Forest Green Rovers 4/6 to beat Southend United in Wednesday's League Two showdown – Soccer News

Competitors: League Two

Market: Forest Inexperienced Rovers win

Odds: four/6 @ 888sport

In an actual battle between two sides scrapping it out at reverse ends of the League Two desk, Forest Inexperienced will welcome Southend to the New Garden on Wednesday night.

Beginning with the hosts, definitely selecting up one other eye-catching victory on the highway over the weekend, the temper in Forest Inexperienced’s camp needs to be at an actual excessive. Sat in pole place to safe a maiden League One marketing campaign this yr, the Gloucestershire outfit picked up a deserved 2-Zero victory away at play-off contenders Newport on Sunday lunchtime. Opening up the midweek fixtures holding a five-point buffer from dropping out of the automated spots, Mark Cooper’s males have gained every of their final three fourth-tier matchups on the bounce. Figuring out that they’ve a golden likelihood to increase on their current purple patch in midweek, it must also be highlighted that Forest Inexperienced have collected a massively spectacular 13 factors from their final 5 League Two contests.

As for the guests, whereas Forest Inexperienced may discover themselves firmly mixing it within the promotion chase, Southend are in an actual battle to hold onto their Soccer League standing this yr. Slumping again to shedding methods over the weekend and hit with a 1-Zero defeat in opposition to Bolton at Roots Corridor, the Essex outfit maintain only a one-point buffer from dropping again into the relegation zone. With it showing that their shock 1-Zero victory away at Newport earlier within the month was only a minor bounce, the Shrimpers have gained simply one among their final eight League Two contests, a run that stems again to January ninth. With that current run highlighted by a woeful 5-1 drumming away at Port Vale final month, it must also be famous that Southend suffered a 1-Zero loss once they hosted Forest Inexperienced again in November.

Wager: Forest Inexperienced Rovers four/6 to beat Southend United in Wednesday’s League Two showdown @ 888sport