The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Forest Green Rovers are in the 9th position while the guesting Carlisle United worry at 21st.
It's no vacation for neither Forest Green Rovers nor Carlisle United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Forest Green Rovers have collected 19 points from their League Two home games so far after 5-4-5. Forest Green Rovers are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The New Lawn, having lost their two previous games here.
Forest Green Rovers lost their last game at Macclesfield Town (placed 22nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Forest Green Rovers lost 1-2 at home to Salford City.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Forest Green Rovers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Forest Green Rovers after this match as they are travelling to Grimsby Town for a League Two game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Forest Green Rovers here at The New Lawn in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 14 games). Forest Green Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at The New Lawn in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.
Carlisle United form and stats
Carlisle United have only collected 12 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-3-8 (14 played).
Carlisle United won their last game, 2-1 versus Walsall played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Oldham Athletic that ended 1-1.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Carlisle United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Carlisle United manager C. Beech as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Mansfield Town.
Carlisle United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Carlisle United have conceded 26 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Carlisle United - Forest Green Rovers 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Forest Green Rovers-Carlisle United H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Forest Green Rovers 1 win, Carlisle United 3 wins, 3 draws. 2 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Mills 7 goals |   H. McKirdy 5 goals |  O. Olomola 5 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 34 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 26 | 45 |
| 86% | 86% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 52% | 43% | 20% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 75% |
| 34% | 29% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 21% | 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 14% |
| 38% | 29% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 54% |
| 41% | 43% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 7% | 21% |
| 34% | 43% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 39% |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 4.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 2.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 380 | 203 | 61 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 164 | 335 |
| 124 | 53 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 57 | 103 |
| 27% | 23% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 25% |
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 56 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 54 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 49 |
| 5 | Colchester United | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 46 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 9 | Forest Green Rovers | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Newport County | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Salford City | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Walsall | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -2 | 35 |
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -3 | 33 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -10 | 31 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -6 | 30 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 30 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -19 | 29 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -26 | 23 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 29 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 22 |