The Bradford City & Carlisle United managers Hughes and Simpson are both afraid of and feeling excited about this very important fixture in the higher area of the League Two league table.
- Bradford City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
- Carlisle United have the most scored goals (22) away in League Two
This could be an absorbing fixture with lots of action and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Bradford City form and stats
5-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Bradford City so far this season.
Bradford City shared the glory with AFC Wimbledon in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Goalkeeper Lewis got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.75 out of ten. Lewis topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the home loss against Rochdale with the scoreline 1-2.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 14 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 7 and lost 5.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bradford as they are travelling to their away game against Stockport County in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Bradford City has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches.
Carlisle United form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Carlisle United playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Carlisle United are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Newport County (placed 18th). Dennis has scored at least one goal for the away side three games in a row. The smartness! Attacker Dennis got a player rating of 7.73 in the game. "Man of the match" Dennis scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
A 1-2 defeat away at Doncaster Rovers before that.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 4 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Carlisle are hosting Hartlepool United in the League Two only three days away.
Carlisle United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. 16 goals have been conceded by Carlisle United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the teams played each other earlier this season; Carlisle United - Bradford 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Bradford City victories, one draw and six Carlisle United wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Dennis 14 goals |   A. Cook 13 goals |  O. Moxon 4 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Bradford City | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | 39 |
| 25 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 84% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 64% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 76% |
| 48% | 46% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 48% |
| 20% | 23% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 20% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 16% |
| 48% | 54% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 69% | 56% |
| 36% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 40% |
| 32% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 16% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 10.6 | 11.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 65% | 61% | 89% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 47% | 41% |
| 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 13 | 10.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
- Bradford City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
- Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Carlisle United have the most scored goals (22) away in League Two
- Carlisle United have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 57 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 52 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 46 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Salford City | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Barrow | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 11 | Walsall | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 37 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -8 | 36 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 30 |
| 18 | Newport County | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 26 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 20 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -23 | 19 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -19 | 17 |
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