EFL Trophy: Buckle up for the Accrington Stanley - Carlisle United clash

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Accrington and Carlisle United.

Accrington Stanley form and stats

Accrington Stanley participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.

Accrington Stanley have collected seven points from their first three League Two games here at Wham Stadium, a promising start.

In their previous game, the manager Coleman led his Accrington Stanley to a defeat away at Notts County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Wham Stadium. Andrews, who usually features in attack, was the best performer for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.02 (out of 10). Andrews scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Salford City.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Accrington Stanley have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 0 and lost 2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Accrington, as the League Two home game vs Mansfield Town is only four days away.

Accrington Stanley have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Carlisle United form and stats

Carlisle United's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.

It's not happening yet for Carlisle United on their League One travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?

Carlisle won their last game, 2-0 versus Shrewsbury Town played at home. Lavelle, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Lavelle won 13 of 22 duels.

It was a League One defeat before that one as the away game against Port Vale wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Carlisle United playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Carlisle United wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Carlisle United have another game away in just four days, a League One fixture vs Stevenage. A difficult diary for the visiting team!

{0 goals} so far away for Carlisle United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Accrington two wins, three draws and Carlisle United five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Nolan 2 goals

S. McConville 2 goals

S. Whalley 2 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Carlisle United missing players