Match ends, Forest Green Rovers 4, Lincoln City 1.
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Forest Green Rovers convincingly beat Lincoln City to record a third straight home victory.
James Norwood put the hosts in front with a powerful shot before Paul Green headed home against his former side.
Chris Sharp gave the visitors hope from Andrew Boyce's cross and Boyce almost levelled the scores but saw his header come back off the bar.
The hosts wrapped it up with Norwood scoring his second on the break before Jamie Turley sealed it.
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM:
Lincoln City manager Gary Simpson told BBC Radio Lincolnshire:
"We shot ourselves in the foot. Up until them getting the third goal we completely bossed the game, we dominated.
"We've tried every kind of striker that we've got, put every single one on. We've tried to go for it, we've been pressing and creating chance after chance but we're just not taking them.
"Today we've been punished on the break and it's frustrating. After the third goal it was as if it became too easy for them and I wasn't too happy with that because the one thing we want to do is keep going to the very end."
Line-ups
Forest Green
- 1Russell
- 12Asafu-Adjaye
- 22Green
- 5Turley
- 6Bennett
- 2Hodgkiss
- 24Kelly
- 8Klukowski
- 4BanguraSubstituted forForbesat 79'minutes
- 7NorwoodSubstituted forTaylorat 90+2'minutes
- 9Wright
Substitutes
- 11Forbes
- 14Taylor
- 19Styche
- 28McHugh
- 15Oshodi
Lincoln City
- 1Farman
- 5Boyce
- 23Brown
- 3Newton
- 15Gray
- 8Power
- 19Nolan
- 6FofanaBooked at 8minsSubstituted forFairhurstat 77'minutes
- 22JacksonSubstituted forDixonat 66'minutesBooked at 88mins
- 25SharpBooked at 52minsSubstituted forWrightat 66'minutes
- 11Tomlinson
Substitutes
- 17Dixon
- 7Fairhurst
- 10Wright
- 12Sheridan
- 2Miller
- Referee:
- Daniel Cook
- Attendance:
- 1,128
Match Stats
Home TeamForest GreenAway TeamLincoln City
- Possession
- Home46%
- Away54%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away1
- Corners
- Home0
- Away0
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away12
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 4, Lincoln City 1.
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Corner, Forest Green Rovers.
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Attempt saved. Daniel Wright (Forest Green Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved.
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Foul by Nathaniel Brown (Lincoln City).
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Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick.
Substitution
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Matty Taylor replaces James Norwood.
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Hand ball by Daniel Wright (Forest Green Rovers).
Goal!
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 4, Lincoln City 1. Jamie Turley (Forest Green Rovers).
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Foul by Nathaniel Brown (Lincoln City).
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Daniel Wright (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick.
Booking
Bohan Dixon (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Bohan Dixon (Lincoln City).
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Yan Klukowski (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick.
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Foul by Paul Green (Forest Green Rovers).
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Ben Tomlinson (Lincoln City) wins a free kick.
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Offside, Lincoln City. Ben Tomlinson tries a through ball, but Ben Tomlinson is caught offside.
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Foul by Bohan Dixon (Lincoln City).
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Jared Hodgkiss (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick.
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Corner, Forest Green Rovers.
