Forest Green Rovers FC vs Birmingham City FC, FA Cup 2022-23 ROUND 3
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Overview
Match Preview
Forest Green Rovers FC vs Birmingham City FC — FA Cup at New Lawn Stadium.
- Forest Green Rovers FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Birmingham City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Jan Birmingham City FC H 1–2 L 14 Jan Exeter City FC A 1–1 D 01 Jan Port Vale FC H 1–3 L 29 Dec Burton Albion FC H 1–2 L 26 Dec Milton Keynes Dons FC A 0–1 L 17 Dec Derby County FC A 0–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Jan Forest Green Rovers FC A 2–1 W 14 Jan Bristol City FC A 2–4 L 02 Jan Middlesbrough FC H 1–3 L 30 Dec Hull City AFC H 0–1 L 27 Dec Burnley FC A 0–3 L 16 Dec Reading FC H 3–2 W Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to New Lawn Stadium that hosts another battle between Forest Green Rovers FC and Birmingham City FC.
- 5' Birmingham City FC is showing some good football. However, Birmingham City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 8' What a strike from Ben Stevenson! The score is 1-0.
- 13' It looks surprising Forest Green Rovers FC does not make any changes. Krystian Bielik has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 18' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 23' Birmingham City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 28' Birmingham City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 28.
- 33' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 38' A meaty challenge results in booking for Myles Peart-Harris on 38.
- 43' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 46' The Birmingham City FC manager makes a substitution. Jordan Graham departs to be replaced by Maxime Colin.
- 49' What an equalizer from Lukas Jutkiewicz!
- 54' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 57' Krystian Bielik was booked on 57.
- 59' Hannibal Mejbri was booked on 59.
- 64' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Forest Green Rovers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 65' GOAL! Kevin Long scores on 65.
- 69' Auston Trusty is having his name booked by the referee on 69.
- 70' The whistle greets Mathew Stevens as he departs to be replaced by Jordan Garrick.
- 73' The whistle greets Juninho Bacuna as he departs to be replaced by Hannibal Mejbri.
- 78' Forest Green Rovers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 83' It’s high time John Eustace made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 84' David Davis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ben Stevenson on 84 minute.
- 87' It is a substitution in Birmingham City FC team. Scott Hogan is replaced by Troy Deeney on 87 minute.
- The final score is 1-2.
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Lineups
Forest Green Rovers FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Mathew Stevens ↓ Jordan Garrick 70'
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Corey O'Keeffe ↓ Oliver Casey 70'
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Ben Stevenson ↓ David Davis 84'
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- 25
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Bench
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26
David Davis ↑ 84'
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29
Reece Brown ↑ 84'
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11
Jordan Garrick ↑ 70'
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Oliver Casey ↑ 70'
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Bryan Solhaug Fiabema ↑ 70'
Coach Ian BurchnallBirmingham City FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Jordan Graham ↓ Maxime Colin 46'
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Scott Hogan ↓ Troy Deeney 87'
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- 5
- 28
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Emmanuel Longelo ↓ Tahith Chong 46'
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Jordan James ↓ Alfie Chang 46'
Bench
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Troy Deeney ↑ 87'
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Juninho Bacuna ↑ 73'
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Maxime Colin ↑ 46'
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Tahith Chong ↑ 46'
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Alfie Chang ↑ 46'
Coach John Eustace -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kevin Long 1 Lukas Jutkiewicz 1 Ben Stevenson 1 Forest Green Rovers FC Form
2023-01-17 Forest Green Rovers FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC L 2023-01-14 Exeter City FC 1–1 Forest Green Rovers FC D 2023-01-01 Forest Green Rovers FC 1–3 Port Vale FC L 2022-12-29 Forest Green Rovers FC 1–2 Burton Albion FC L 2022-12-26 Milton Keynes Dons FC 1–0 Forest Green Rovers FC L 2022-12-17 Derby County FC 4–0 Forest Green Rovers FC LBirmingham City FC Form
2023-01-17 Forest Green Rovers FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W 2023-01-14 Bristol City FC 4–2 Birmingham City FC L 2023-01-02 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Middlesbrough FC L 2022-12-30 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Hull City AFC L 2022-12-27 Burnley FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L 2022-12-16 Birmingham City FC 3–2 Reading FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.41 Forest Green Rovers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.54 Birmingham City FC xGI would bet for: Forest Green Rovers FC or Birmingham City FC 72% + Both teams to score 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Birmingham City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.95Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 56% 44% ± 3.5 34% 66% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
Forest Green Rovers FC or Draw 61%Draw or Birmingham City FC 66%Forest Green Rovers FC or Birmingham City FC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Forest Green Rovers FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.3%1 – 2 Actual2 – 1 7.7%0 – 1 7.2%0 – 0 7%1 – 0 6.5%0 – 2 6.1%2 – 2 6%2 – 0 5.1%1 – 3 4.3%3 – 1 3.6%2 – 3 3.1%Asian Handicap — Forest Green Rovers FC
Handicap Forest Green Rovers FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 10% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 18% 66% -0.5 34% — 66% +0.5 61% — 39% +1 61% 19% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 12% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Forest Green Rovers FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.