Football background guide: Portsmouth odds-on when Carlisle United arrive

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

Portsmouth are chasing the top spots while Carlisle United are more concerned with avoiding relegation. May the best team win!

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (8) in League One
  • Carlisle United have the most matches under the total-line (11) in League One

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth have performed here at Fratton Park this season with 5 wins from 7 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. days ago.

Portsmouth's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at their own stadium, ending 5-1 vs Gillingham. The home team are looking to build on that result.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Port Vale.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Portsmouth as they are travelling to their away game against Cambridge United in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fratton Park with 11 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Portsmouth have conceded only 4 goals.

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Carlisle United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Carlisle United so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Leyton Orient with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Moxon got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Moxon hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A painful loss as clear favourites in the match before that one, the EFL Trophy fixture home vs Nottingham Forest U21.

Low on goals? 11 of this club's latest 13 league matches have seen two goals or less.

A new game in only three days for Carlisle, the League One home match versus Burton Albion. Busy days.

Carlisle United have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Portsmouth have avoided defeat in the last 7 matches (3-4-0) versus Carlisle United.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthC. Bishop
C. Bishop
8 goals
Carlisle UnitedJ. Gibson
J. Gibson
4 goals
PortsmouthP. Lane
P. Lane
3 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Carlisle United missing players

Portsmouth Carlisle United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 7 1 Played P 4 6 13
8 5 0 Won W 1 1 2
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
0 0 0 Lost L 2 3 6
21 11 0 Scored S 5 6 11
8 4 0 Conceded C 6 8 16
83% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 77%
50% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 15%
25% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 15%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 46%
42% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
17% 14% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 46%
 
7.5 8.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 5.5
3.9 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.8 5.4
2.4 2.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.3 14.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.5 10.8
4.8 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.2
37% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 26%
 
10.9 11.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 15 13.3
2.9 3.4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Carlisle United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Carlisle United have the most matches under the total-line (11) in League One
  • Carlisle United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (8) in League One
  • Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in League One
  • Portsmouth have the most points (17) at home in League One
  • Portsmouth have the most points from losing position (14) in League One
  • Portsmouth is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 12 8 4 0 21 8 7 5 2 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 13 28
2 Oxford United 11 9 0 2 23 9 6 5 0 1 12 4 5 4 0 1 11 5 14 27
3 Barnsley 12 7 1 4 25 12 6 2 0 4 13 10 6 5 1 0 12 2 13 22
4 Peterborough United 12 6 3 3 18 12 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 21
5 Stevenage 13 6 3 4 18 15 6 2 3 1 7 6 7 4 0 3 11 9 3 21
6 Bolton Wanderers 11 6 2 3 19 15 7 4 1 2 13 12 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 20
7 Blackpool 12 5 4 3 15 12 7 4 2 1 12 5 5 1 2 2 3 7 3 19
8 Wycombe Wanderers 11 6 1 4 16 15 5 3 1 1 7 5 6 3 0 3 9 10 1 19
9 Derby County 11 5 3 3 18 11 5 1 2 2 4 5 6 4 1 1 14 6 7 18
10 Leyton Orient 12 5 2 5 11 15 5 3 0 2 5 8 7 2 2 3 6 7 -4 17
11 Port Vale 12 5 2 5 11 20 5 3 0 2 5 4 7 2 2 3 6 16 -9 17
12 Exeter City 12 5 1 6 11 14 6 2 1 3 4 6 6 3 0 3 7 8 -3 16
13 Burton Albion 13 4 4 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 2 2 3 5 8 -5 16
14 Charlton Athletic 11 4 3 4 17 14 7 4 1 2 15 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 15
15 Bristol Rovers 11 4 3 4 16 13 5 2 2 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 6 8 3 15
16 Lincoln City 11 4 3 4 14 12 5 3 1 1 9 2 6 1 2 3 5 10 2 15
17 Cambridge United 12 4 3 5 12 14 7 3 2 2 8 8 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 15
18 Shrewsbury Town 12 4 2 6 6 13 6 3 1 2 4 4 6 1 1 4 2 9 -7 14
19 Northampton Town 11 4 1 6 11 11 6 2 1 3 7 7 5 2 0 3 4 4 0 13
20 Carlisle United 13 2 5 6 11 16 7 1 3 3 5 8 6 1 2 3 6 8 -5 11
21 Fleetwood Town 11 2 2 7 8 18 5 1 0 4 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 -10 8
22 Reading 11 3 1 7 9 15 5 3 1 1 5 2 6 0 0 6 4 13 -6 6
23 Wigan Athletic 11 4 1 6 15 17 4 2 0 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 10 11 -2 5
24 Cheltenham Town 12 0 2 10 1 20 6 0 1 5 1 12 6 0 1 5 0 8 -19 2

Read more about League One

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.