Scunthorpe vs Forest Green Rovers Predictions

• Scunthorpe have won just once in their last five games and are currently in 19th place.
• Forest Green Rovers are on a run of seven games without a win and occupy 10th place.
• Scunthorpe have scored 41 goals this season but have conceded 50 times.
• Forest Green have also scored 41 goals but have conceded just 39 goals in 34 matches.

Will Scunthorpe take advantage of Forest Green’s poor form?

Scunthorpe haven’t enjoyed the best of seasons with just nine wins to their name so far and a position of 19th place. They aren’t in the best of form in recent weeks either with a win over Cheltenham and a draw with Crewe giving the side their only points in their last five games.

Scunthorpe have scored at a good rate with 41 goals, the same figure as their playoff chasing opponents this weekend but their defensive deficiencies have been highlighted this season with the side conceding 50 times this season, an average of 1.51 times per game.

Can Forest Green finally put their awful form behind them?

Forest Green looked like their were guaranteed a playoff place at one point and were even looking at automatic promotion as a real possibility but in recent weeks their form has fallen off a cliff, taking them down to 10th place. They’ve not won in seven games and have lost five of those with just two points collected from a possible 21.

Goals haven’t really been a problem for Forest Green this season, even with a poor recent run they’ve scored an average of 1.4 goals per game but their defence has struggled over recent weeks with 2.4 goals being conceded per game on average. Things needs to turn around for the Gloucestershire club quickly or they could find themselves too far behind the playoff chasing sides to make an impact.

Who comes out on top at Glanford Park?

These two sides have fairly similar form over recent weeks and there doesn’t look to be much between them. The one thing that has been consistent in matches featuring these two sides is goals however with 70% of their matches beating the 2.5 goal line. That is our prediction for this match too and we’re backing over 2.5 goals once more.

Picking a winner is a harder task but what has been evident over recent weeks is that Forest Green are still scoring goals and the argument to be made is that their defensive woes won’t continue. For that reason, we’re backing Forest Green to finally end their poor run of form and pick up a 2-1 win.