Delightful dogfight as daring Carlisle United duel with determined Oldham Athletic

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

Keep working on their own match tactics or focus more on the opposing team? Both Carlisle United and Oldham Athletic should try something more original than earlier this season. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Carlisle nor Oldham Athletic 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.

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Carlisle United form and stats

With 1 League Two win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Carlisle United are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Carlisle, their manager C. Beech and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Carlisle United shared the glory with Newport County in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Zach Clough, who usually features in attack, was the champion performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.4 (out of 10). Clough scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Tranmere Rovers (0-1).

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 United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost three.

Carlisle have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Carlisle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Oldham Athletic have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Oldham Athletic in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Walsall, 1-3. Attacker Hallam Hope got a player rating of 7.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Hope scored one goal and hit two key passes.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Stevenage.

We have checked recent matches where Oldham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were five victories, six draws and six defeats.

The attacking power of Oldham when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Oldham have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Carlisle victories, two draws and three Oldham Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oldham AthleticD. Bahamboula
D. Bahamboula
3 goals
Oldham AthleticD. Keillor-Dunn
D. Keillor-Dunn
3 goals
CarlisleB. Dickenson
B. Dickenson
2 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Carlisle United Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 6 13
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
5 3 2 Drew D 1 1 2
6 2 0 Lost L 1 3 8
11 5 2 Scored S 1 4 10
21 7 2 Conceded C 1 8 19
85% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 85%
77% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
62% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 62%
23% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 38%
15% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 31%
46% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 46%
 
4.8 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.3 5.2
4.2 4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5 4.2
2 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 13.7 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.7 9.9
4.2 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 2.8
20% 23% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 22% 28%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) 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 13 8 3 2 23 11 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 5 2 0 14 3 12 27
2 Harrogate Town 13 6 5 2 25 16 7 3 4 0 16 9 6 3 1 2 9 7 9 23
3 Swindon Town 13 6 5 2 18 11 6 1 3 2 5 6 7 5 2 0 13 5 7 23
4 Port Vale 13 6 4 3 20 14 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 22
5 Tranmere Rovers 13 6 4 3 11 6 6 5 0 1 8 2 7 1 4 2 3 4 5 22
6 Northampton Town 13 6 3 4 15 11 7 4 1 2 10 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 4 21
7 Exeter City 13 4 8 1 21 13 6 2 4 0 10 5 7 2 4 1 11 8 8 20
8 Sutton United 12 6 2 4 18 13 6 4 0 2 13 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 20
9 Hartlepool United 13 6 2 5 14 13 6 5 1 0 9 3 7 1 1 5 5 10 1 20
10 Leyton Orient 13 4 7 2 20 12 7 3 3 1 10 3 6 1 4 1 10 9 8 19
11 Barrow 13 4 5 4 17 16 7 2 4 1 10 9 6 2 1 3 7 7 1 17
12 Bradford City 13 4 5 4 17 16 7 3 3 1 13 9 6 1 2 3 4 7 1 17
13 Newport County 13 4 5 4 17 17 6 2 3 1 9 6 7 2 2 3 8 11 0 17
14 Crawley Town 13 5 2 6 15 19 7 3 2 2 9 9 6 2 0 4 6 10 -4 17
15 Salford City 13 4 4 5 14 12 8 3 4 1 9 4 5 1 0 4 5 8 2 16
16 Walsall 13 4 4 5 16 17 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 1 3 3 7 9 -1 16
17 Bristol Rovers 13 4 3 6 15 20 6 3 0 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 8 12 -5 15
18 Rochdale 13 3 5 5 14 16 6 1 2 3 3 5 7 2 3 2 11 11 -2 14
19 Colchester United 12 3 5 4 9 12 6 1 2 3 3 6 6 2 3 1 6 6 -3 14
20 Stevenage 13 3 4 6 11 21 6 2 3 1 7 8 7 1 1 5 4 13 -10 13
21 Mansfield Town 13 2 5 6 11 18 8 2 3 3 9 11 5 0 2 3 2 7 -7 11
22 Oldham Athletic 13 3 2 8 10 19 7 1 1 5 6 11 6 2 1 3 4 8 -9 11
23 Carlisle United 13 2 5 6 11 21 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 1 2 4 6 14 -10 11
24 Scunthorpe United 13 1 5 7 8 26 6 1 1 4 3 11 7 0 4 3 5 15 -18 8

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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.