Accrington Stanley 2-1 Forest Green Rovers
Accrington made it out of the bottom four thanks to a come-from-behind win over the 10-man Forest Green Rovers.
Duncan Ferguson is still looking for his first league win as Rovers boss after seven games in charge as they remain rooted at the bottom of the table.
They had led but after dropping to 10 men just before the break their afternoon unraveled.
Forest Green started well and Stanley keeper Lukas Jensen made two excellent saves to keep Corey O’Keeffe and Myles Peart-Harris away before taking the lead after 22 minutes.
Following a counterattack, O’Keeffe charged forward and passed through to Brentford’s loanee midfielder Peart-Harris, who slotted the ball under Jensen’s body for his sixth goal of the season.
Forest Green was down to 10 men after 43 minutes when Oliver Casey saw red for a high challenge against Nathan Butler-Oyedeji.
The resulting free-kick from Sean McConville was headed in by loanee Aaron Pressley in the 44th minute.
Stanley put his man to good use in the 64th minute when Rosaire Longelo got the ball from the right of the box and shot deep into the far corner of the net.
Match report by PA Media.
lineups
Accrington
formation 3-4-1-2
- 1jensen
- 50FernandesReplaced bynolanat 64′protocol
- 16Rodgers12 minutes booked
- 15sangare
- 2Clear
- 28Connely
- 25fadReplaced byMartinat 45′protocol
- 14LangeloReplaced byTharmeat 87′protocol
- 18Butler OyedejiReplaced byAdedoyinat 71′protocol
- 11McConville
- 20Pressley
Substitute
- 17nolan
- 19Adedoyin
- 22Martin
- 23mancini
- 30Isherwood
- 34Tharme
- 42adekoya
forest green
formation 4-2-3-1
- 31doohan
- 22Godwin-Malife
- 5CaseyBooked at 43 minutes
- 23cooper
- 12Robson85 minutes booked
- 4McGeouchReplaced byMcCannat 83′protocol
- 48Wild
- 2O’Keeffe45 minutes bookedReplaced byBernardat 83′protocol
- 25Peart Harris
- 11GarrickReplaced byMcAllisterat 56′protocol
- 21BakayokoReplaced byOmotoyeat 62′protocol90 minutes booked
Substitute
- 3Bernard
- 6cargill
- 14McCann
- 17McAllister
- 20O’Brien
- 24Thomas
- 30Omotoye
live text
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Game ends, Accrington Stanley 2, Forest Green Rovers 1.
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Second half ends, Accrington Stanley 2, Forest Green Rovers 1.
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Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Charlie Savage (Forest Green Rovers).
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Foul by Korede Adedoyin (Accrington Stanley).
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Brandon Cooper (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers).
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Offside Accrington Stanley. Sean McConville tries a through ball, but Aaron Pressley is caught offside.
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Mohammed Sangare (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Myles Peart Harris (Forest Green Rovers).
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attempt failed. Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley) header from the center of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Doug Tharme replaces Rosaire Longelo due to injury.
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delay over. You are ready to move on.
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Match is stopped due to an injury to Rosaire Longelo (Accrington Stanley).
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Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Rosaire Longelo (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers).
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Away from Forest Green Rovers. Dominic Bernard tries a through ball, but Tyrese Omotoye is caught offside.