Forest Green produced a dominant display to beat Buxton FC 4-0 in a behind closed doors friendly at The New Lawn on Friday afternoon.

Goals from Trialist A, Kyle McAllister, Christian Doidge and Adam May gave Rovers a comfortable win in hot conditions.

Tre Pemberton exchanged a neat one-two with McAllister in the early stages before the full-back delivered a deep cross for Yahya Bamba but couldn't control his volley on target.

Rovers broke with speed through Laurent Mendy and Bamba - the latter finding Charlie McCann on the move but his low effort was well saved by the Buxton goalkeeper.

Soon after, McCann played a quick one-two with McAllister but his driven low cross into a dangerous area evaded all players in the box.

McAllister was next to send a teasing cross into the box but just in front of both Trialist A and Bamba.

Rovers opened the scoring on 32 minutes as Mendy pounced on a loose pass, he found McCann who then teed up Trialist A to finish low into the bottom corner.

McAllister played an excellent forward ball between centre back and full-back to find Trialist A but his strike was saved by Cooper.

Rovers came inches away from a second when McCann teed up Pemberton but his deflected strike went just over the crossbar.

Bamba was next to make a driving run forward before cutting the ball back for Isaac Moore but he struck wide of the post.

Rovers doubled the lead on the cusp of half-time when McAllister cut inside, exchanged a crisp one-two with Trailist A and slotted low into the bottom corner.

Half-time: Forest Green 2-0 Buxton FC

Buxton were able to get a foothold in the game in early parts of the second half, largely keeping possession in their defensive third.

Rovers were given a penalty on 54 minutes - Tom Knowles was upended following a late challenge by the Buxton defender as he looked to delivery a cross.

Doidge stepped up and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way with a composed side foot finish.

Another quick flowing move saw Long stand up an inviting cross before Jose Marquez struck wide of the post.

On the hour mark, defender Will Merrett made an excellent block, diverting a goal-bound effort just around the post.

Buxton grew further into the game with a couple of efforts going just past the post.

Jamie Robson produced a fine ball to Doidge - he found Tom Knowles but his low strike was deflected away from danger.

Rovers added a sublime fourth late on when Doidge held up the forward ball, and found May who struck powerfully into the top corner.

A minute later, Jayden Clarke's beat his man but his effort was denied by the Buxton shot-stopper as Rovers pressed for more.

Full-time: Forest Green 4-0 Buxton FC

Forest Green

First Half XI: Pagel, Pemberton, Bunker, Moore-Taylor, Kengni, Mendy, Moore, Bamba, McCann, McAllister, Trialist A

Second Half XI: Trailist B (GK), Long, Merrett, Harries, Robson, May, Bonnick (Aldridge 70), Knowles, Marquez, Clarke, Doidge