Soccer betting preview: Carlisle United welcomes Burton Albion in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 24.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

Carlisle United - Burton Albion : Statistics, line-ups, results, the latest developments and headlines. Check out our full guide!

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
  • Burton Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Carlisle United form and stats

Carlisle United's results here at Brunton Park in the League One have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Gibson was the last player to find the net.

The club members are hoping that Carlisle United will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Portsmouth (placed 2nd). Holý had a busy but productive day in the Portsmouth match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Ahead of that match, Carlisle United lost 0-1 at home to Leyton Orient.

This is expected to be a close game, with Carlisle United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Carlisle United as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Carlisle United has won 7 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Low on goals? In this team's last 14 league games, 12 have produced zero, one or two goals.

There will be little rest for Carlisle after this match as they are travelling to Cambridge United for a League One game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Carlisle United here at Brunton Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). Carlisle United have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Burton Albion form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Burton hope to make it five in this match.

The regulars enjoyed Burton Albion's previous game versus Bristol Rovers (placed 17th), a 4-1 win played at home. The attacker Lubala got a match rating of 8.7 in that game. Lubala scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that result Burton won their away game at Lincoln City. The scoreline was 1-0.

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

After this away game Burton return home for a League One game against Leyton Orient. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Burton Albion as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Burton Albion have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last two meetings featuring these two contenders are: zero wins for Carlisle, one draw and one win for Burton Albion. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Carlisle UnitedJ. Gibson
J. Gibson
4 goals
Burton AlbionJ. Powell
J. Powell
4 goals
Burton AlbionB. Lubala
B. Lubala
3 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Carlisle United Burton Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 1 7 14
2 1 1 Won W 0 2 5
5 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
7 3 3 Lost L 0 3 5
11 5 2 Scored S 0 5 15
17 8 5 Conceded C 0 8 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 71% 86%
71% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 71%
14% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
43% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 50%
7% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 21%
50% 43% 75% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 43%
 
5.2 6.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.6 3.4
5.4 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.9
2.1 1.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.6 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11 11 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 3 8 10.3
3.2 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.3 2.9
24% 23% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 38%
 
13.6 11.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 20 13.7 13.3
4.6 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.3 4.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Carlisle United have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
  • Carlisle United have the most matches under the total-line (12) in League One
  • Carlisle United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Oxford United 12 10 0 2 24 9 7 6 0 1 13 4 5 4 0 1 11 5 15 30
2 Portsmouth 13 8 5 0 21 8 8 5 3 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 13 29
3 Barnsley 13 7 2 4 26 13 6 2 0 4 13 10 7 5 2 0 13 3 13 23
4 Bolton Wanderers 12 7 2 3 21 16 8 5 1 2 15 13 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 23
5 Peterborough United 13 6 4 3 20 14 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 22
6 Stevenage 14 6 4 4 18 15 7 2 4 1 7 6 7 4 0 3 11 9 3 22
7 Wycombe Wanderers 12 6 2 4 18 17 5 3 1 1 7 5 7 3 1 3 11 12 1 20
8 Blackpool 13 5 4 4 15 13 7 4 2 1 12 5 6 1 2 3 3 8 2 19
9 Burton Albion 14 5 4 5 15 17 7 3 2 2 10 9 7 2 2 3 5 8 -2 19
10 Charlton Athletic 12 5 3 4 21 14 8 5 1 2 19 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 7 18
11 Derby County 12 5 3 4 18 12 5 1 2 2 4 5 7 4 1 2 14 7 6 18
12 Lincoln City 12 5 3 4 15 12 5 3 1 1 9 2 7 2 2 3 6 10 3 18
13 Leyton Orient 13 5 3 5 12 16 6 3 1 2 6 9 7 2 2 3 6 7 -4 18
14 Port Vale 13 5 3 5 11 20 5 3 0 2 5 4 8 2 3 3 6 16 -9 18
15 Shrewsbury Town 13 5 2 6 7 13 7 4 1 2 5 4 6 1 1 4 2 9 -6 17
16 Exeter City 13 5 1 7 11 16 7 2 1 4 4 8 6 3 0 3 7 8 -5 16
17 Bristol Rovers 12 4 3 5 17 17 5 2 2 1 10 5 7 2 1 4 7 12 0 15
18 Cambridge United 13 4 3 6 12 15 7 3 2 2 8 8 6 1 1 4 4 7 -3 15
19 Northampton Town 12 4 1 7 12 13 6 2 1 3 7 7 6 2 0 4 5 6 -1 13
20 Carlisle United 14 2 6 6 11 16 7 1 3 3 5 8 7 1 3 3 6 8 -5 12
21 Wigan Athletic 12 5 1 6 17 17 4 2 0 2 5 6 8 3 1 4 12 11 0 8
22 Fleetwood Town 12 2 2 8 8 19 6 1 0 5 2 11 6 1 2 3 6 8 -11 8
23 Reading 12 3 1 8 9 19 5 3 1 1 5 2 7 0 0 7 4 17 -10 6
24 Cheltenham Town 13 1 2 10 2 20 7 1 1 5 2 12 6 0 1 5 0 8 -18 5

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.