NAILSWORTH. Forest Green Rovers was in the end too good for Carlisle United with the goal of M. Feeney (16′ own), M. Stevens (52′) and J. Matt (77′). Forest Green Rovers made the most of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the The New Lawn stadium in Nailsworth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Craig Hicks assisted by Lisa Rashid and Andy Hendley. The 4th official was Dumitru-Ravel Cheosiaua. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.2 degrees Celsius or 41.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Forest Green Rovers had a strong ball possession 56% while Carlisle United was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Forest Green Rovers was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Forest Green Rovers won the match​.

Forest Green Rovers shot 21 times, 10 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Carlisle United shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card (B. Cargill). On the other side, Carlisle United received 2 yellow cards (J. Armer and C. Guy).

Standings

After this encounter, Forest Green Rovers will have 55 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Carlisle United will stay with 27 points to sit in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Forest Green Rovers will play away with Tranmere Rovers on the 29th of January with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Forest Green Rovers (4 draws).

Carlisle United will host Sutton United on the 29th of January with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Sutton United (0 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Forest Green Rovers started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Rob Edwards decided to play with the following team: Luke McGee (6.9), Udoka Godwin-Malife (6.4), Jordan Moore-Taylor (7.4), Baily Cargill (7.4), Kane Wilson (7.4), Ben Stevenson (7.1), Regan Hendry (6.9), Nicky Cadden (7.5), Jake Young (7.1), Jamille Matt (7.4) and Mathew Stevens (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Jack Aitchison (7.3), Sadou Diallo, L. Thomas, Dan Sweeney (6.4), D. Bernard, O. Edwards and J. March.

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 3 changes: J. Young for J. Aitchison (64′), J. Matt for D. Sweeney (80′) and R. Hendry for S. Diallo (84′).

Best player: Mathew Stevens​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was Mathew Stevens.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 18 passes (55% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12.

Carlisle United – Formation

Carlisle United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Keith Millen played with: Mark Howard (7.0), Joel Senior (6.2), Morgan Feeney (6.4), Rod McDonald (6.8), Jack Armer (6.4), Brennan Dickenson (6.4), Callum Anthony Guy (6.2), Jon Mellish (6.3), Jordan Gibson (5.8), Omari Patrick (7.0) and Tyrese Omotoye (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: D. Devine, Lewis Alessandra (6.3), J. Riley, C. Whelan, Zach Clough (6.6), M. Norman and Sam Fishburn (6.8).

Substitutions

Carlisle United made 3 changes: T. Omotoye for L. Alessandra (68′), B. Dickenson for S. Fishburn (68′) and J. Gibson for Z. Clough (77′).

Best player: Omari Patrick​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Carlisle United was Omari Patrick.

His rating is (7.0) with 20 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Barrow – Mansfield Town – 1-3
• Crawley Town – Tranmere Rovers – 0-1
• Forest Green Rovers – Carlisle United – 3-0
• Harrogate Town – Oldham Athletic – 3-0
• Hartlepool United – Stevenage – 1-1
• Leyton Orient – Port Vale – 0-0
• Rochdale – Bradford City – 0-0
• Salford City – Colchester United – 0-3
• Scunthorpe United – Newport County – 0-1
• Sutton United – Northampton Town – 0-0
• Swindon Town – Bristol Rovers – 1-1
• Walsall – Exeter City – 0-2