Next 2 Fixtures (VNL):
Tranmere Rovers (H)
Wrexham AFC (A)
Attendance Stats (VNL):
Lowest: 1,143 (V Gateshead FC)
Highest: 2,268 (V Dagenham & Redbridge)
Average: 1,620
TOTAL: 16,209
Goalscorers (Top 5 – VNL):
1: Rhys Murphy (7)
2: Christian Doidge (6)
3: Keanu Marsh-Brown (4)
4: Kieffer Moore (4)
5: Darren Carter (3)
Scotimp’s Views (From Season Preview)
“The controversial chairman of the club everyone else loves to hate has hardly endeared himself to anyone this summer with his arrogant statement that Forest Green will win the championship this season. If relatively unlimited funds, a huge squad and some truly extraordinary plans for the club were enough to guarantee that, there would be little point in any other club turning up for the start of the season. FGR have a ridiculous 12 midfielders on the books amidst a League One-sized squad. However, boasting that they have sold 300 season tickets simply reinforces their own woeful lack of scale, and their lack of awareness of it. Will Mark Cooper’s lack of knowledge of the National League and his surprisingly ordinary record as a manager come back to bite the team in green? And will his favoured passing game transfer to the rough and tumble of the National League and some of its rough and ready pitches? The last 14 managers to win promotion from the Conference all conform to the same profile, but Cooper does not: can he be the one to disprove that profile? The Bank of Vince will be doing all it can to assist.
Prediction: One of the pre-season favourites for promotion, it would be a major surprise if anything less than a play-off place were to result. But by no means are they as nailed-on for the title as Mr Vince appears to believe.”
Last 6 Lincoln City Results (VNL):
Wrexham AFC 1-2 Lincoln City
Bromley FC 1-1 Lincoln City
Lincoln City 0-0 Eastleigh FC
Lincoln City 2-0 Boreham Wood
Chester FC 2-5 Lincoln City
Lincoln City 3-3 Aldershot Town
Next 2 Fixtures (VNL):
York City (A)
Maidstone United (H)
Attendance Stats (VNL):
Lowest: 2,440 (V Southport FC)
Highest: 4,049 (V Solihull Moors)t
Average: 3,378
TOTAL: 33,780
Goalscorers (Top 5 – VNL):
1: Matt Rhead (9)
2: Arnold (7)
3: Margetts (5)
4: Anderson (4)
5: Marriott (3)
Scotimp’s Views (From Season Preview)
“It is very easy to forget that Lincoln City sat 4th in the National League at the halfway point of last season. Their downward momentum from that exact point was breathtaking: only relegated sides Altrincham and Welling picked up fewer points over the second half of the season, and City picked up just 6 points from their last 10 games, the worst in the league. On that basis, they would appear prime candidates for relegation this time around, but things have changed dramatically at Sincil Bank. Lincoln have used the infusion of sustainable investment from South African director Clive Nates to secure the appointment of the much-admired management team of Danny and Nicky Cowley from Braintree Town. Add some very impressive close season signatures to that mix, and you have a Lincoln City that will present a very different proposition to the side that limped desperately to the end of last season. The trio of players signed from Cowley’s former club Braintree will provide a new engine room for the side, whilst promising young striker Jonny Margetts will be keen to show Tranmere they were wrong to release him in the summer. Perennial promotion winner Nathan Arnold has joined from Grimsby, whilst striker Adam Marriott will be desperate to regain the form that made him Cambridge City’s record goalscorer a couple of years ago. Manager Cowley has set his sights on a top ten finish, and is relishing the chance to apply his skills and methodology to a professional environment. But with the facilities and budget he now has at his disposal, he must surely be looking at a promotion challenge at the first time of asking.
Prediction: If he can do it with Braintree, he can certainly do it with Lincoln. Play-offs with a title challenge as an outside bet.”
Head-to-Head (Last 6 Meetings):
17/8/13: Lincoln City 2-1 Forest Green Rovers (Conf)
16/11/13: Forest Green Rovers 4-1 Lincoln City (Conf)
1/11/14: Forest Green Rovers 3-3 Lincoln City (Conf)
28/3/15: Lincoln City 1-2 Forest Green Rovers (Conf)
22/8/15: Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Lincoln City (Conf)
16/1/16: Lincoln City 0-1 Forest Green Rovers (Conf)
