Playing at their own ground is secure and nice for Carlisle United, but Tranmere Rovers are fully bent and capable to go home as winners. What happens today?
- Carlisle United have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two
Carlisle United and Tranmere Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Carlisle United form and stats
1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Carlisle United have to build on here at Brunton Park in the League Two. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Carlisle United to get some points in this home game.
Carlisle haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 270 minutes ago. B. Dickenson scored that one.
Carlisle are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Bristol Rovers. Brennan Dickenson, a striker, was the declared top player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.42 (out of 10). Dickenson hit two key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against Forest Green Rovers with the scoreline 0-2.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 eight games. Carlisle United has won three of these, drawn three and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Carlisle United as they are travelling to their away game against Newport County in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Carlisle are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Carlisle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tranmere Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two, in their League Two matches away.
Tranmere won their last game, 2-0 versus Colchester United played at home. Defender Peter Clarke was the best team player with a rating of 8.8. Clarke scored one goal and won 9 of 11 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Salford City.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tranmere playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Tranmere Rovers wins, six draws and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tranmere manager M. Mellon as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Harrogate Town.
Goals are few and far between in Tranmere's away league games. Only 0 goals from 5 travels. The Tranmere Rovers defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
Carlisle United-Tranmere Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Carlisle four wins, Tranmere Rovers four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Clarke 3 goals |  B. Dickenson 2 goals | J. Mellish 2 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Carlisle United | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 40% | 73% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 64% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 55% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 12.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.2 | 11.7 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| 20% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 21% |
- Carlisle United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tranmere Rovers have scored away.
- Carlisle United have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tranmere Rovers have failed to score a single goal away.
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest scored goals (0) away in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the most clean sheets (7) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (10) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have yet to win a 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | Sutton United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Hartlepool United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 11 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Newport County | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 17 | Salford City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 19 | Walsall | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 10 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 7 |