Bradford City vs Carlisle United: Soccer match betting guide

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Utilita Energy Stadium (25136 seats)

Bradford City have achieved 5 home wins this season, Carlisle United have won 6 away. Which team improves their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Bradford City can neither be promoted or relegated from League Two. Carlisle United is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bradford City form and stats

5-10-7 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Bradford City so far this season.

Happy days for Bradford in their previous game, a fixture away at Sutton United (placed 8th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Midfield player Vernam got a match rating of 9.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Vernam scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Bradford City had a home game versus Scunthorpe United which ended with a victory 2-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bradford City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won one time, drawn six and lost four.

Bradford has scored 27 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Bradford City have conceded 29 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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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 22 points returning home. The records show 6-4-12 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Carlisle are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The club members enjoyed Carlisle United's previous fixture versus Stevenage (placed 22nd), a 2-1 win played at home. Alessandra came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Stevenage last time out, making the manager Simpson feel like a tactical genius. Riley got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Riley scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Harrogate Town's place.

Carlisle United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Carlisle as they have only managed to score 20 times from 22 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Carlisle United have conceded 37 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Carlisle United - Bradford City 2-0. Previous ten meetings between these teams: Bradford won two, Carlisle United triumphed in seven and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityA. Cook
A. Cook
12 goals
Carlisle UnitedO. Patrick
O. Patrick
9 goals
Bradford CityC. Vernam
C. Vernam
8 goals

Bradford City missing players

Carlisle United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Carlisle United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
13 5 4 Won W 1 6 14
16 10 2 Drew D 2 4 11
16 7 1 Lost L 4 12 20
51 27 12 Scored S 8 20 39
55 29 7 Conceded C 11 37 60
87% 91% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 89%
80% 86% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 77% 69%
44% 50% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 68% 49%
18% 23% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 18% 13%
7% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 77% 71% BTTS BTTS 71% 45% 40%
22% 14% 29% Clean Sheets C S 14% 18% 29%
31% 18% 14% Failed to Score F T 14% 41% 42%
 
4.9 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.9 4.8
4.9 4.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.4 4.8
1.6 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 1.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.8 14.2 15.9 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.5 11.8
3.9 4.1 4.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.9 3.7
29% 30% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 24% 23%
 
12.5 11.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.8 12.9
3.6 3.3 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carlisle United 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 Exeter City 45 23 15 7 65 40 22 14 6 2 37 18 23 9 9 5 28 22 25 84
2 Forest Green Rovers 45 23 14 8 73 42 23 14 4 5 34 18 22 9 10 3 39 24 31 83
3 Northampton Town 45 22 11 12 57 37 23 13 5 5 32 15 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers 45 22 11 12 64 49 22 13 4 5 31 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 15 77
5 Port Vale 44 21 12 11 65 44 22 11 6 5 34 20 22 10 6 6 31 24 21 75
6 Mansfield Town 44 22 9 13 63 48 22 15 3 4 38 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 15 75
7 Swindon Town 45 21 11 13 74 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 22 12 4 6 39 29 20 74
8 Sutton United 45 21 10 14 67 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 73
9 Tranmere Rovers 45 20 12 13 52 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 12 72
10 Salford City 44 19 12 13 56 40 22 10 8 4 31 19 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 69
11 Newport County 44 18 12 14 65 55 22 9 6 7 40 29 22 9 6 7 25 26 10 66
12 Crawley Town 45 17 9 19 53 63 23 9 6 8 28 29 22 8 3 11 25 34 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient 45 14 16 15 62 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 23 5 11 7 26 25 16 58
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 55 22 5 10 7 27 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 22 10 5 7 30 26 23 4 7 12 17 31 -10 54
16 Hartlepool United 45 14 12 19 44 62 22 9 7 6 24 24 23 5 5 13 20 38 -18 54
17 Harrogate Town 45 14 11 20 64 73 22 6 7 9 32 34 23 8 4 11 32 39 -9 53
18 Carlisle United 45 14 11 20 39 60 23 8 7 8 19 23 22 6 4 12 20 37 -21 53
19 Colchester United 45 13 13 19 46 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 22 4 6 12 21 36 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 22 5 9 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 19 29 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 22 8 6 8 25 28 23 2 8 13 16 38 -25 44
23 Oldham Athletic 45 9 10 26 43 72 22 5 3 14 26 39 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe United 45 4 14 27 29 83 23 3 7 13 15 36 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 26

Bradford City:
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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 Exeter City 45 23 15 7 65 40 22 14 6 2 37 18 23 9 9 5 28 22 25 84
2 Forest Green Rovers 45 23 14 8 73 42 23 14 4 5 34 18 22 9 10 3 39 24 31 83
3 Northampton Town 45 22 11 12 57 37 23 13 5 5 32 15 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers 45 22 11 12 64 49 22 13 4 5 31 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 15 77
5 Port Vale 44 21 12 11 65 44 22 11 6 5 34 20 22 10 6 6 31 24 21 75
6 Mansfield Town 44 22 9 13 63 48 22 15 3 4 38 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 15 75
7 Swindon Town 45 21 11 13 74 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 22 12 4 6 39 29 20 74
8 Sutton United 45 21 10 14 67 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 73
9 Tranmere Rovers 45 20 12 13 52 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 12 72
10 Salford City 44 19 12 13 56 40 22 10 8 4 31 19 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 69
11 Newport County 44 18 12 14 65 55 22 9 6 7 40 29 22 9 6 7 25 26 10 66
12 Crawley Town 45 17 9 19 53 63 23 9 6 8 28 29 22 8 3 11 25 34 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient 45 14 16 15 62 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 23 5 11 7 26 25 16 58
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 55 22 5 10 7 27 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 22 10 5 7 30 26 23 4 7 12 17 31 -10 54
16 Hartlepool United 45 14 12 19 44 62 22 9 7 6 24 24 23 5 5 13 20 38 -18 54
17 Harrogate Town 45 14 11 20 64 73 22 6 7 9 32 34 23 8 4 11 32 39 -9 53
18 Carlisle United 45 14 11 20 39 60 23 8 7 8 19 23 22 6 4 12 20 37 -21 53
19 Colchester United 45 13 13 19 46 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 22 4 6 12 21 36 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 22 5 9 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 19 29 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 22 8 6 8 25 28 23 2 8 13 16 38 -25 44
23 Oldham Athletic 45 9 10 26 43 72 22 5 3 14 26 39 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe United 45 4 14 27 29 83 23 3 7 13 15 36 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 26

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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.