Carlisle United vs Stevenage match preview: Even contest expected at Brunton Park

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

A total of 35 sets of games are finished and both Carlisle United and Stevenage are doing great. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have the most scored goals (58) in League Two

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only four days ago.

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Carlisle United form and stats

10-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Carlisle United, who have the most scored goals (58) in League Two, so far this season. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Carlisle has won four games in a row. The Mansfield Town match was the last time out without a victory.

Carlisle United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Swindon Town's place. The match ended 2-1 with Armer and Edmondson scoring. Manager Simpson felt very clever after Edmondson scored the winning goal against Swindon Town, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 69th minute. Midfielder Moxon was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Moxon served one assist and hit two key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Grimsby Town in a game that was won 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Carlisle United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 5 and lost 2.

The manager Simpson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bradford City in only three days.

Carlisle have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Brunton Park with 28 goals in 18 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Carlisle United have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stevenage form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Stevenage have produced an overall stat of 5-8-4 so far.

Stevenage had fun at their own home (Brunton Park) last time out, beating Crewe Alexandra 1-0. Reid scored. Reid came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Crewe Alexandra last time out, making the manager Evans feel like a tactical genius. Clark, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.3. Clark hit one key pass and won 6 of 11 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Walsall.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stevenage playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Stevenage wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Stevenage have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met previously this season: Stevenage - Carlisle United 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carlisle four wins, one draw and Stevenage five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Carlisle UnitedK. Dennis
K. Dennis
17 goals
StevenageL. Norris 'Hacker'
L. Norris 'Hacker'
9 goals
StevenageJ. Roberts
J. Roberts
8 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Stevenage missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Carlisle United Stevenage
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 3 Played P 4 17 35
18 10 1 Won W 0 5 19
10 5 0 Drew D 1 8 9
7 3 2 Lost L 3 4 7
58 28 3 Scored S 0 17 50
35 16 7 Conceded C 6 20 31
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 91%
71% 61% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 76% 66%
49% 39% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 35% 43%
26% 28% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 20%
17% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
51% 39% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 59% 46%
40% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 40%
20% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 35% 23%
 
5.3 5.9 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.3
4.1 3.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.5
1.5 1.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 13.5 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 14.1 14.3
4.2 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 4.6
39% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 31%
 
10.3 8.3 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 10.5 8.9
2.5 2.1 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 2.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have the most scored goals (58) in League Two
  • Carlisle United have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in League Two
  • Carlisle United is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 Leyton Orient 35 21 9 5 46 22 18 13 4 1 25 6 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 72
2 Stevenage 35 19 9 7 50 31 18 14 1 3 33 11 17 5 8 4 17 20 19 66
3 Carlisle United 35 18 10 7 58 35 18 10 5 3 28 16 17 8 5 4 30 19 23 64
4 Northampton Town 36 17 12 7 49 33 18 9 5 4 23 15 18 8 7 3 26 18 16 63
5 Stockport County 36 17 8 11 49 31 18 9 6 3 24 13 18 8 2 8 25 18 18 59
6 Bradford City 35 16 11 8 43 30 17 7 6 4 22 15 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 59
7 Salford City 36 16 8 12 54 41 18 8 5 5 23 18 18 8 3 7 31 23 13 56
8 Mansfield Town 34 16 7 11 54 44 16 7 5 4 29 25 18 9 2 7 25 19 10 55
9 Sutton United 37 15 10 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 18 4 6 8 16 25 0 55
10 Barrow 36 15 7 14 38 41 18 9 3 6 21 15 18 6 4 8 17 26 -3 52
11 Swindon Town 35 13 11 11 45 38 17 7 5 5 26 17 18 6 6 6 19 21 7 50
12 Doncaster Rovers 35 15 5 15 38 46 18 10 1 7 24 21 17 5 4 8 14 25 -8 50
13 Tranmere Rovers 36 13 9 14 35 35 18 8 5 5 22 15 18 5 4 9 13 20 0 48
14 Walsall 35 10 15 10 36 32 18 7 7 4 21 14 17 3 8 6 15 18 4 45
15 Grimsby Town 34 12 9 13 37 41 17 4 8 5 17 19 17 8 1 8 20 22 -4 45
16 AFC Wimbledon 36 10 13 13 38 42 17 6 6 5 20 19 19 4 7 8 18 23 -4 43
17 Crewe Alexandra 35 9 15 11 33 44 19 7 6 6 22 23 16 2 9 5 11 21 -11 42
18 Newport County 36 9 13 14 35 42 18 4 6 8 17 23 18 5 7 6 18 19 -7 40
19 Gillingham 35 9 11 15 23 37 17 7 4 6 13 16 18 2 7 9 10 21 -14 38
20 Colchester United 36 9 8 19 31 43 18 4 7 7 16 19 18 5 1 12 15 24 -12 35
21 Harrogate Town 36 8 11 17 41 54 18 4 7 7 22 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -13 35
22 Hartlepool United 36 6 12 18 38 64 18 3 8 7 20 30 18 3 4 11 18 34 -26 30
23 Crawley Town 34 7 8 19 37 58 16 7 2 7 25 27 18 0 6 12 12 31 -21 29
24 Rochdale 36 6 7 23 29 53 18 3 3 12 15 26 18 3 4 11 14 27 -24 25

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 Leyton Orient 35 21 9 5 46 22 18 13 4 1 25 6 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 72
2 Stevenage 35 19 9 7 50 31 18 14 1 3 33 11 17 5 8 4 17 20 19 66
3 Carlisle United 35 18 10 7 58 35 18 10 5 3 28 16 17 8 5 4 30 19 23 64
4 Northampton Town 36 17 12 7 49 33 18 9 5 4 23 15 18 8 7 3 26 18 16 63
5 Stockport County 36 17 8 11 49 31 18 9 6 3 24 13 18 8 2 8 25 18 18 59
6 Bradford City 35 16 11 8 43 30 17 7 6 4 22 15 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 59
7 Salford City 36 16 8 12 54 41 18 8 5 5 23 18 18 8 3 7 31 23 13 56
8 Mansfield Town 34 16 7 11 54 44 16 7 5 4 29 25 18 9 2 7 25 19 10 55
9 Sutton United 37 15 10 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 18 4 6 8 16 25 0 55
10 Barrow 36 15 7 14 38 41 18 9 3 6 21 15 18 6 4 8 17 26 -3 52
11 Swindon Town 35 13 11 11 45 38 17 7 5 5 26 17 18 6 6 6 19 21 7 50
12 Doncaster Rovers 35 15 5 15 38 46 18 10 1 7 24 21 17 5 4 8 14 25 -8 50
13 Tranmere Rovers 36 13 9 14 35 35 18 8 5 5 22 15 18 5 4 9 13 20 0 48
14 Walsall 35 10 15 10 36 32 18 7 7 4 21 14 17 3 8 6 15 18 4 45
15 Grimsby Town 34 12 9 13 37 41 17 4 8 5 17 19 17 8 1 8 20 22 -4 45
16 AFC Wimbledon 36 10 13 13 38 42 17 6 6 5 20 19 19 4 7 8 18 23 -4 43
17 Crewe Alexandra 35 9 15 11 33 44 19 7 6 6 22 23 16 2 9 5 11 21 -11 42
18 Newport County 36 9 13 14 35 42 18 4 6 8 17 23 18 5 7 6 18 19 -7 40
19 Gillingham 35 9 11 15 23 37 17 7 4 6 13 16 18 2 7 9 10 21 -14 38
20 Colchester United 36 9 8 19 31 43 18 4 7 7 16 19 18 5 1 12 15 24 -12 35
21 Harrogate Town 36 8 11 17 41 54 18 4 7 7 22 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -13 35
22 Hartlepool United 36 6 12 18 38 64 18 3 8 7 20 30 18 3 4 11 18 34 -26 30
23 Crawley Town 34 7 8 19 37 58 16 7 2 7 25 27 18 0 6 12 12 31 -21 29
24 Rochdale 36 6 7 23 29 53 18 3 3 12 15 26 18 3 4 11 14 27 -24 25

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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.