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Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Yeovil Town · National League

Forest Green Rovers beat Yeovil Town 2-0 in the National League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Forest Green Rovers and Yeovil Town met in the National League at The New Lawn in Nailsworth on Saturday, 16 August 2025.

Goalscorers

Forest Green Rovers: J. Buyabu 75'; K. Mitchell 90'. Yeovil Town did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 6 yellow cards (1 for Forest Green Rovers, 5 for Yeovil Town).

Line-ups

Forest Green Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Luke McNicholas, Tre Pemberton, Abraham Kanu, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Neil Kengni Kuemo, Laurent Mendy, Isaac Moore, Kyle McAllister, Jayden Clarke, Yahya Bamba, Kairo Mitchell.

Yeovil Town started in a 3-4-1-2: Jed Ward, Morgan Williams, Jake Wannell, Alex Whittle, Byron Pendleton, Charlie Cooper, Finn Cousin-Dawson, Josh Sims, Luke McCormick, Tahvon Campbell, Aaron Jarvis.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Forest Green Rovers 0-0 Yeovil Town.
  2. 75'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Yeovil Town. J. Buyabu (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by T. Knowles.
  3. 86'Second yellow card for J. Wannell (Yeovil Town), who is sent off.
  4. 90+2'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Yeovil Town. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers) scores.
  5. 90'Full-time. Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Yeovil Town.
Full commentary (47 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Forest Green Rovers vs Yeovil Town.
  2. 18'Attempt missed. J. Clarke (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  3. 20'Attempt saved. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  4. 23'Yellow card for J. Wannell (Yeovil Town) for foul.
  5. 24'Attempt blocked. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.16.
  6. 24'Attempt blocked. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.08.
  7. 25'Attempt blocked. J. Moore-Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.30.
  8. 25'Attempt blocked. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.16.
  9. 30'Attempt blocked. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  10. 31'Attempt missed. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  11. 36'Yellow card for C. Cooper (Yeovil Town) for foul.
  12. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  13. 45'Half-time. Forest Green Rovers 0-0 Yeovil Town.
  14. 46'The second half is under way.
  15. 46'Substitution, Yeovil Town: J. Daly comes on for T. Campbell.
  16. 46'Attempt missed. J. Clarke (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  17. 51'Attempt missed. Y. Bamba (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.19.
  18. 53'Attempt blocked. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  19. 54'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: N. Haughton comes on for Y. Bamba.
  20. 54'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: C. Doidge comes on for N. K. Kuemo.
  21. 54'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: J. Buyabu comes on for I. Moore.
  22. 54'Substitution, Yeovil Town: B. McGavin comes on for L. McCormick.
  23. 56'Attempt missed. C. Doidge (Forest Green Rovers), header. xG 0.26.
  24. 64'Off the woodwork! N. Haughton (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  25. 64'Attempt blocked. N. Haughton (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.16.
  26. 70'Attempt missed. C. Doidge (Forest Green Rovers), header. xG 0.13.
  27. 71'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: T. Knowles comes on for J. Clarke.
  28. 73'Attempt saved. N. Haughton (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.07.
  29. 73'Attempt saved. J. Moore-Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.11.
  30. 73'Attempt blocked. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  31. 74'Attempt saved. T. Knowles (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  32. 75'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Yeovil Town. J. Buyabu (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by T. Knowles.
  33. 75'Yellow card for J. Buyabu (Forest Green Rovers).
  34. 77'Attempt missed. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.28.
  35. 81'Yellow card for B. Pendleton (Yeovil Town) for foul.
  36. 82'Substitution, Yeovil Town: H. Greenslade comes on for J. Sims.
  37. 82'Substitution, Yeovil Town: J. Morias comes on for C. Cooper.
  38. 82'Attempt blocked. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  39. 86'Second yellow card for J. Wannell (Yeovil Town), who is sent off.
  40. 87'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: R. Inniss comes on for K. McAllister.
  41. 88'Attempt missed. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.00.
  42. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  43. 90+2'Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Yeovil Town. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers) scores.
  44. 90+3'Attempt missed. B. McGavin (Yeovil Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.17.
  45. 90+3'Attempt blocked. J. Morias (Yeovil Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.14.
  46. 90+5'Yellow card for F. Cousin-Dawson (Yeovil Town) for foul.
  47. 90'Full-time. Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Yeovil Town.
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