Can Carlisle United defeat Crawley Town in Brunton Park clash?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

A new League Two season is about to unfold and this is the premier real game for Carlisle United and Crawley Town. Bring it on!

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Carlisle United form and stats

In the previous season, Carlisle United's league results were 14 wins, 11 draws and 21 losses, producing 20th place in the League Two. In these 46 matches they scored 39 goals and gave away 62. Performing as the host team in the last season Carlisle United produced 8-7-8 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 23 conceded.

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 Carlisle United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Carlisle United have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Carlisle United scored 21 goals and let in 3 goals during these six games.

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Crawley Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Crawley Town performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 10 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 66 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 28/37 goals scored/conceded.

Crawley Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

It's a day of discovery for Crawley as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Crawley Town have played five with the results W2-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Crawley Town has scored 17 goals and conceded 8 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Carlisle United won six games, three matches ended with a tie and Crawley Town have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four The matches between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

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Total First Half Second Half
Carlisle United Crawley Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Carlisle United Last season Crawley Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 8   Won W   8 17
11 7   Drew D   4 10
21 8   Lost L   11 19
39 19   Scored S   28 56
62 23   Conceded C   37 66
89% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
70% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 70%
48% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 57%
13% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 24%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
39% 35%   BTTS BTTS   65% 63%
28% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 20%
43% 43%   Failed to Score F T   17% 22%
 
4.7 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.5
4.7 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.9
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
11.8 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 11.3
3.7 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.5
23% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 35%
 
13 13   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.3
3.7 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Barrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bradford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Carlisle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Gillingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Grimsby Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Harrogate Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hartlepool United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mansfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Walsall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 46 23 15 8 75 44 23 14 4 5 34 18 23 9 11 3 41 26 31 84
2 Exeter City 46 23 15 8 65 41 23 14 6 3 37 19 23 9 9 5 28 22 24 84
3 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 71 49 23 14 4 5 38 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 23 13 5 5 32 15 23 10 6 7 28 23 22 80
5 Port Vale 46 22 12 12 67 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 23 11 6 6 32 24 21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 23 13 4 6 42 29 23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 23 15 4 4 40 24 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 23 8 5 10 31 33 16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 23 5 9 9 17 24 13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 23 10 9 4 33 21 23 9 4 10 27 25 14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 23 9 6 8 40 31 23 10 6 7 27 27 9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 23 9 6 8 28 29 23 8 4 11 28 37 -10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 5 11 7 26 25 15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 23 6 10 7 29 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 23 8 4 11 23 32 -12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 23 10 5 8 30 29 23 4 7 12 17 31 -13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 23 9 7 7 24 26 23 5 5 13 20 38 -20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 23 5 6 12 23 36 -8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 23 6 7 10 32 36 23 8 4 11 32 39 -11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 23 8 7 8 19 23 23 6 4 13 20 39 -23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 23 9 6 8 29 30 23 2 8 13 16 38 -23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 23 5 9 9 25 28 23 5 5 13 19 29 -13 44
23 Oldham Athletic 46 9 11 26 46 75 23 5 4 14 29 42 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 38
24 Scunthorpe United 46 4 14 28 29 90 23 3 7 13 15 36 23 1 7 15 14 54 -61 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Barrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bradford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Carlisle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Gillingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Grimsby Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Harrogate Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hartlepool United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mansfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Walsall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.