Carlisle United are banking on their home following to aid them to do well in this meeting hosting Bradford City. Who triumphs at Brunton Park?
- Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in League Two
- Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
These are full days for the host team, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Harrogate Town.
Carlisle United form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Carlisle United at their home stadium (Brunton Park) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Carlisle, as their goalkeeper Mark Howard has completely shut out the opponents for 264 minutes in the League Two.
Carlisle faced defeat in their previous match, away at Harrogate Town (0-1).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Scunthorpe United and winning 1-0.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 six matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost two.
Carlisle aren't scoring a lot here at Brunton Park in the league, with only 6 goals from 10 games. Carlisle have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bradford City form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Bradford City have produced an overall stat of 3-4-4 so far.
Bradford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Barrow (placed 19th). Defender Kelleher was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Kelleher won 7 of 10 duels.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Sutton United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Bradford in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Bradford City, four draws and ten defeats.
Bradford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Bradford have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for Carlisle United, two draws and two wins for Bradford City. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Cook 8 goals |  L. Angol 5 goals | C. Vernam 4 goals |
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| Carlisle United | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 29 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 82% | 70% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| 64% | 50% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 82% |
| 45% | 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 36% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 73% |
| 32% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 50% | 60% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 23% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 12.6 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11 | 12.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 19% | 19% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 32% | 34% |
| 11 | 10.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.4 | 12 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in League Two
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 48 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Newport County | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Salford City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 19 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -20 | 20 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
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