Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Carlisle United - Salford City!
- Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Carlisle United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Salford City have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Carlisle United nor Salford City 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.
Carlisle United form and stats
Home games in the League Two have been a walk in the park for Carlisle United so far, with 15 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
The Carlisle United fans got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup game also here at Brunton Park: A 1-2 defeat against Doncaster Rovers. A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Tranmere Rovers.
This is expected to be a close game, with Carlisle 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 13 games. Carlisle United has won seven of these, drawn five and lost one.
There will be little rest for Carlisle United after this match as they are travelling to Bradford City for a League Two game in only three days.
The Carlisle manager C. Beech has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. Carlisle have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Salford City form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Salford City playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Salford City's last three away games as they have all been lost.
There might be some fixture complaints from Salford City as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the FA Cup match against Newport County (0-3). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Morecambe.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Salford City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Salford, two draws and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Salford City manager G. Alexander as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Barrow.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Salford have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. As opposed to that, Salford have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mellish 7 goals |  I. Henderson 7 goals | A. Hunter 5 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Salford City missing players
| Carlisle United | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 21 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 77% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 54% |
| 21% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 14% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 38% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 46% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.8 | 16 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.6 | 12.9 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 30% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 20% | 29% |
- Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Carlisle United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Salford City have scored away.
- Carlisle United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Salford City 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 | Newport County | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Salford City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 14 | Morecambe | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | Walsall | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Barrow | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 20 | Bradford City | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 11 |
| 24 | Southend United | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -23 | 5 |