It's only round two of the Counties Leagues: Northern League One for these contenders. And fresh optimism here at Gillford Park Stadium as Carlisle City greet Sunderland RCA. Don't miss this preview!
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.
Carlisle City form and stats
The season before, Carlisle City's league stats were 10 wins, 10 draws and 18 losses, producing 15th place in the Counties Leagues: Northern League One. In these 38 matches they scored {57 goals} and let in 68. Performing as the home team in the last season Carlisle City produced 5-4-10 (win-draw-lost) with {30 goals} and 38 conceded.
The Carlisle City coach and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Tow Law Town (placed 10th).
Heartbreak before that as Carlisle City lost 2-3 at Heaton Stannington's place.Carlisle are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup match at Whickham awaits in three days.
Sunderland RCA form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sunderland RCA performed last season in the Counties Leagues: Northern League One: They landed a 19th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 5 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {94 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 23/61 goals scored/conceded.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Newcastle Benfield FC with 1-7 on the scoreboard. Sunderland RCA lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-7 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Guisborough Town.A quick return to home after this game, as Sunderland RCA are hosting West Allotment Celtic in the FA Cup only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior two meetings involving these two participants are: zero wins for Carlisle City, one draw and one win for Sunderland RCA. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Carlisle City missing players
Sunderland RCA missing players
| Carlisle City | Sunderland RCA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlisle City | Last season | Sunderland RCA | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Lost | L | 12 | 22 | ||
| 57 | 30 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 68 | 38 | Conceded | C | 61 | 94 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 87% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 74% | 58% | ||
| 37% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 39% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 29% | ||
| 71% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 18% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 34% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newcastle Benfield FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Birtley Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | North Shields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Shildon AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Whickham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Whitley Bay FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | West Auckland Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Bishop Auckland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Crook Town AFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tow Law Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Boro Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Northallerton Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Carlisle City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | West Allotment Celtic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Guisborough Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Heaton Stannington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Penrith AFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Redcar Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Seaham Red Star | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Sunderland RCA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newton Aycliffe | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 102 | 48 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 54 | 85 |
| 2 | Ashington AFC | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 79 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 44 | 80 |
| 3 | Bishop Auckland | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 99 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 29 | 51 | 78 |
| 4 | Whitley Bay FC | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 68 | 55 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 73 |
| 5 | West Allotment Celtic | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 74 | 55 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 19 | 67 |
| 6 | Redcar Athletic | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 83 | 70 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 61 |
| 7 | Whickham | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 49 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 61 |
| 8 | Heaton Stannington | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 81 | 62 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 19 | 59 |
| 9 | Guisborough Town | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 54 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 15 | 57 |
| 10 | Newcastle Benfield FC | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 53 |
| 11 | West Auckland Town | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 0 | 47 |
| 12 | Tow Law Town | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 59 | 84 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 45 | -25 | 46 |
| 13 | Crook Town AFC | 38 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 52 | 77 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 43 | -25 | 44 |
| 14 | Penrith AFC | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 64 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 35 | -19 | 41 |
| 15 | Carlisle City | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 68 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 30 | -11 | 37 |
| 16 | Seaham Red Star | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 46 | 61 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 38 | -15 | 36 |
| 17 | Pickering Town CFC | 38 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 45 | 94 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 61 | -49 | 36 |
| 18 | Northallerton Town | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 53 | 73 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 33 | -20 | 35 |
| 19 | Sunderland RCA | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 43 | 94 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 61 | -51 | 35 |
| 20 | Thornaby | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 42 | 72 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 40 | -30 | 31 |