Possible nail-biting contest in Carlisle United - Barrow game

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

Carlisle United are aiming to overlook the league table ahead of this match versus Barrow. Here's all you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Carlisle United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Barrow have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in League Two

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Carlisle and Barrow.

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Carlisle United form and stats

Carlisle United's results here at Brunton Park in the League Two have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Stress levels are on the rise for Carlisle United's attacking players as they have now played 203 minutes without scoring in a league game. Z. Clough was their last goal scorer.

Carlisle United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Morecambe's place. The match ended 2-0 with K. Mellor and J. Gibson scoring.

Previous to that game, a FA Cup home match hosting Horsham in a game that was won 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Carlisle United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost two.

Carlisle United aren't scoring a lot here at Brunton Park in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Barrow form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Barrow's previous game versus Leicester U21, a EFL Trophy 1-0 win played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. Cooper when J. Stevens scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute. Late drama in the previous game, when J. Stevens scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Leicester U21.

Prior to that result Barrow won their away game at Banbury United in the FA Cup. The scoreline was 4-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Barrow playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were six Barrow wins, three draws and five defeats.

Barrow find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. 9 goals have been conceded by Barrow in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Carlisle one win, one draw and Barrow zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
6 goals
BarrowO. Zanzala
O. Zanzala
3 goals
BarrowJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
3 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Barrow missing players

Carlisle United Barrow
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 3 7 15
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 4
6 4 0 Drew D 0 2 6
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
11 5 0 Scored S 4 9 20
24 7 1 Conceded C 1 9 20
80% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 80%
60% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 53%
20% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
47% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 73%
20% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 29% 20%
53% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 13%
 
4.9 5.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.1 5.3
4.1 4.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.7 4.5
1.9 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.4 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.7 13 19 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.6 12.5
3.7 3.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.6
20% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 38% 37%
 
10.9 10.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 13 11.5
3.9 3.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.9 4.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Barrow have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in League Two
  • Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Carlisle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Carlisle United is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 15 9 4 2 27 13 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 5 3 0 15 4 14 31
2 Port Vale 15 8 4 3 27 15 7 4 2 1 13 6 8 4 2 2 14 9 12 28
3 Northampton Town 15 8 3 4 20 11 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 3 2 2 7 5 9 27
4 Exeter City 15 6 8 1 25 15 7 3 4 0 12 6 8 3 4 1 13 9 10 26
5 Swindon Town 15 7 5 3 22 15 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 6 2 0 16 6 7 26
6 Leyton Orient 15 5 8 2 25 12 8 4 3 1 15 3 7 1 5 1 10 9 13 23
7 Harrogate Town 15 6 5 4 27 20 8 3 4 1 16 10 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 23
8 Newport County 15 6 5 4 25 18 7 3 3 1 14 6 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 23
9 Sutton United 15 7 2 6 23 18 7 4 0 3 13 9 8 3 2 3 10 9 5 23
10 Hartlepool United 15 7 2 6 17 20 7 6 1 0 12 5 8 1 1 6 5 15 -3 23
11 Tranmere Rovers 15 6 4 5 11 10 7 5 0 2 8 4 8 1 4 3 3 6 1 22
12 Bradford City 15 5 6 4 21 18 8 3 4 1 14 10 7 2 2 3 7 8 3 21
13 Rochdale 15 5 5 5 19 19 7 2 2 3 6 7 8 3 3 2 13 12 0 20
14 Walsall 15 5 5 5 19 19 7 3 2 2 11 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 0 20
15 Barrow 15 4 6 5 20 20 8 2 4 2 11 11 7 2 2 3 9 9 0 18
16 Bristol Rovers 15 5 3 7 17 23 7 3 0 4 8 11 8 2 3 3 9 12 -6 18
17 Colchester United 15 4 5 6 12 19 8 2 2 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 6 9 -7 17
18 Crawley Town 15 5 2 8 17 25 8 3 2 3 10 13 7 2 0 5 7 12 -8 17
19 Salford City 15 4 4 7 16 17 9 3 4 2 10 6 6 1 0 5 6 11 -1 16
20 Mansfield Town 15 3 5 7 14 20 9 3 3 3 11 11 6 0 2 4 3 9 -6 14
21 Stevenage 15 3 5 7 11 26 7 2 4 1 7 8 8 1 1 6 4 18 -15 14
22 Oldham Athletic 15 3 3 9 11 22 8 1 1 6 7 14 7 2 2 3 4 8 -11 12
23 Carlisle United 15 2 6 7 11 24 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 1 2 5 6 17 -13 12
24 Scunthorpe United 15 2 5 8 11 29 7 2 1 4 5 12 8 0 4 4 6 17 -18 11

Read more about League Two

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.