Forest Green vs Southend

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🕒 Wed, 21 May 2025 19:45 Europe/London 📍 The Bolt New Lawn 🧑‍⚖️ David Rock 🔁 Promotion Play-offs - Semi-finals 🏁 match finished

Season

2024-2025 Season

Stage

Promotion Play-offs - Semi-finals

National League Table

Forest Green 3 · Southend 6

Referee Stats

David Rock

2 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	0%
Draws	50%
Away wins	50%

How the match was played

Match ended level at 1-1.

Team Overview

Forest Green (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 15-8-1

Goals For / Against

39 / 18

Avg: 1.63 / 0.75

Points

Avg: 2.21

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Southend (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 7-13-6

Goals For / Against

31 / 29

Avg: 1.19 / 1.12

Points

Avg: 1.31

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this National League fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.21

PPG

1.31

1.63

1.19

0.75

1.12

46%

O2.5

38%

58%

BTTS

50%

Score 1st

League-position context

Forest Green rank3rd

Southend rank6th

Forest Green points84

Southend points71

Forest Green: #3 · 84 pts · GD +27

12 pts off the top 2. 20 pts above the play-off edge. 32 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Southend: #6 · 71 pts · GD +11

25 pts off the top 2. 7 pts above the play-off edge. 19 pts clear of the relegation zone.

13-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Forest Green last 5 home

D W W L W

Points10/15

Weighted index64

Goals8-4

Record3-1-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Southend last 5 away

D D D D W

Points7/15

Weighted index38

Goals9-5

Record1-4-0

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Forest Green trend breakdown

Over 2.546%

BTTS58%

BTTS + O2.538%

1H Over 0.563%

Also: Over 0.5 96% · Over 1.5 75% · Over 3.5 17% · 1H BTTS 13%

Southend trend breakdown

Over 2.538%

BTTS50%

BTTS + O2.527%

1H Over 0.565%

Also: Over 0.5 85% · Over 1.5 73% · Over 3.5 19% · 1H BTTS 15%

Scoring reliability

Forest Green score at home96%

Forest Green clean sheet at home42%

Southend score away69%

Southend clean sheet away35%

First-goal patterns

Forest Green score first0%

Forest Green win after scoring first0%

Southend score first0%

Southend win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Forest Green 0% · Southend 0%

Vs league average

Forest Green score at home1.63 vs 1.50

Forest Green concede at home0.75 vs 1.20

Southend score away1.19 vs 1.20

Southend concede away1.12 vs 1.50

Forest Green score 8% above league average, while Southend score 1% below league average.

Defensive side: Forest Green are 38% below league average at home, and Southend are 26% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.00

BTTS80%

Over 2.560%

At this venue setup: 3.00 goals on average across the last 3.

Forest Green goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Southend goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

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Total Shots

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Shots off Goal

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Blocked Shots

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Shots Inside Box

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Shots Outside Box

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Ball Possession

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Corner Kicks

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Fouls

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Offsides

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Yellow Cards

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Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

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Total Passes

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Passes Accurate

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Passes %

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Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	5
Home Wins	1
Draws	3
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	3 (60.0%)
BTTS	4 (80.0%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	3
Home Wins	1
Draws	2
Away Wins	0
Over 2.5 Goals	2 (66.7%)
BTTS	3 (100.0%)

Forest Green vs Southend Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

14 Mar 2026 Southend vs Forest Green 2 - 0 29 Nov 2025 Forest Green vs Southend 2 - 1

2024-2025 Season

21 May 2025 Forest Green vs Southend 1 - 1 15 Mar 2025 Forest Green vs Southend 2 - 2 23 Nov 2024 Southend vs Forest Green 2 - 2