Matchday

FA Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 31 Oct 2025

Luton Town 4–3 Forest Green Rovers

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.3 – 1.2
Actual xG
1.2 – 0.7
Goals
4 – 3

Footybot saw it as open: Luton Town 38%, the draw 27%, Forest Green Rovers 35%.

Luton Town won and made the better chances: 1.2 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Nahki Wells, 63.7 in 71′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Luton Town

12 Aug 2025L 0–1at Coventry City EFL Cup

Forest Green Rovers

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Luton Town

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Nahki Wells Forward71210.8063.7–
Gideon Kodua Midfielder1910–44.3–
Lamine Fanne Midfielder89110.3742.0–
George Saville Midfielder9000–40.1–
Josh Keeley Goalkeeper9000–35.6–
Teden Mengi Defender9000–32.9–
Ali Al-Hamadi Forward2800–32.9–
Liam Walsh Midfielder6200–32.0–
Kal Naismith Defender9000–31.7–
Jake Richards Midfielder71000.0427.9–
Isaiah Jones Defender6200–27.8–
Jerry Yates Forward1901–26.7–
Cohen Bramall Defender90000.0223.6–
Zack Nelson Midfielder2800–22.3–
Hakeem Odofin Defender100–0.0–

Forest Green Rovers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Tom Knowles Midfielder45100.0753.5–
Harry Whitwell Midfielder9000–49.2–
Kyle McAllister Midfielder45100.0247.2–
Ryan Inniss Defender3100–45.2–
Abraham Kanu Defender5900–42.7–
Sean Etaluku Midfielder4500–42.5–
Laurent Mendy Midfielder9000–41.7–
Temi Babalola Forward59000.2737.5–
Isaac Moore Midfielder73000.0435.8–
Harvey Bunker Midfielder9000–35.4–
Tre Pemberton Defender9000–35.2–
Jili Buyabu Midfielder90010.2633.7–
Fiachra Pagel Goalkeeper9000–24.3–
Neil Kengni Kuemo Defender4500–18.1–