Carlisle United and Northampton Town are both riding high in the League Two with their 4th and 2nd spots respectively. This could be a top fixture!
This should be an appealing game with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Carlisle United form and stats
11-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Carlisle United so far this season.
Carlisle United are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Carlisle United drew their last game, 0-0 away at Walsall (placed 13th). Moxon (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Moxon hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, Carlisle won a home game hosting Tranmere Rovers (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 12 games. Carlisle United has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
It should be added that a peek at the 13 latest league matches shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Stockport County are coming to town in three days.
Carlisle have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Brunton Park with 30 goals in 20 league matches. Carlisle United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Brunton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 20 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Northampton Town form and stats
9 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Northampton Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Northampton go into this game after a win, the home game against Gillingham that ended 2-1. Defender Guthrie was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Guthrie won 8 of 10 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Newport County wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Northampton Town in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Northampton Town, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 13 of this side's most recent 16 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Northampton manager Brady as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sutton United.
Northampton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 28 away goals from 20 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Northampton Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Northampton Town - Carlisle 2-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carlisle United three wins, one draw and Northampton Town six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 20 goals |   K. Dennis 19 goals |  L. Appere 7 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Carlisle United | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 41 | 20 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 20 | 41 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 60 | 30 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | 55 |
| 37 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 38 |
| 83% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 95% | 90% |
| 63% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 85% | 71% |
| 41% | 35% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 35% | 41% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 17% |
| 15% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 10% | 7% |
| 44% | 35% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 54% |
| 44% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 30% | 34% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 22% |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.9 | 13.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | 32% |
| 10.1 | 8.3 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.6 | 9.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 40 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 81 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 41 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 73 |
| 3 | Stockport County | 41 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 70 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 41 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 70 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 70 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 68 |
| 7 | Salford City | 41 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 16 | 66 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 49 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 65 |
| 9 | Barrow | 41 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -1 | 61 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 41 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -3 | 57 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 53 |
| 12 | Swindon Town | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 51 |
| 13 | Walsall | 41 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 42 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 51 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 51 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | -7 | 51 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 41 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 41 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -16 | 51 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 51 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -12 | 48 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 45 | 51 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 47 |
| 18 | Newport County | 40 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 47 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -6 | 47 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 41 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 47 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 41 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 27 | -8 | 42 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 59 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | -12 | 41 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 41 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 70 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | -22 | 39 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 41 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 68 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 39 | -25 | 38 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 41 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 62 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 30 | -23 | 33 |
