Forest Green Rovers 1-4 Carlisle United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 28 January 2020

Result

Forest Green Rovers 1-4 Carlisle United

League Two · Tuesday 28 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Forest Green Rovers 1-4 Carlisle United: match report

Forest Green Rovers lost to Carlisle United 1-4 in the League Two on Tuesday 28 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-2.

Nathan Thomas opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Forest Green Rovers's goal came from Carl Winchester (59', penalty). Carlisle United scored through Nathan Thomas (23'), Nathan Thomas (26'), Nathan Thomas (47', penalty) and J. Ogunfaolu-Kayode (49').

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card; Carlisle United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 9th on 44 points from 29 and Carlisle United 22nd on 29 points from 28. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Carlisle United 18th with 42.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Carlisle United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathan Thomas of Carlisle United (9.3), ahead of Joshua Kayode (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Forest Green Rovers win, 2 draws and 2 for Carlisle United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Nathan ThomasCarlisle United · 0-1
  • 26'Goal · Nathan ThomasCarlisle United · 0-2
  • 31'Yellow card · Aaron HaydenCarlisle United
  • 47'Penalty goal · Nathan ThomasCarlisle United · 0-3
  • 49'Goal · J. Ogunfaolu-KayodeCarlisle United · 0-4
  • 55'Yellow card · Nick AndertonCarlisle United
  • 59'Penalty goal · Carl WinchesterForest Green Rovers · 1-4
  • 83'Yellow card · Elliot WattCarlisle United
  • 84'Yellow card · E. AdamsForest Green Rovers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Forest Green Rovers 1, draws 2, Carlisle United 2.

Team news

Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Conrad Logan, Liam Shephard, Farrend Rawson, Matthew Mills, Liam Kitching, Robert Hall, Ebou Adams, Carl Winchester, Odin Bailey, Aaron Collins, Josh March

Carlisle United line-up (4-3-3)

Adam Collin, Gethin Jones, Byron Webster, Nick Anderton, Aaron Hayden, Jack Bridge, Mike Jones, Elliot Watt, Lewis Alessandra, Joshua Kayode, Nathan Thomas