The visiting Carlisle United side should be favourites in this visit to Bradford City, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.
- Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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.
Bradford City form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Bradford City have to build on here at Northern Commercials Stadium in the League Two. Bradford City has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. McCall and the players.
Bradford City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Cheltenham Town (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was a FA Cup defeat to Oldham Athletic (1-2).
This is expected to be a close game, with Bradford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bradford City as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Bradford City has won four of these, drawn five and lost six.
Bradford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bradford have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Carlisle United form and stats
There's been little loot from Carlisle United's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the League Two. Carlisle United only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
The supporters enjoyed Carlisle's previous game versus Salford City (placed 9th), a League Two 2-1 win played at home. A 1-2 loss hosting Doncaster Rovers before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Carlisle United in our archives, and the results are: one win for Carlisle, one draw and eight defeats.
The attacking power of Carlisle United when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Carlisle have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Bradford City won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Carlisle United has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sixTop Goalscorers
  J. Mellish 7 goals |   L. Novak 3 goals | A. Hayden 3 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Bradford City | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 19 | 10 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 67% |
| 57% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 21% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 43% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 25% | 47% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 12.9 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15.6 | 16.2 |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 23% | 22% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 18% | 30% |
- Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Newport County | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Salford City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Walsall | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 15 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 21 | Barrow | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 24 | Southend United | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -23 | 5 |
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