The playoff final and we have a solid bet that should land easy in a crunch game :
under 4 goals and under 2 goals in the first half @ 1.61
Forest Green will host Southend United at The New Lawn in England’s National League on May 21, 2025 GMT.
Forest Green holds the 3rd position in the standings with 83 points, while Southend United is in 7th place with 68 points.
Forest Green has shown dominance at home with a 67 percent win rate in their last 6 National League matches.
In contrast, Southend United has recorded 3 draws in their last 6 away matches across all leagues.
The head-to-head history between Forest Green and Southend United reveals 2 draws in 4 encounters.
With both teams evenly matched, our algorithm predicts a thrilling 2-2 draw between Forest Green and Southend United.
Forest Green Rovers will play in this fixture following on from a 1-1 National League drawn result vs Hartlepool United.
The only scorer from Forest Green Rovers was Christian Doidge (89′). David Ferguson (37′) scored for Hartlepool United.
Forest Green Rovers haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.
They have managed to rack up 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 7.
Southend UnitedLDWWDW
Southend UnitedLDWWDWSouthend United will come into the meeting following a 3-4 National League Play-offs win as they beat Rochdale in their most recent fixture.
For Southend United, the scorers were Nathan Ralph (22′), Tom Hopper (74′), Leon Chambers-Parillon (80′) and Charley Kendall (101′). Devante Rodney (8′, 56′) and Jay Bird (28′) scored for Rochdale. The match went to extra time and was won by Southend United.
The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Southend United has become apparent in recent matches. Looking at their last 6 games reveals that it has happened 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 4 while Southend United have scored 11. That sort of trend might not be continued into this next game, though.
👥 Head to head
The last league match featuring the two was National League match day 38 on 15/03/2025 which ended up with the score at Forest Green Rovers 2-2 Southend United.
The match was refereed by Sam Mulhall.
