Another action-packed game in League Two as Carlisle United receive Stockport County

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 18.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

Tense top table potboiler in League Two as Stockport County have come the 124 miles required to duel with Carlisle United at their Brunton Park.

Insights:
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Carlisle United nor Stockport County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Carlisle United form and stats

The League Two stats playing at home this season for Carlisle United are 11-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Carlisle United are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 231 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Dennis). The Carlisle goalkeeper Tomas Holy is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 287 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Carlisle United, who played 0-0 against Northampton Town. That match was also played at this venue (Brunton Park). Goalkeeper Holý got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.52 out of ten. Holý topped it up with a clean sheet.

0-0 away at Walsall before that.

It should be noted that a peek at the 14 most recent league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Carlisle United are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Barrow awaits in four days.

The Carlisle fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 30 in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Carlisle United have conceded only 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stockport County form and stats

10-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stockport County in their League Two matches away.

Stockport County has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Gillingham for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Collar was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Collar scored one goal and hit one key pass.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Newport County.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's last 10 league matches have had two goals or less.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rochdale in just four days.

Stockport are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 28 away goals from 21 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Stockport County as they have only conceded 19 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties face each other this season, as the results database show this recent game: Stockport County - Carlisle United 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Carlisle two wins, two draws and Stockport County four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Carlisle UnitedK. Dennis
K. Dennis
19 goals
Stockport CountyK. Wootton
K. Wootton
14 goals
Stockport CountyW. Collar
W. Collar
10 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Stockport County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Carlisle United Stockport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 5 Played P 5 21 42
19 11 1 Won W 2 10 20
14 7 2 Drew D 0 3 11
9 3 2 Lost L 3 8 11
60 30 3 Scored S 6 28 58
37 16 7 Conceded C 6 19 34
81% 81% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 88%
62% 57% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 67%
40% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 43% 38%
21% 24% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
14% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
43% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 48% 45%
45% 57% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 48%
31% 29% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 19%
 
5.3 5.7 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5 5.4
4.1 3.5 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.9 3.7
1.6 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
11.9 13.2 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.6 12.7
4.1 4.6 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4 4.3
35% 31% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 32%
 
10.2 8.6 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 10.5 8.9
2.4 2 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 2.6 2.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 41 24 12 5 56 27 21 14 6 1 30 10 20 10 6 4 26 17 29 84
2 Northampton Town 42 20 14 8 55 38 21 11 6 4 27 17 21 9 8 4 28 21 17 74
3 Stevenage 41 20 13 8 56 38 21 15 2 4 37 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 18 73
4 Stockport County 42 20 11 11 58 34 21 10 8 3 30 15 21 10 3 8 28 19 24 71
5 Carlisle United 42 19 14 9 60 37 21 11 7 3 30 16 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 71
6 Bradford City 41 19 14 8 54 35 21 9 8 4 30 20 20 10 6 4 24 15 19 71
7 Mansfield Town 41 18 12 11 65 50 20 8 8 4 34 27 21 10 4 7 31 23 15 66
8 Salford City 42 19 9 14 64 49 21 9 5 7 26 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 15 66
9 Barrow 42 18 8 16 46 47 21 12 3 6 29 17 21 6 5 10 17 30 -1 62
10 Sutton United 42 15 12 15 42 47 21 11 4 6 24 18 21 4 8 9 18 29 -5 57
11 Tranmere Rovers 42 14 11 17 40 44 21 9 6 6 25 19 21 5 5 11 15 25 -4 53
12 Swindon Town 41 13 13 15 52 50 20 7 6 7 28 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 2 52
13 Grimsby Town 41 13 13 15 45 52 20 4 10 6 20 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -7 52
14 Doncaster Rovers 42 15 7 20 43 59 21 10 1 10 25 27 21 5 6 10 18 32 -16 52
15 Walsall 42 11 18 13 42 42 21 8 9 4 24 15 21 3 9 9 18 27 0 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Newport County 41 12 14 15 43 47 20 6 6 8 22 23 21 6 8 7 21 24 -4 50
18 Gillingham 42 12 12 18 30 45 21 10 5 6 18 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -15 48
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 21 6 3 12 19 27 -7 45
21 Harrogate Town 41 9 15 17 49 61 21 5 9 7 27 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 42
22 Crawley Town 42 10 11 21 45 69 21 9 5 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 41
23 Hartlepool United 42 8 15 19 48 72 21 4 10 7 24 33 21 4 5 12 24 39 -24 39
24 Rochdale 42 8 9 25 39 65 21 4 4 13 23 35 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 33

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 41 24 12 5 56 27 21 14 6 1 30 10 20 10 6 4 26 17 29 84
2 Northampton Town 42 20 14 8 55 38 21 11 6 4 27 17 21 9 8 4 28 21 17 74
3 Stevenage 41 20 13 8 56 38 21 15 2 4 37 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 18 73
4 Stockport County 42 20 11 11 58 34 21 10 8 3 30 15 21 10 3 8 28 19 24 71
5 Carlisle United 42 19 14 9 60 37 21 11 7 3 30 16 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 71
6 Bradford City 41 19 14 8 54 35 21 9 8 4 30 20 20 10 6 4 24 15 19 71
7 Mansfield Town 41 18 12 11 65 50 20 8 8 4 34 27 21 10 4 7 31 23 15 66
8 Salford City 42 19 9 14 64 49 21 9 5 7 26 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 15 66
9 Barrow 42 18 8 16 46 47 21 12 3 6 29 17 21 6 5 10 17 30 -1 62
10 Sutton United 42 15 12 15 42 47 21 11 4 6 24 18 21 4 8 9 18 29 -5 57
11 Tranmere Rovers 42 14 11 17 40 44 21 9 6 6 25 19 21 5 5 11 15 25 -4 53
12 Swindon Town 41 13 13 15 52 50 20 7 6 7 28 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 2 52
13 Grimsby Town 41 13 13 15 45 52 20 4 10 6 20 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -7 52
14 Doncaster Rovers 42 15 7 20 43 59 21 10 1 10 25 27 21 5 6 10 18 32 -16 52
15 Walsall 42 11 18 13 42 42 21 8 9 4 24 15 21 3 9 9 18 27 0 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Newport County 41 12 14 15 43 47 20 6 6 8 22 23 21 6 8 7 21 24 -4 50
18 Gillingham 42 12 12 18 30 45 21 10 5 6 18 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -15 48
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 21 6 3 12 19 27 -7 45
21 Harrogate Town 41 9 15 17 49 61 21 5 9 7 27 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 42
22 Crawley Town 42 10 11 21 45 69 21 9 5 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 41
23 Hartlepool United 42 8 15 19 48 72 21 4 10 7 24 33 21 4 5 12 24 39 -24 39
24 Rochdale 42 8 9 25 39 65 21 4 4 13 23 35 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 33

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