English National League

FT Saturday, January 17, 2026
Forest Green Rovers DWLDW 1
–
Sutton United LLDLL 1
1st2ndT
FGR101
SUT011
VBS Community Stadium · 2,300 att.

Head to Head

FGR leads series 4-1

Lineups

SUT · 3-4-3

  1. 1Jack SimsG
  2. 42Hayden MullerCD
  3. 39Besart TopallojCD-L
  4. 2Callum TrippCD-R
  5. 37Charlie BellCM-L
  6. 25Jake TaylorCM-R
  7. 18David OgbonnaLM
  8. 26Junior EcclestonRM
  9. 28Kai JenningsF
  10. 34Brandon NjokuCF-L
  11. 8Lewis SimperCF-R

FGR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 42Harvey IstedG
  2. 32Abraham KanuCD-L
  3. 6Laurent MendyCD-R
  4. 17Elijah MorrisonLB
  5. 11Tom KnowlesRB
  6. 45Ricardo ReesAM
  7. 26Chibuzo NwokoLM
  8. 16Harvey BunkerRM
  9. 27Temi BabalolaF
  10. 24Jili BuyabuAM-L
  11. 7Kyle McAllisterAM-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers) Penalty - Scored at 21'
  2. 31' Ricardo Rees (Forest Green Rovers) Yellow Card at 31'
  3. 31' Besart Topalloj (Sutton United) Yellow Card at 31'
  4. 35' Junior Eccleston (Sutton United) Yellow Card at 35'
  5. 37' Temi Babalola (Forest Green Rovers) Yellow Card at 37'
  6. 37' Ricardo Rees (Forest Green Rovers) Red Card at 37'
  7. 41' Lewis Simper (Sutton United) Yellow Card at 41'
  8. 45' Dubem Eze (Sutton United) Substitution at 45'
  9. 48' Dubem Eze (Sutton United) Yellow Card at 48'
  10. 58' Neil Kengni (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 58'
  11. 58' Jayden Harris (Sutton United) Substitution at 58'
  12. 58' Kairo Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 58'
  13. 67' Gabriel Kircough (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 67'
  14. 70' Hayden Muller (Sutton United) Yellow Card at 70'
  15. 71' Davide Rodari (Sutton United) Substitution at 71'
  16. 79' Tre Pemberton (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 79'
  17. 88' Tom Knowles (Forest Green Rovers) Yellow Card at 88'
  18. 89' Jayden Harris (Sutton United) Goal at 89'

National League News

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