Match preview League Two: Carlisle United - Port Vale at Brunton Park

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Carlisle United in 9th and Port Vale in 14th place.

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have the most scored goals (37) at home in League Two
  • Port Vale is in the best form (6-0-0)

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Newport County.

Port Vale are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Carlisle United form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Carlisle United, who have the most scored goals (37) at home in League Two, are 12-2-6 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Brunton Park.

Carlisle manager C. Beech and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Newport County (placed 6th) in the League Two. Before that, Carlisle United played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Barrow.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Carlisle United handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, zero draws and four defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Carlisle as they are travelling to their away game against Bolton Wanderers in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Carlisle United in their home games so far, with 37 goals from 20 league matches. Carlisle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Port Vale form and stats

Playing away, Port Vale have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 10 defeats in the League Two this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Carlisle United. Having won their last three away games Port has no reason to fear anyone.

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. Port goalkeeper Scott Brown is eager to challenge this, with his 315 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Port go into this game after a win, the home game against Morecambe that ended 1-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Harrogate Town with the score of 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Port have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were five victories, three draws and six defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Port now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Barrow is waiting in only three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Port have scored 28 goals in 20 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Port have conceded 31 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Port Vale - Carlisle 0-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carlisle United five wins, zero draws and Port Vale five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Port ValeD. Rodney
D. Rodney
12 goals
CarlisleJ. Mellish
J. Mellish
10 goals
Carlisle UnitedL. Alessandra
L. Alessandra
7 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Port Vale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Carlisle United Port Vale
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 6 20 41
17 12 4 Won W 2 7 15
8 2 0 Drew D 2 3 8
15 6 2 Lost L 2 10 18
55 37 12 Scored S 7 28 53
46 24 6 Conceded C 6 31 52
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 90%
70% 80% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 63%
45% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 39%
28% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 35% 27%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
50% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 44%
32% 35% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 32%
20% 5% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14.8 15.8 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.3 10.4
4.5 5.1 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.1 3.8
31% 36% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 34% 34%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carlisle United have the most scored goals (37) at home in League Two
  • Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Port Vale is in the best form (6-0-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 40 21 9 10 54 35 20 11 4 5 31 19 20 10 5 5 23 16 19 72
2 Cambridge United 41 21 8 12 61 41 21 11 5 5 27 19 20 10 3 7 34 22 20 71
3 Bolton Wanderers 41 20 10 11 51 45 21 10 5 6 25 21 20 10 5 5 26 24 6 70
4 Morecambe 41 19 9 13 58 54 20 11 5 4 32 23 21 8 4 9 26 31 4 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 18 11 12 52 48 20 10 3 7 29 22 21 8 8 5 23 26 4 65
6 Newport County 40 17 11 12 49 40 19 10 5 4 20 16 21 7 6 8 29 24 9 62
7 Forest Green Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 46 19 8 6 5 26 22 21 9 5 7 25 24 5 62
8 Exeter City 40 16 12 12 65 46 19 10 4 5 34 17 21 6 8 7 31 29 19 60
9 Carlisle United 40 17 8 15 55 46 20 12 2 6 37 24 20 5 6 9 18 22 9 59
10 Salford City 40 15 13 12 46 33 21 9 11 1 31 15 19 6 2 11 15 18 13 58
11 Leyton Orient 41 16 10 15 46 43 20 8 7 5 26 18 21 8 3 10 20 25 3 58
12 Bradford City 40 16 10 14 46 45 20 9 6 5 22 17 20 7 4 9 24 28 1 58
13 Crawley Town 41 15 11 15 51 53 20 9 5 6 28 23 21 6 6 9 23 30 -2 56
14 Port Vale 41 15 8 18 53 52 21 8 5 8 25 21 20 7 3 10 28 31 1 53
15 Stevenage 41 12 17 12 36 36 20 8 7 5 23 15 21 4 10 7 13 21 0 53
16 Oldham Athletic 41 14 9 18 64 68 21 6 2 13 30 37 20 8 7 5 34 31 -4 51
17 Harrogate Town 41 14 8 19 43 48 20 6 5 9 17 21 21 8 3 10 26 27 -5 50
18 Walsall 41 10 19 12 42 47 21 7 6 8 20 23 20 3 13 4 22 24 -5 49
19 Scunthorpe United 40 13 8 19 39 51 21 7 6 8 22 25 19 6 2 11 17 26 -12 47
20 Barrow 40 12 10 18 49 51 21 7 8 6 31 28 19 5 2 12 18 23 -2 46
21 Mansfield Town 41 9 19 13 46 52 21 4 10 7 26 30 20 5 9 6 20 22 -6 46
22 Colchester United 41 8 17 16 39 59 20 7 7 6 27 25 21 1 10 10 12 34 -20 41
23 Southend United 41 8 13 20 24 53 21 4 5 12 13 27 20 4 8 8 11 26 -29 37
24 Grimsby Town 40 7 13 20 30 58 20 3 8 9 14 26 20 4 5 11 16 32 -28 34

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 40 21 9 10 54 35 20 11 4 5 31 19 20 10 5 5 23 16 19 72
2 Cambridge United 41 21 8 12 61 41 21 11 5 5 27 19 20 10 3 7 34 22 20 71
3 Bolton Wanderers 41 20 10 11 51 45 21 10 5 6 25 21 20 10 5 5 26 24 6 70
4 Morecambe 41 19 9 13 58 54 20 11 5 4 32 23 21 8 4 9 26 31 4 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 18 11 12 52 48 20 10 3 7 29 22 21 8 8 5 23 26 4 65
6 Newport County 40 17 11 12 49 40 19 10 5 4 20 16 21 7 6 8 29 24 9 62
7 Forest Green Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 46 19 8 6 5 26 22 21 9 5 7 25 24 5 62
8 Exeter City 40 16 12 12 65 46 19 10 4 5 34 17 21 6 8 7 31 29 19 60
9 Carlisle United 40 17 8 15 55 46 20 12 2 6 37 24 20 5 6 9 18 22 9 59
10 Salford City 40 15 13 12 46 33 21 9 11 1 31 15 19 6 2 11 15 18 13 58
11 Leyton Orient 41 16 10 15 46 43 20 8 7 5 26 18 21 8 3 10 20 25 3 58
12 Bradford City 40 16 10 14 46 45 20 9 6 5 22 17 20 7 4 9 24 28 1 58
13 Crawley Town 41 15 11 15 51 53 20 9 5 6 28 23 21 6 6 9 23 30 -2 56
14 Port Vale 41 15 8 18 53 52 21 8 5 8 25 21 20 7 3 10 28 31 1 53
15 Stevenage 41 12 17 12 36 36 20 8 7 5 23 15 21 4 10 7 13 21 0 53
16 Oldham Athletic 41 14 9 18 64 68 21 6 2 13 30 37 20 8 7 5 34 31 -4 51
17 Harrogate Town 41 14 8 19 43 48 20 6 5 9 17 21 21 8 3 10 26 27 -5 50
18 Walsall 41 10 19 12 42 47 21 7 6 8 20 23 20 3 13 4 22 24 -5 49
19 Scunthorpe United 40 13 8 19 39 51 21 7 6 8 22 25 19 6 2 11 17 26 -12 47
20 Barrow 40 12 10 18 49 51 21 7 8 6 31 28 19 5 2 12 18 23 -2 46
21 Mansfield Town 41 9 19 13 46 52 21 4 10 7 26 30 20 5 9 6 20 22 -6 46
22 Colchester United 41 8 17 16 39 59 20 7 7 6 27 25 21 1 10 10 12 34 -20 41
23 Southend United 41 8 13 20 24 53 21 4 5 12 13 27 20 4 8 8 11 26 -29 37
24 Grimsby Town 40 7 13 20 30 58 20 3 8 9 14 26 20 4 5 11 16 32 -28 34

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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.