The Forest Green Rovers & Carlisle United managers M. Cooper and C. Beech are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League Two league table.
- Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Forest Green Rovers have to build on here at The New Lawn in the League Two.
Forest manager M. Cooper and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Port Vale (placed 11th) in the League Two. Before that, Forest had a home game versus Cambridge United which ended with a victory 2-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Forest perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Forest Green Rovers as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Forest Green Rovers has won three of these, drawn five and lost five.
The Forest Green Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. From these home matches, Forest have conceded only 7 goals.
Carlisle United form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. The fact that Carlisle have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The Carlisle goalkeeper Paul Farman is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Carlisle United had fun at their own home (The New Lawn) last time out, beating Mansfield Town 1-0. O. Patrick scored. A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Stevenage.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Carlisle United playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were one Carlisle United win, one draw and eight defeats.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Forest won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Carlisle United has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fiveTop Goalscorers
  J. Matt 8 goals |  J. Mellish 7 goals | A. Collins 4 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 61% |
| 39% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 44% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 39% |
| 39% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.9 | 16 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 16.1 | 17.1 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 32% | 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 30% |
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | Carlisle United | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Salford City | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 16 |
| 21 | Barrow | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -22 | 9 |