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Predictions and Tips
Southend United visit The Bolt New Lawn on Saturday for the National League meeting with home team Forest Green Rovers.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Forest Green Rovers v Southend United can be found here - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide

Forest Green Rovers
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Forest Green Rovers are hoping to win again after their last result, a 2-1 National League triumph against Sutton United.
For Forest Green Rovers, goals were scored by Charlie McCann (29') and Christian Doidge (36'). Will Davies (57') scored for Sutton United.
Under three goals per match were scored during 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Forest Green Rovers have taken part. Regarding the goal distribution in this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 6 while Forest Green Rovers totted up 5. While that may be of interest, time will tell if that pattern will continue on here in this game.
Going into this encounter, Forest Green Rovers have not won against Southend United in their last 2 league games.
Southend United
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Southend United will go into the clash following on from a 2-1 National League win with the defeat of Altrincham in their previous game.
For Southend United, the goals were scored by James Golding (14') and Macauley Bonne (38'). Regan Linney (59') scored for Altrincham.
Southend United have been effective going forward in their most recent fixtures, having scored 10 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Southend United can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same matches.
Looking at their past form shows that Southend United:
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.
↔️ Head to head
The previous league contest between these clubs was National League match day 19 on 23/11/2024 when it finished Southend United 2-2 Forest Green Rovers.
The match was refereed by Ryan Atkin.
🔮 Prediction
Our assessment is that Southend United must be fancied to find the net against this Forest Green Rovers side, but that possibly won’t be enough to avoid a loss.
We’re expecting a 2-1 winning score for Forest Green Rovers when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
Victor Martins, 14:05 15/03/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
Forest Green Rovers
Formed: 1889
Stadium: The Bolt New Lawn (5,147)
Captain: Jordan Moore-Taylor
Chairman: Dale Vince
Manager: Steve Cotterill
Competitions: National League position 3
🔑 Key Player: Christian Doidge

Mostly used in the Striker position, Christian Doidge was born in Newport, Wales. Having made his senior debut playing for Dagenham & Redbridge in the 2014 - 2015 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 9 league goals in this National League 2024 - 2025 season to date coming from a total of 32 appearances.
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37 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 82 | WWWWW |
2 |
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36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 71 | DWWLD |
3 |
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37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 71 | DWLDW |
4 |
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38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 63 | LDDWD |
5 |
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36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 60 | WDDLL |
6 |
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35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 59 | WDDWW |
7 |
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34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 56 | DWWWD |
8 |
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35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 55 | WLWLL |
9 |
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36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 52 | WDDDW |
10 |
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37 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 52 | DLWDL |
11 |
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37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | -10 | 48 | DDWWD |
12 |
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35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 47 | LDDWL |
13 |
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36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 46 | LLLDW |
14 |
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37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 46 | WDLLL |
15 |
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37 | 10 | 15 | 12 | -4 | 45 | LLLLD |
16 |
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36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 42 | LDWDW |
17 |
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35 | 9 | 14 | 12 | -11 | 41 | DWDDD |
18 |
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34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 40 | LWWDW |
19 |
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36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 36 | LDLDL |
20 |
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35 | 10 | 6 | 19 | -25 | 36 | LWDWL |
21 |
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34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -16 | 35 | WWWLL |
22 |
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36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -27 | 34 | LLLDL |
23 |
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34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 31 | LWDDW |
24 |
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37 | 1 | 11 | 25 | -54 | 14 | DLLLL |
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Maidenhead United |
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Woking |
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Altrincham |
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Aldershot Town |
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Woking |
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Eastleigh |
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Rochdale |
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Barnet |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 47 |
Time first goal conceded | 60 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | null |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Christian Doidge | 10 |
Kyle McAllister | 10 |
Charlie McCann | 9 |
Harvey Bunker | 5 |
Harry Cardwell | 4 |
Gus Scott-Morriss | 16 |
Aribim Pepple | 7 |
Oli Coker | 4 |
Macauley Bonne | 3 |
James Golding | 3 |
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Solihull Moors |
Wealdstone |
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Gateshead |
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Tamworth |
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Oldham Athletic |
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Eastleigh |
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Oldham Athletic |
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Solihull Moors |
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Braintree Town |
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