Football match preview: Carlisle United vs Newport County

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

This league campaign has been rough for Carlisle United up to now, while Newport County have done well. Will the highest placed take a new scalp at Brunton Park?

Insights:
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) 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.

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Carlisle United form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Carlisle United have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 18 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

The Carlisle United club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Northampton Town and win 2-1. Gibson (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Gibson scored one goal.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Oldham Athletic.

There will be little rest for Carlisle after this match as they are travelling to Barrow for a League Two game in only four days.

Carlisle United have scored 14 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Newport County form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Newport County playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Newport goalkeeper Nick Townsend is eager to challenge this, with his 215 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Newport County play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Stevenage (placed 22nd). Defender Haynes was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Haynes scored one goal and won 7 of 7 duels.

Before that, Newport secured a home win against Bristol Rovers with the score 1-0.

After this away game Newport County return home for a League Two game against Hartlepool United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Newport County have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Newport have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Carlisle United and Newport County have duelled earlier this season: Newport County - Carlisle United 2-2. Carlisle United-Newport County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Carlisle United four wins, Newport County two wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyD. Telford
D. Telford
24 goals
Newport CountyC. Baker-Richardson
C. Baker-Richardson
8 goals
CarlisleO. Patrick
O. Patrick
6 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Newport County missing players

Carlisle United Newport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 7 18 36
10 5 1 Won W 4 7 16
10 7 0 Drew D 1 5 11
15 6 4 Lost L 2 6 9
30 14 2 Scored S 7 22 58
47 19 9 Conceded C 6 24 45
86% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
71% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 72% 78%
49% 28% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 50% 58%
14% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 14%
40% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 29% 50% 56%
31% 39% 0% Clean Sheets C S 57% 28% 28%
43% 50% 80% Failed to Score F T 14% 22% 19%
 
4.5 4.7 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.2 4.8
4.7 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.9 4.4 4.6
1.6 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.1 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.7 12.1 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.9 11.8 14.1
3.8 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5 5.5
23% 22% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 24% 29%
 
12.5 11.9 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 13.3 12.2
3.7 3.5 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.9 3.8 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 35 19 11 5 64 31 17 11 2 4 27 13 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 68
2 Northampton Town 36 17 9 10 43 31 18 11 3 4 26 13 18 6 6 6 17 18 12 60
3 Newport County 36 16 11 9 58 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 18 7 5 6 22 24 13 59
4 Tranmere Rovers 36 17 8 11 41 32 18 13 1 4 27 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 9 59
5 Exeter City 34 15 13 6 50 34 17 9 6 2 27 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 16 58
6 Swindon Town 36 16 10 10 59 44 18 6 7 5 28 19 18 10 3 5 31 25 15 58
7 Sutton United 35 16 9 10 53 40 18 11 4 3 31 15 17 5 5 7 22 25 13 57
8 Bristol Rovers 36 16 9 11 51 42 18 10 3 5 27 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 9 57
9 Mansfield Town 33 16 8 9 46 37 18 12 3 3 31 19 15 4 5 6 15 18 9 56
10 Port Vale 34 14 11 9 50 34 17 8 5 4 25 14 17 6 6 5 25 20 16 53
11 Salford City 34 13 10 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 18 7 3 8 20 18 7 49
12 Hartlepool United 35 13 9 13 36 44 17 9 6 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 48
13 Crawley Town 35 12 9 14 43 50 18 5 6 7 22 26 17 7 3 7 21 24 -7 45
14 Harrogate Town 35 11 10 14 52 55 17 5 6 6 26 24 18 6 4 8 26 31 -3 43
15 Bradford City 36 10 13 13 40 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 18 6 5 7 17 20 -5 43
16 Walsall 36 11 10 15 38 47 18 7 5 6 25 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -9 43
17 Carlisle United 35 10 10 15 30 47 18 5 7 6 14 19 17 5 3 9 16 28 -17 40
18 Rochdale 34 8 15 11 39 45 16 4 9 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 39
19 Colchester United 36 9 12 15 36 50 18 4 8 6 19 23 18 5 4 9 17 27 -14 39
20 Leyton Orient 34 7 15 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 16 1 10 5 16 20 6 36
21 Barrow 35 7 13 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 -10 34
22 Stevenage 36 7 13 16 32 56 18 6 6 6 21 25 18 1 7 10 11 31 -24 34
23 Oldham Athletic 34 7 10 17 34 52 16 4 3 9 21 28 18 3 7 8 13 24 -18 31
24 Scunthorpe United 36 4 12 20 25 62 18 3 5 10 13 26 18 1 7 10 12 36 -37 24

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.