Forest Green face a trip to Carlisle United at Brunton Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2004/2005 | Sat 21 Aug | Forest Green | 0 - 3 | Carlisle Utd. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle United have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Cumbrians in those games, with 4 conceded.
In complete contrast to Carlisle Utd., Forest Green are having a torrid time on their travels, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. While the Rovers have hit 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Carlisle Utd. are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 66 points from 37 games. Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide Conference with a return of just 29 points from their 38 games thus far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Carlisle Utd. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
Forest Green | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Carlisle Utd.. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Carlisle Utd. | Won 4 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
Forest Green | Not won in previous 8 away matches. No win in the 9 most recent games. |