Carlisle United vs Rochdale preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

League Two: Carlisle United are 7 points behind Rochdale, but are driven to go full force. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in League Two
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Carlisle United and Rochdale.

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Carlisle United form and stats

With 3 League Two wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Carlisle United are certainly not brimming with confidence. Game days at Brunton Park have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Carlisle as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

A strong away win for Carlisle United against Leyton Orient the last match, as Patrick were on target. Howard, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.64 out of 10 in that game. Howard topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against Swindon Town with the scoreline 0-3.

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Carlisle United here at Brunton Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 16 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Carlisle United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rochdale form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Rochdale have produced an overall stat of 4-6-6 so far.

Campbell scored in Rochdale's previous match, the home game against Northampton Town that ended 1-0. Midfield player Kelly was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.51/10. Kelly hit three key passes.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Port Vale.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rochdale manager Stockdale as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sutton United.

Rochdale are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Rochdale struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Carlisle four wins, three draws and Rochdale two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RochdaleA. Newby
A. Newby
5 goals
Carlisle UnitedJ. Gibson
J. Gibson
4 goals
Carlisle UnitedO. Patrick
O. Patrick
4 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Rochdale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Carlisle United Rochdale
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 31
7 3 2 Won W 2 4 8
10 7 2 Drew D 3 6 14
15 6 2 Lost L 0 6 9
24 10 6 Scored S 5 20 39
45 18 7 Conceded C 3 24 40
84% 75% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 84%
69% 62% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 81% 71%
47% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 48%
16% 12% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 16%
38% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 69% 61%
31% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 26%
47% 56% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 29%
 
4.8 5.3 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.4 6
4.6 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 4.9 4.7
1.6 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.1 1.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 12.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 11.3 12.7
3.7 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.2
20% 19% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 39%
 
12 11 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 12.4 11.7
3.8 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 4.2 3.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in League Two
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 32 19 9 4 62 27 16 11 2 3 27 11 16 8 7 1 35 16 35 66
2 Northampton Town 33 16 8 9 38 26 16 10 2 4 22 10 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
7 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
8 Newport County 33 14 10 9 54 44 16 8 5 3 34 20 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 52
9 Port Vale 31 13 10 8 45 31 16 7 5 4 21 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 14 49
10 Bristol Rovers 32 13 9 10 45 40 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 48
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
13 Crawley Town 31 12 7 12 39 42 15 5 4 6 19 22 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 43
14 Harrogate Town 32 11 9 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 42
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Rochdale 31 8 14 9 39 40 15 4 8 3 19 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -1 38
17 Walsall 33 10 8 15 35 45 17 6 5 6 24 23 16 4 3 9 11 22 -10 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 7 12 12 38 32 17 6 4 7 24 14 14 1 8 5 14 18 6 33
19 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
20 Barrow 32 7 11 14 30 39 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 32
21 Colchester United 33 7 11 15 30 47 16 3 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 32
22 Carlisle United 32 7 10 15 24 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -21 31
23 Oldham Athletic 31 7 9 15 31 47 15 4 3 8 20 26 16 3 6 7 11 21 -16 30
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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 Forest Green Rovers 32 19 9 4 62 27 16 11 2 3 27 11 16 8 7 1 35 16 35 66
2 Northampton Town 33 16 8 9 38 26 16 10 2 4 22 10 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
7 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
8 Newport County 33 14 10 9 54 44 16 8 5 3 34 20 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 52
9 Port Vale 31 13 10 8 45 31 16 7 5 4 21 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 14 49
10 Bristol Rovers 32 13 9 10 45 40 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 48
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
13 Crawley Town 31 12 7 12 39 42 15 5 4 6 19 22 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 43
14 Harrogate Town 32 11 9 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 42
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Rochdale 31 8 14 9 39 40 15 4 8 3 19 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -1 38
17 Walsall 33 10 8 15 35 45 17 6 5 6 24 23 16 4 3 9 11 22 -10 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 7 12 12 38 32 17 6 4 7 24 14 14 1 8 5 14 18 6 33
19 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
20 Barrow 32 7 11 14 30 39 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 32
21 Colchester United 33 7 11 15 30 47 16 3 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 32
22 Carlisle United 32 7 10 15 24 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -21 31
23 Oldham Athletic 31 7 9 15 31 47 15 4 3 8 20 26 16 3 6 7 11 21 -16 30
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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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.