Forest Green have to start getting more points on the board as they are down in the relegation zone and they are starting to fall well behind now. They have lost five of their last six games which hasn’t helped their survival cause. Cambridge meanwhile are going pretty well in the middle of the table and they managed to put together a great five-match undefeated streak of form, largely based on their defence.
Football League Two – Forest Green v Carlisle – The New Lawn, Nailsworth – Saturday 20th December 2018 – 15:00 UK Time
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Forest Green
CambridgeForest Green Form
It is dire straits time for Rovers who have lost six of their last seven league games (W1). The only win in that sequence did happen on home soil though as they beat Port Vale 1-0 just back on January 6th. That snapped a three-match losing streak that they were on at the New Lawn. There haven’t been all that many goals from Forest Green recently with them having scored just three in their last seven League Two fixtures. That’s the kind of thing that will sink you and they head into the weekend still in the bottom two. Rovers have scored just 15 goals in their 14 home games this term so under 2.5 goals kind of jumps off the page immediately for this one. They have at least managed to score in their last two home games, but overall this season have picked up just the one clean sheet at home.
Cambridge Form
The U’s are going well at the moment with a five-match unbeaten streak of form under their belt. They have played out 0-0 draws in their last two league matches. It has been a while since they won on the road, not since beating Crewe back on September 12th have they picked up an away win, so that’s nine on the road without a win, so they are due one and this has to be a decent shot at breaking that sequence here. Cambridge doesn’t have a lot of goals in them and they actually the lowest scoring side in the entire division, so the fact that they are up in mid-table comfortably is a huge credit to them. But it means that this is likely to be a low scoring game and both teams NOT to score would be the way to roll in this one. Cambridge after all, have managed just the seven goals on their travels this season.
Head to Head News
Cambridge eased to a 3-0 home win over Rovers back in September in what was the first ever League Two game between the two sides. Each of the last three meetings have gone over 2.5 goals. Interestingly Forest Green are unbeaten in their nine previous home games against Cambridge in all competitions and overall in the head to head there have been five wins each and ten drawn matches.
Forest Green v Cambridge – Betting Odds and Predictions
Cambridge are 11/8 to get the win on the road with Rovers at 15/8.
Top Betting Tip Forest Green v Cambridge
Cambridge are pretty solid at the moment and are certainly strong enough to hold out defensively against Rovers. This has a low scoring game written all over it and backing the away side to get this victory by a one-goal margin looks a pretty solid option for the weekend.