Forest Green Rovers fell to defeat in the league by a margin of more than one goal for the first time this season as they lost away to Swindon Town 2-0.

Swindon took the lead through a former Forest Green player as Kaiyne Woolery cut in from the right before curling in off the post and Theo Robinson doubled their advantage a minute before the break.

Despite George Williams seeing a shot tipped onto the post and an effort chalked off for offside, FGR were unable to turn around the deficit in the second half.

Manager Mark Cooper made two changes to the side that lost to Notts County on Saturday with Nathan McGinley and George Williams both starting, replacing Farrend Rawson and Reuben Reid who dropped to the bench.

Swindon were forced into a late change to their line-up, with Matty Taylor already missing the game through injury, when Danny Rose pulled up in the warm up and was replaced by Canice Carroll, with Toumani Diagouraga coming on to the bench.

The first chance of the game fell the visitors’ way in the 5th minute after Williams won a free-kick off Carroll.

The ball in wasn’t dealt with by Swindon and when Paul Digby’s header dropped in the six-yard box, Williams was there, free, but could only loop the bouncing ball over the head of Lawrence Vigouroux and the crossbar.

Lewis Ward, fresh from his League debut on Saturday, had to be alert from a Dion Conroy free-kick from more than 30 yards out which took a deflection that had it destined for goal if it wasn’t for a smart save from the FGR stopper.

In the 25th minute it was again Williams who found himself the wrong side of the Swindon backline, this time, from a tight angle, he opted to square back to Brown coming in on the edge of the box but the ball was stolen from his feet as he swung to hit it.

In a game of few chances, both sides opted to flex their muscles in the 34th minute.

It was the hosts who applied the pressure first, Ward being called into a good save at his near post to deny Theo Robinson before the rebound was headed goalwards and Gavin Gunning was back on the line to clear.

That set Forest Green away on the counter, with a four-on-three break being led by Winchester, who opted to take the shot on with the ground ahead of him opening up but his effort whistled over the bar.

It was to be Swindon that showed the stronger arm as they broke the deadlock in the 36th minute. Woolery was given time down the right flank to run at the FGR defence before curling his strike in off the far post.

In the 44th minute Theo Robinson doubled the hosts’ lead as he was given time in the box to turn and fire past the hapless Ward.

Changes were needed at the break and Cooper handed Ben Liddle his Forest Green debut as he came on to replace Lloyd James in the middle of the pitch.

In the 54th minute, Forest Green came the closest to opening their account when a corner was taken short to Williams who drifted to the corner of the box before seeing his low drive, that looked destined for the corner, tipped superbly onto the post and out for another corner.

Forest Green, who had upped the tempo in the second period, thought they had halved the deficit in the 62nd minute when Liam Shephard’s cross was prodded home by Williams but the offside flag denied him for the second game running as he wheeled away to celebrate.

The pressure continued to be applied by the visitors and in the 67th minute Shephard was on the end of a good cross from McGinley but his header from an acute angle was palmed around the post well by Vigouroux.

It was again a matter of inches that came between Forest and a goal back in the 77th minute when Williams drilled in a low cross and with substitute Shawn McCoulsky waiting to pounce, defender Dion Conroy got just enough on it, sliding in, to put it past his own post and not divert it into the goal.

Despite a few more half chances falling FGR's way, including Liddle hitting the side netting from a corner in injury time, Cooper's side fell to back-to-back defeats in League Two for the first time this campaign.

Swindon Town XI: Vigouroux, Knoyle, Doughty, McCourt (Dunne 70’), Anderson (Bennett 81’), Carroll, Woolery, Conroy, Koiki, Broadbent, Robinson (Richards 86')

Unused subs: Iandolo, House, McCormick, Diagouraga

Forest Green Rovers XI: Ward, Shephard, James (Liddle 45’), Winchester, Doidge, Brown, Williams (Mondal 82’), Gunning, McGinley, Digby (McCoulsky 72’), Mills

Unused subs: Thomas, Collins, Rawson, McCoulsky, Mondal, Reid

Attendance: 6,261

Referee: David Coote

Man of the Match: George Williams