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- 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 Walsall have scored away.
Carlisle United have less rest than Walsall in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Harrogate Town, so at least Carlisle United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Carlisle United form and stats
Carlisle United have collected 15 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-3-1.
Carlisle shared the glory with Harrogate Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfielder Moxon was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Moxon scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, a home victory hosting Tranmere Rovers in the FA Cup. 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 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Carlisle have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Brunton Park with 13 goals in 8 league matches.
Walsall form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Walsall so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Walsall, whose coach Flynn could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Wycombe Wanderers.
Before that, Walsall secured a home win against Rochdale with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Walsall, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The attacking power of Walsall when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Walsall in these games.
Head 2 Head
Carlisle United-Walsall H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Carlisle United five wins, Walsall three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  K. Dennis 9 goals |   D. Johnson 9 goals | O. Moxon 3 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Walsall missing players
| Carlisle United | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 76% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 65% |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 41% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 59% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 18% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 18% |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 14.8 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.1 | 10.4 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 38% | 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 45% |
| 10.8 | 8.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 11.1 | 9.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
- 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 Walsall have scored away.
- Carlisle United have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Barrow | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Salford City | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Stockport County | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
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