Carlisle United are receiving Hartlepool United for another key match following their 1-1 result versus 11th-placed Crawley Town.
- Hartlepool United have the fewest points (4) away in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Carlisle United form and stats
3 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Carlisle United have to build on here at Brunton Park in the League Two.
Carlisle United drew their last game, also a home match. Crawley Town (placed 11th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. The hometeam coach Millen made a successful contribution in the game against Crawley Town, bringing on Alessandra who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfield player Dickenson got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Dickenson hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bradford City in a game that was won 2-0.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 six games. Carlisle has won three of these, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Carlisle United as they are travelling to their away game against Forest Green Rovers in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Carlisle United have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Carlisle United have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Carlisle has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Hartlepool United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hartlepool United so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-10 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Hartlepool United, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Hartlepool United aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 219 league minutes without a goal. Featherstone was the last player to find the net.
Hartlepool play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Bristol Rovers (placed 16th). Defender Ferguson was the best team player with a rating of 7.11. Ferguson hit two key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Blackpool.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hartlepool United playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Hartlepool United wins, three draws and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hartlepool United are hosting Stevenage in the League Two only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hartlepool United as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. The Hartlepool United manager Lee has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the squads met previously this campaign; Hartlepool United - Carlisle 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Carlisle United wins - draws - Hartlepool United wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gibson 4 goals |  M. Cullen 4 goals | J. Mellish 3 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Hartlepool United missing players
| Carlisle United | Hartlepool United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 36 |
| 83% | 75% | 25% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 88% |
| 67% | 58% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 71% |
| 42% | 17% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 46% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 17% |
| 38% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 33% | 42% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 8% | 25% |
| 46% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 42% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 8.8 | 10.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 21% | 24% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 32% |
| 11 | 10.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.6 | 11.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hartlepool United have the fewest points (4) away 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 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 27 | 52 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 45 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 5 | Sutton United | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Newport County | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 13 | Salford City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 28 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 27 |
| 19 | Barrow | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -18 | 24 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 22 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
