League Two preview: Can Carlisle United edge out victory against Doncaster Rovers?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

Sit down for a show! The leading antagonists are Carlisle United and Doncaster Rovers, victory is the target and 90 minutes the duration.

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have not yet lost a game at home.

The visiting Doncaster Rovers played their last game only four days ago, a EFL Trophy match.

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Carlisle United form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 League Two games here at Brunton Park for Carlisle United. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

Happy days for Carlisle United in their previous game, a fixture away at Hartlepool United (placed 21st) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Midfield player Moxon got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Moxon scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Before that, Carlisle United drew at home versus Crewe Alexandra.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Carlisle United handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.

The manager Simpson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Barrow in only three days.

Carlisle has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Carlisle United have conceded only 5 goals.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Doncaster Rovers have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a EFL Trophy home loss versus Barnsley with 2-4 on the scoreboard.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Leyton Orient in the League Two.

We have checked recent matches where Doncaster have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.

Doncaster Rovers have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Carlisle victories, one draw and three Doncaster Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Carlisle UnitedK. Dennis
K. Dennis
7 goals
Doncaster RoversG. Miller
G. Miller
6 goals
Doncaster RoversK. Agard
K. Agard
3 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Carlisle United Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 0 Played P 2 6 13
5 3 0 Won W 1 2 6
6 3 0 Drew D 1 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
16 8 0 Scored S 1 6 18
11 5 0 Conceded C 0 7 16
83% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 92%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 77%
42% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 62%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 69%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 15%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 23%
 
5 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.2 4.8
3.9 3.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.6
1.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9 9.5
4.4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.3 3.5
29% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 39%
 
10.3 8.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 16.2 12.5
2 2.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have not yet lost a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stevenage 13 10 1 2 19 10 7 7 0 0 12 2 6 3 1 2 7 8 9 31
2 Leyton Orient 12 9 2 1 20 7 6 5 0 1 11 4 6 4 2 0 9 3 13 29
3 Northampton Town 13 8 2 3 23 14 7 5 0 2 13 7 6 3 2 1 10 7 9 26
4 Salford City 12 7 3 2 17 9 6 3 2 1 9 4 6 4 1 1 8 5 8 24
5 Mansfield Town 12 7 2 3 19 12 5 3 2 0 10 5 7 4 0 3 9 7 7 23
6 Bradford City 12 6 3 3 18 11 7 3 3 1 9 4 5 3 0 2 9 7 7 21
7 Carlisle United 12 5 6 1 16 11 6 3 3 0 8 5 6 2 3 1 8 6 5 21
8 Doncaster Rovers 13 6 3 4 18 16 7 4 1 2 12 9 6 2 2 2 6 7 2 21
9 Barrow 12 7 0 5 15 13 6 4 0 2 8 6 6 3 0 3 7 7 2 21
10 Swindon Town 13 5 5 3 14 13 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 2 3 2 5 8 1 20
11 Grimsby Town 12 5 4 3 14 10 6 1 3 2 7 6 6 4 1 1 7 4 4 19
12 Tranmere Rovers 12 6 1 5 13 9 5 3 0 2 8 4 7 3 1 3 5 5 4 19
13 Crewe Alexandra 12 4 5 3 13 12 7 3 2 2 10 7 5 1 3 1 3 5 1 17
14 Walsall 13 4 4 5 15 12 7 3 2 2 11 6 6 1 2 3 4 6 3 16
15 Sutton United 13 4 2 7 12 17 7 4 1 2 9 7 6 0 1 5 3 10 -5 14
16 Stockport County 12 3 3 6 13 16 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 1 0 5 7 11 -3 12
17 AFC Wimbledon 12 3 3 6 14 19 5 2 1 2 6 6 7 1 2 4 8 13 -5 12
18 Newport County 13 3 2 8 12 17 7 1 1 5 5 11 6 2 1 3 7 6 -5 11
19 Gillingham 12 2 5 5 4 12 6 2 2 2 2 4 6 0 3 3 2 8 -8 11
20 Colchester United 12 2 3 7 10 17 7 2 2 3 6 8 5 0 1 4 4 9 -7 9
21 Hartlepool United 13 1 6 6 11 23 7 1 4 2 5 8 6 0 2 4 6 15 -12 9
22 Harrogate Town 12 2 2 8 8 16 5 1 1 3 4 7 7 1 1 5 4 9 -8 8
23 Rochdale 12 2 2 8 8 18 5 0 1 4 3 7 7 2 1 4 5 11 -10 8
24 Crawley Town 12 1 3 8 10 22 5 1 0 4 6 10 7 0 3 4 4 12 -12 6

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.