Evenly matched teams: Carlisle United vs Bradford City match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

Loyal fans at Brunton Park haven’t seen many wins this season, with Carlisle United languishing in the 21st position. The opposing Bradford City will believe to defend their higher league spot in this game.

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
  • Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This looks to be an exciting fixture with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Carlisle United form and stats

2 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Carlisle United, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two, have to build on here at Brunton Park in the League Two.

A strong away win for Carlisle against Stevenage the last match, as Mellish and Gibson were on target. Gibson (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Gibson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Mansfield Town.

Carlisle United aren't scoring a lot here at Brunton Park in the league, with only 6 goals from 10 games. From these home matches, Carlisle have conceded only 9 goals.

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Bradford City form and stats

There's been little loot from Bradford City's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Bradford City only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. Bradford City have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Bradford City delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Sutton United (placed 6th) in their previous match; a League Two game. Midfielder Ridehalgh was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Ridehalgh dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Colchester United.

Bradford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Bradford have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Carlisle United-Bradford City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Carlisle six wins, Bradford City two wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityA. Cook
A. Cook
7 goals
Bradford CityC. Vernam
C. Vernam
4 goals
Bradford CityL. Angol
L. Angol
4 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Bradford City missing players

Carlisle United Bradford City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
4 2 1 Won W 0 2 5
7 5 1 Drew D 1 4 11
10 3 1 Lost L 1 4 5
15 6 2 Scored S 1 10 27
29 9 3 Conceded C 2 12 25
81% 70% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 86%
67% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 81%
48% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 43%
14% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
38% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 71%
29% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 19%
52% 60% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 24%
 
5.1 5.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.7 4.8
4 4.3 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.1 5.3
1.6 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 12.6 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 17 11.5 13.2
3.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4
19% 19% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 29% 33%
 
10.8 10.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.9 11.7
3.8 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
  • 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 20 13 5 2 43 20 9 6 1 2 16 9 11 7 4 0 27 11 23 44
2 Northampton Town 21 12 4 5 29 17 10 7 1 2 16 7 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 40
3 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
4 Newport County 21 9 7 5 35 26 10 5 3 2 20 11 11 4 4 3 15 15 9 34
5 Exeter City 21 8 9 4 32 24 11 5 4 2 17 11 10 3 5 2 15 13 8 33
6 Sutton United 21 10 3 8 32 27 9 6 0 3 16 9 12 4 3 5 16 18 5 33
7 Swindon Town 20 9 6 5 29 24 9 2 4 3 10 11 11 7 2 2 19 13 5 33
8 Tranmere Rovers 20 9 5 6 17 14 9 6 0 3 10 6 11 3 5 3 7 8 3 32
9 Leyton Orient 21 7 10 4 37 20 11 6 3 2 24 7 10 1 7 2 13 13 17 31
10 Harrogate Town 21 8 6 7 35 30 11 3 4 4 18 18 10 5 2 3 17 12 5 30
11 Mansfield Town 21 8 5 8 24 26 12 6 3 3 17 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -2 29
12 Walsall 21 7 7 7 25 24 11 4 4 3 16 14 10 3 3 4 9 10 1 28
13 Hartlepool United 21 8 3 10 22 31 11 7 2 2 16 11 10 1 1 8 6 20 -9 27
14 Bradford City 21 5 11 5 27 25 11 3 7 1 17 13 10 2 4 4 10 12 2 26
15 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
16 Crawley Town 20 7 4 9 23 30 10 3 3 4 12 16 10 4 1 5 11 14 -7 25
17 Salford City 20 6 6 8 23 21 11 4 5 2 13 7 9 2 1 6 10 14 2 24
18 Rochdale 21 5 9 7 27 30 10 2 5 3 11 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 -3 24
19 Barrow 20 5 7 8 22 24 10 3 4 3 13 12 10 2 3 5 9 12 -2 22
20 Colchester United 20 5 7 8 16 25 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 4 4 6 13 -9 22
21 Carlisle United 21 4 7 10 15 29 10 2 5 3 6 9 11 2 2 7 9 20 -14 19
22 Stevenage 20 4 7 9 16 33 11 3 5 3 10 13 9 1 2 6 6 20 -17 19
23 Oldham Athletic 21 4 4 13 21 36 11 2 2 7 15 22 10 2 2 6 6 14 -15 16
24 Scunthorpe United 21 2 10 9 16 36 10 2 4 4 8 15 11 0 6 5 8 21 -20 16

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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.