League Two match prediction: Little separates Bradford City and Carlisle United in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: University of Bolton Stadium (28723 seats)

The two participants are revelling in a quality season so far and match dates like this one could be decisive. Get the info on Bradford City - Carlisle United!

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

Carlisle are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Bradford City and Carlisle United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Bradford City form and stats

Bradford City have played 23 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-10-4 (wins-draws-losses). Bradford City have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Bradford, who played 1-1 against Leyton Orient. That match was also played at this venue (University of Bolton Stadium). Defender Halliday got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Halliday scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 12 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Crewe Alexandra (2-3).

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 12 games. Bradford City has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Bradford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 33 goals in 23 games.

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Carlisle United form and stats

9 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Carlisle United playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Carlisle are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Sutton United.

A loss against Salford City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Carlisle United playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Carlisle United wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's last 11 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

Carlisle United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 23 league away games 32 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (22 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H match ended Bradford - Carlisle United 0-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bradford City two wins, two draws and Carlisle United six victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityA. Cook
A. Cook
28 goals
Carlisle UnitedK. Dennis
K. Dennis
20 goals
Bradford CityS. Banks
S. Banks
6 goals

Bradford City missing players

Carlisle United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Carlisle United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
46 23 6 Played P 6 23 46
20 9 2 Won W 1 9 20
16 10 2 Drew D 1 8 16
10 4 2 Lost L 4 6 10
61 33 9 Scored S 6 32 66
43 23 8 Conceded C 8 22 43
83% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 83% 83%
65% 74% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 63%
43% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 41%
24% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 24%
11% 9% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 13% 15%
48% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 52% 46%
39% 35% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 35% 43%
30% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 28%
 
4.4 5.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.7 5.3
5.8 5.6 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 4.7 4.1
2 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.7
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.6 12.8 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.7 11.9
2.9 3 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 4
46% 48% 69% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 40% 36%
 
10.9 11 14 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 12 10.5
3 3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 2.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • 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 Leyton Orient 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38

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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 Leyton Orient 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38

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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.