In this week 8 match, on Saturday Sep 10th, Peterborough United and Forest Green Rovers will play a match in Peterborough in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched League One teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 6th placed Peterborough United is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Portsmouth. Jack Marriott scored the first goal for Peterborough United in the 5th minute, but Dane Scarlett got the equalizer for Portsmouth in the 38th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 70th minute on a goal by Dane Scarlett to cap off a wild match. Peterborough United is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while forest Green Rovers is fresh off their 2-1 win against Accrington Stanley. Reece Brown scored the first goal for Forest Green Rovers in the 37th minute, then Tommy Leigh tied it up for Accrington Stanley in the 76th minute. Forest Green Rovers looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Forest Green Rovers is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Connor Wickham and Josh March each only have 1 goal in their last five. For Peterborough United, their top scorers are Jonson Clarke-Harris and Jack Marriott, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches.