A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Carlisle United fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Mansfield Town's 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Carlisle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Carlisle United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mansfield Town have scored away.
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
Carlisle United have been very solid at home in the League Two so far, with 21 points collected from 8 matches (7-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Brunton Park.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Paul Farman not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Carlisle United's last game was hosting Stevenage (placed 23rd) and winning 4-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Bradford City with a 1-0 scoreline.
As mentioned above, Carlisle United "killed" Stevenage in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Carlisle handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and two defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Carlisle as they are travelling to their away game against Forest Green Rovers in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 8 games), Carlisle's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Carlisle have conceded 8 goals.
Mansfield Town form and stats
2-5-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mansfield Town in their League Two matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Grimsby Town (placed 20th) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 1-1. A draw for Mansfield before that, at their own venue hosting Crawley Town (3-3).
As mentioned above, Mansfield drew the match against Grimsby Town. Manager G. Coughlan brought on Nicky Maynard to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
We have checked recent matches where Mansfield have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, one draw and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Southend United in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mansfield have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. Mansfield have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Carlisle United won two, Mansfield Town won six and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Mellish 7 goals | L. Alessandra 4 goals | A. Hayden 3 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Carlisle United | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 26 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 82% |
| 65% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 47% | 75% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 38% | 41% |
| 24% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 24% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 41% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16.9 | 17.8 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 43% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 24% |
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Mansfield Town have scored away.
- Carlisle United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Salford City | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 16 |
| 21 | Barrow | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -22 | 9 |