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Forest Green Rovers lost to AFC Bournemouth (0–3 on penalties)

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Forest Green Rovers 0 – 0 AFC Bournemouth
FT-Pens · Wed, Aug 28

Match Details

Vitality Stadium (Bournemouth) · 9,657 fans View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Bournemouth 0(3), Forest Green Rovers 0.
  • 95'Penalty Shootout ends, Bournemouth 0(3), Forest Green Rovers 0.
  • 94'Goal! Bournemouth 0(3), Forest Green Rovers 0. Philip Billing (Bournemouth) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 94'Penalty saved! James Morton (Forest Green Rovers) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 93'Penalty saved! Jordon Ibe (Bournemouth) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 93'Penalty saved! Kevin Dawson (Forest Green Rovers) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 92'Goal! Bournemouth 0(2), Forest Green Rovers 0. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 92'Penalty saved! Joseph Mills (Forest Green Rovers) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 91'Goal! Bournemouth 0(1), Forest Green Rovers 0. Joshua King (Bournemouth) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 90'Penalty Shootout begins Bournemouth 0, Forest Green Rovers 0.
  • 90'+4'Second Half ends, Bournemouth 0, Forest Green Rovers 0.
  • 90'+4'Attempt blocked. Joshua King (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Rico with a cross.

Line Score

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FGR 00000 0
BOU 00003 0

Match Leaders

Forest Green Rovers
AFC Bournemouth

Penalty Shootout

AFC Bournemouth · 3/4

  1. Joshua King
  2. Dominic Solanke
  3. Jordon Ibe
  4. Philip Billing

Forest Green Rovers · 0/3

  1. Joseph Mills
  2. Kevin Dawson
  3. James Morton

Key Events

84'Substitution, Bournemouth. Philip Billing replaces Gavin Kilkenny.
78'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Joseph Mills replaces Junior Mondal.
72'Liam Kitching (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63'Taylor Allen (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 63'
61'Ryan Fraser (AFC Bournemouth) Substitution at 61'
60'Joshua King (AFC Bournemouth) Substitution at 60'
45'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Ebou Adams replaces Dayle Grubb.

Team Stats

Forest Green RoversAFC Bournemouth
General
25 Possession % 74
6 Shots 26
1 On Target 6
1 Offsides 0
4 Corners 18
6 Fouls 10
Passing & Defense
0 Passes Completed 0
0 Crosses Won 0
0 Tackles Won 0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Clearances 0
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Saves 0

Recent Form

AFC Bournemouth W L D W L
Forest Green Rovers D W W L W

Starting Lineups

AFC Bournemouth

  1. MT #42 Mark TraversG
  2. JS #25 Jack SimpsonCD-L
  3. CM #33 Chris MephamCD-R
  4. DR #21 Diego RicoLB
  5. JS #17 Jack StaceyRB
  6. AS #6 Andrew SurmanCM-L
  7. GK #53 Gavin KilkennyCM-R
  8. JI #10 Jordon IbeLM
  9. HW #22 Harry WilsonRM
  10. DS #9 Dominic SolankeCF-L
  11. CW #13 Callum WilsonCF-R
Substitutes · 3 used

Forest Green Rovers

  1. JW #13 Jojo WollacottG
  2. FR #6 Farrend RawsonCD
  3. LK #20 Liam KitchingCD-L
  4. UG #22 Udoka Godwin-MalifeCD-R
  5. NM #19 Nathan McGinleyLB
  6. DB #3 Dominic BernardRB
  7. JM #15 James MortonCM-L
  8. KD #18 Kevin DawsonCM-R
  9. DG #8 Dayle GrubbLM
  10. JM #25 Junior MondalRM
  11. MS #9 Mathew StevensF
Substitutes · 3 used

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News

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· The Guardian
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Robbie Savage steps up to take Peterborough job: ‘All I want is a chance’
· The Guardian
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Forest Green Rovers scrap women’s team to ‘concentrate resources’ on men’s side
· The Guardian
Men’s team relegated to National League in 2024 Club hope women’s football will return in future Forest Green Rovers have disbanded their women’s team for the 2026-27 season so that they can “concentrate their…
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· The Guardian
Dale Vince’s team are giving away seats to a local doctor to be prescribed as an alternative to antidepressants Dale Vince, the green energy entrepreneur and owner of Forest Green Rovers, has been mixing football and…
‘I’m not scared of taking risks’: Robbie Savage sets sights on Forest Green revival
· The Guardian
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Recent Results
L 3–4 at Luton Town L 1–2 at Stockport County W 4–2 at TBD W 5–2 vs TBD L 1–3 vs Portsmouth W 2–0 at South Shields L 2–3 at St Albans City D 2–2 vs Bristol City W 4–0 vs TBD D 0–0 at AFC Bournemouth