Match ends, Forest Green Rovers 0, Braintree Town 2.
Forest GreenForest Green Rovers0BraintreeBraintree Town2
Dan Holman scored his fifth goal in as many games to help Braintree move to within five points of the play-off places with victory at Forest Green.
Rovers' James Norwood hit the bar before Holman put the Iron ahead from the penalty spot after Bernard Mensah was felled by Sam Russell.
Holman helped Mensah make it 2-0 after the break, with the on-loan Watford man pouncing on some poor Rovers defending.
In response, both Yan Klukowski and Paul Green fired wide.
Forest Green Rovers manager Adrian Pennock told BBC Gloucestershire:
"They grind teams down and fair play to them, they came here and done a job on us.
"We did concede two poor goals, we really did.
"I think we were huffing and puffing and just needed a little bit of luck in front of goal. We couldn't break them down."
Line-ups
Forest Green
- 1RussellBooked at 35mins
- 12Asafu-Adjaye
- 15Oshodi
- 16Racine
- 2Hodgkiss
- 22Green
- 24Kelly
- 23BarrySubstituted forKlukowskiat 62'minutes
- 7Norwood
- 9WrightSubstituted forTaylorat 62'minutes
- 29HughesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 4Bangura
- 8Klukowski
- 14Taylor
- 26Rodgers
- 21White
Braintree
- 20Hamann
- 15Massey
- 5Paine
- 3HaberghamBooked at 22mins
- 19Wells
- 11Sparkes
- 4Isaac
- 12DaleySubstituted forLaurentat 88'minutes
- 17MensahSubstituted forMarksat 76'minutes
- 2Peters
- 10HolmanSubstituted forJakubiakat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 23Laurent
- 27Jakubiak
- 9Marks
- 1McDonald
- Referee:
- Craig Hicks
- Attendance:
- 841
Match Stats
Home TeamForest GreenAway TeamBraintree
- Possession
- Home66%
- Away34%
- Shots
- Home17
- Away5
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away3
- Corners
- Home0
- Away0
- Fouls
- Home14
- Away12
Live Text
Post update
Full Time
Second Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 0, Braintree Town 2.
Post update
Foul by Sean Marks (Braintree Town).
Post update
Ed Asafu-Adjaye (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick.
Booking
Lee Hughes (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Post update
Foul by Lee Hughes (Forest Green Rovers).
Post update
Sam Habergham (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
Post update
Foul by Sean Marks (Braintree Town).
Post update
Sam Russell (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick.
Substitution
Substitution, Braintree Town. Josh Laurent replaces Luke Daley.
Post update
Offside, Forest Green Rovers. Matty Taylor tries a through ball, but Matty Taylor is caught offside.
Post update
Corner, Forest Green Rovers.
Post update
Foul by Alex Jakubiak (Braintree Town).
Post update
Eddie Oshodi (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick.
Post update
Foul by Alan Massey (Braintree Town).
Post update
Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick.
Post update
Foul by Eddie Oshodi (Forest Green Rovers).
Post update
Sean Marks (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
Post update
Foul by James Norwood (Forest Green Rovers).
Post update
Dean Wells (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
