League Two: Forest Green Rovers thought to outplay Carlisle United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Forest Green Rovers - Carlisle United. 1st spot welcomes 19th spot. Everything can happen - get a comprehensive preview here!

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (48) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Carlisle United.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only four days ago.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 12 League Two games here at The New Lawn for Forest Green Rovers. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Forest Green Rovers haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus St Albans City, 75 days ago.

Rovers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Northampton Town that ended 1-1. Midfielder Cadden was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Cadden served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Colchester United.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Forest Green Rovers matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and one defeat (from six games).

The Forest Green Rovers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Rovers have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Carlisle United form and stats

Carlisle United have only collected 11 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-2-7 (12 played).

Carlisle United's last game was the home draw against Hartlepool United (0-0). Goalkeeper Howard got the top player rating of the team with 7.63/10. Howard stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Crawley Town.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Carlisle United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Carlisle United as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Carlisle have conceded 20 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Carlisle United has visited these top teams six times, and 5 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Carlisle United - Forest Green Rovers 0-2 was the end result in these contenders' last H2H game, earlier this season. Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Forest Green Rovers, three draws and three wins for Carlisle United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversJ. Matt
J. Matt
15 goals
RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
14 goals
Forest Green RoversN. Cadden
N. Cadden
6 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Carlisle United missing players

Forest Green Rovers Carlisle United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 6 12 25
15 8 3 Won W 1 3 6
7 2 0 Drew D 1 2 9
2 2 0 Lost L 4 7 10
48 20 6 Scored S 5 10 19
21 9 0 Conceded C 13 20 30
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 80%
83% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 75% 64%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 67% 40%
29% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 12%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 36%
46% 58% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 36%
21% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 48%
 
6 6.3 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.7 5
5.2 6.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.3 4.3
1.6 1.6 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
13.1 14.6 18 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 12.1 12.2
4.6 4.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.8
43% 36% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 19% 20%
 
11.4 11 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.8 10.9
3.2 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.7 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Carlisle United.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (48) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+27) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 24 15 7 2 48 21 12 8 2 2 20 9 12 7 5 0 28 12 27 52
2 Tranmere Rovers 25 13 6 6 27 15 13 10 0 3 19 6 12 3 6 3 8 9 12 45
3 Sutton United 25 13 4 8 41 33 12 9 0 3 22 12 13 4 4 5 19 21 8 43
4 Northampton Town 24 12 5 7 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 9 12 5 3 4 15 15 8 41
5 Swindon Town 24 11 7 6 39 30 11 3 5 3 15 13 13 8 2 3 24 17 9 40
6 Newport County 25 10 8 7 42 34 12 6 3 3 24 13 13 4 5 4 18 21 8 38
7 Mansfield Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 15 9 3 3 25 17 9 2 2 5 7 13 2 38
8 Exeter City 24 9 10 5 35 26 12 6 4 2 19 11 12 3 6 3 16 15 9 37
9 Port Vale 23 10 5 8 36 27 12 5 3 4 17 12 11 5 2 4 19 15 9 35
10 Salford City 25 9 7 9 29 24 13 5 6 2 15 8 12 4 1 7 14 16 5 34
11 Bradford City 24 7 11 6 31 29 12 4 7 1 19 14 12 3 4 5 12 15 2 32
12 Crawley Town 24 9 5 10 29 34 11 4 3 4 15 17 13 5 2 6 14 17 -5 32
13 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 11 6 3 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 31
14 Harrogate Town 23 8 6 9 35 35 11 3 4 4 18 18 12 5 2 5 17 17 0 30
15 Walsall 24 7 8 9 29 32 12 4 5 3 19 17 12 3 3 6 10 15 -3 29
16 Bristol Rovers 22 8 5 9 29 33 12 6 1 5 19 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -4 29
17 Hartlepool United 25 8 5 12 24 36 12 7 3 2 16 11 13 1 2 10 8 25 -12 29
18 Rochdale 23 6 9 8 30 32 11 3 5 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 16 20 -2 27
19 Carlisle United 25 6 9 10 19 30 13 3 7 3 9 10 12 3 2 7 10 20 -11 27
20 Stevenage 26 6 9 11 24 41 14 5 6 3 18 18 12 1 3 8 6 23 -17 27
21 Barrow 24 6 8 10 25 28 12 3 5 4 14 14 12 3 3 6 11 14 -3 26
22 Colchester United 24 5 7 12 19 35 11 3 3 5 10 14 13 2 4 7 9 21 -16 22
23 Scunthorpe United 25 3 10 12 19 44 11 2 4 5 8 16 14 1 6 7 11 28 -25 19
24 Oldham Athletic 24 4 6 14 22 39 12 2 2 8 16 25 12 2 4 6 6 14 -17 18

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.