Forest Green Rovers vs Grimsby Town

18 November 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Tallis

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

  • Kyle McAllister 37’ (pen), 44’
  • Donovan Wilson 65’, 80’

Match summary

Forest Green Rovers and Grimsby Town shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Forest Green Rovers led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kyle McAllister put Forest Green Rovers ahead from the penalty spot in the 37th minute and McAllister made it 2-0 in the 44th minute. In the second half, Donovan Wilson pulled one back to make it 2-1 from a corner in the 65th minute and Wilson equalised in the 80th minute.

Shots finished 16-15 to Grimsby Town, with 5 on target for Forest Green Rovers and 5 for Grimsby Town.

Match stats

Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town
15 Shots 16
5 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town
Kick-off
Kyle McAllister
Penalty
1-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
37’
Kyle McAllister2-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
44’
Half-time2-0
65’
Donovan Wilson2-1 (Grimsby Town)
80’
Donovan Wilson2-2 (Grimsby Town)
Full-time2-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Forest Green Rovers
  • Dominic Bernard
Grimsby Town
  • Gavan Holohan
  • Danny Rose

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Grimsby Town attacking Forest Green Rovers attacking 
4’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 7’ Harvey Rodgers (Grimsby Town), set piece, blocked 10’ Fankaty Dabo (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 13’ Kieran Green (Grimsby Town), from a corner, off target 14’ Rekeil Pyke (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 19’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 21’ Callum Jones (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 26’ Kieran Green (Grimsby Town), set piece, saved 29’ Jacob Maddox (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 29’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 36’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 37’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), penalty, goal 39’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 41’ Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 42’ Jordan Moore-Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 44’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 46’ Rekeil Pyke (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 47’ Harvey Rodgers (Grimsby Town), from a corner, off target 51’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 52’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 53’ Rekeil Pyke (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 56’ Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 63’ Jamie Andrews (Grimsby Town), from a corner, blocked 65’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), from a corner, goal 65’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), from a corner, blocked 69’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 74’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 80’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), open play, goal 81’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 88’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 89’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 90+3’ Sean Robertson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 4’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 7’ Harvey Rodgers (Grimsby Town), set piece, blocked 10’ Fankaty Dabo (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 13’ Kieran Green (Grimsby Town), from a corner, off target 14’ Rekeil Pyke (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 19’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 21’ Callum Jones (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 26’ Kieran Green (Grimsby Town), set piece, saved 29’ Jacob Maddox (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 29’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 36’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 37’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), penalty, goal 39’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 41’ Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 42’ Jordan Moore-Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 44’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, goal 46’ Rekeil Pyke (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 47’ Harvey Rodgers (Grimsby Town), from a corner, off target 51’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 52’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 53’ Rekeil Pyke (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 56’ Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 63’ Jamie Andrews (Grimsby Town), from a corner, blocked 65’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), from a corner, goal 65’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), from a corner, blocked 69’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 74’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 80’ Donovan Wilson (Grimsby Town), open play, goal 81’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 88’ Gavan Holohan (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 89’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 90+3’ Sean Robertson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Dominic Bernard
90′ – – – – – –
Fankaty Dabo
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Callum Jones Taken off
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Kyle McAllister Taken off
86′ 2 – 5 – – – –
Tyrese Omotoye
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Jacob Maddox Taken off
65′ – – 1 – – – –
Sean Robertson Came on as a substitute
25′ – – 1 – – – –
Teddy Jenks Came on as a substitute
4′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Forest Green Rovers win 40% Avg odds 2.36
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.43
Grimsby Town win 33% Avg odds 2.86

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.