Delightful dogfight as daring Carlisle United duels with determined Exeter City

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

6th position in the League Two table for Carlisle United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Exeter City visits Brunton Park.

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Exeter City has the most scored goals (44) in League Two

The visiting Exeter City played their last game only four days ago, a League Two match.

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Carlisle United form and stats

Home games in the League Two have been a walk in the park for Carlisle United so far, with 25 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Carlisle United are returning here after visiting Walsall in a League Two game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Omari Patrick and Joshua Kayode scored the goal(s). In the match before that, Carlisle hosted Bolton Wanderers and drew the game 3-3.

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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Carlisle United, as the League Two home game vs Forest Green Rovers is only three days away.

Carlisle United can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Carlisle United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Exeter City form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (44) in League Two, are W2-D7-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Exeter City's previous game was their home loss versus Morecambe (0-2). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Stevenage.

We have checked recent matches where Exeter City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were zero victories, zero draws and two defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Exeter now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Stevenage is waiting in only three days.

Exeter has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 10 games. Exeter's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Exeter City - Carlisle 1-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Carlisle victories, three draws and five Exeter City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityR. Bowman
R. Bowman
10 goals
Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
10 goals
Carlisle UnitedJ. Mellish
J. Mellish
7 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Exeter City missing players

Carlisle United Exeter City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 23
12 8 2 Won W 0 2 9
3 1 0 Drew D 2 7 9
6 1 0 Lost L 1 1 5
32 23 4 Scored S 7 18 44
20 11 2 Conceded C 9 16 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
62% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 87%
43% 70% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 61%
24% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 43%
14% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 17%
38% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 70%
38% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 22%
24% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.8 0.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.7 17.9 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 12.2 13
4.7 5.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 5.2
32% 42% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 38% 37%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carlisle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Carlisle United have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Exeter City has the most scored goals (44) in League Two
  • Exeter City has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in League Two
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Cambridge United 25 12 6 7 38 23 13 7 4 2 19 11 12 5 2 5 19 12 15 42
2 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 9 5 32 23 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 6 4 3 17 12 9 42
3 Morecambe 24 12 5 7 33 33 12 6 4 2 17 14 12 6 1 5 16 19 0 41
4 Cheltenham Town 24 11 7 6 34 23 13 6 4 3 20 13 11 5 3 3 14 10 11 40
5 Newport County 23 11 7 5 34 25 10 7 2 1 15 10 13 4 5 4 19 15 9 40
6 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
7 Salford City 24 10 8 6 31 19 12 5 7 0 20 9 12 5 1 6 11 10 12 38
8 Tranmere Rovers 24 11 5 8 31 30 12 7 0 5 19 14 12 4 5 3 12 16 1 38
9 Exeter City 23 9 9 5 44 30 13 7 2 4 26 14 10 2 7 1 18 16 14 36
10 Leyton Orient 24 11 3 10 34 27 13 7 2 4 21 12 11 4 1 6 13 15 7 36
11 Walsall 25 8 11 6 32 33 13 5 4 4 14 15 12 3 7 2 18 18 -1 35
12 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
13 Mansfield Town 24 7 11 6 32 30 12 2 6 4 16 17 12 5 5 2 16 13 2 32
14 Oldham Athletic 26 9 5 12 40 46 13 3 1 9 19 25 13 6 4 3 21 21 -6 32
15 Colchester United 24 7 10 7 28 33 11 6 4 1 18 11 13 1 6 6 10 22 -5 31
16 Port Vale 26 8 5 13 34 39 13 4 3 6 16 17 13 4 2 7 18 22 -5 29
17 Scunthorpe United 25 9 2 14 27 34 13 5 2 6 15 18 12 4 0 8 12 16 -7 29
18 Bradford City 23 7 7 9 23 26 11 3 4 4 10 11 12 4 3 5 13 15 -3 28
19 Bolton Wanderers 24 7 7 10 28 37 12 3 3 6 12 17 12 4 4 4 16 20 -9 28
20 Harrogate Town 24 7 6 11 26 31 10 1 4 5 7 13 14 6 2 6 19 18 -5 27
21 Barrow 23 5 8 10 30 32 12 3 7 2 19 16 11 2 1 8 11 16 -2 23
22 Stevenage 23 4 10 9 17 25 12 4 4 4 10 8 11 0 6 5 7 17 -8 22
23 Grimsby Town 25 5 6 14 19 43 12 2 4 6 8 18 13 3 2 8 11 25 -24 21
24 Southend United 25 5 5 15 16 39 14 4 1 9 13 22 11 1 4 6 3 17 -23 20

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.