7th position in the League Two table for Carlisle United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Morecambe visits Brunton Park.
It's no vacation for neither Carlisle United nor Morecambe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Carlisle United form and stats
Perfect League Two season at home so far for Carlisle United 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The home team returns to Brunton Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Grimsby Town (placed 17th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Before that, Carlisle played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Oldham Athletic.
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 five games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost two.
Carlisle are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Exeter City awaits in four days.
The Carlisle United manager C. Beech has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Carlisle United have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Morecambe form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Home advantage was not enough for Morecambe in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Forest Green Rovers, 1-2. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Mansfield Town.
Morecambe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, six draws and seven defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Morecambe has another fixture away, a League Two game, against Tranmere Rovers in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Morecambe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. For Morecambe, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carlisle United three wins, five draws and Morecambe two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Phillips 4 goals |   J. Mellish 3 goals | A. Hayden 2 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Carlisle United | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 12% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 12% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 | 50 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 43 | 74 |
| 35 | 15 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 26% | 40% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 78% | 67% |
- All of Morecambe's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Carlisle United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Morecambe has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in League Two
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Harrogate Town | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Salford City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 12 | Walsall | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | Barrow | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 2 |