The Carlisle United manager C. Beech attacks this game with the team placed 7th so far. In the visitors dressing room Colchester United and their manager S. Ball are in 9th place before this match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Carlisle United form and stats
Perfect League Two season at home so far for Carlisle United, who have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in League Two, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Paul Farman not having conceded a league goal in 235 minutes.
A strong away win for Carlisle against Port Vale the last match, as Jon Mellish were on target. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sunderland (3-5).
This is expected to be a close game, with Carlisle United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Carlisle United as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Carlisle has won seven of these, drawn five and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Carlisle as they are travelling to their away game against Oldham Athletic in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Carlisle United at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses). The last three matches for Colchester have all ended in a draw. One point away has become something of a habit for Colchester who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Colchester United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Walsall (placed 12th). Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Oldham Athletic.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Colchester in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Colchester United, six draws and six defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Forest Green Rovers in just three days.
The attacking power of Colchester when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Colchester United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Carlisle won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Colchester United has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  J. Mellish 2 goals |   C. Harriott 2 goals | O. Patrick 1 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Carlisle United | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | 31 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 57 |
| 23 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 37% |
- Carlisle United has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in League Two
- Carlisle United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Colchester United have not yet lost a game.
- Colchester United have yet to win a game away.
| Carlisle United | Last season | Colchester United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 54 | ||
| 56 | 26 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 86% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 87% | ||
| 76% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 69% | ||
| 51% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 54% | ||
| 27% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 26% | ||
| 14% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 5% | ||
| 54% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 54% | ||
| 22% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 33% | ||
| 38% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 465 | 233 | Total Shots | T S | 245 | 509 | ||
| 148 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 86 | 175 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Morecambe | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Newport County | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Salford City | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Walsall | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Barrow | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Southend United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 1 |