Season ticket holders at Brunton Park haven't seen too many victories this season, with Carlisle United languishing in the 21st position so far. The guesting Walsall will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Carlisle United form and stats
3-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Carlisle United so far this season.
The home team returns to Brunton Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Oldham Athletic (placed 18th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Cardiff City with the scoreline 3-4.
Carlisle United's goalie Adam Collin played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Oldham Athletic with a stunning 7 saves.
This is expected to be a close game, with Carlisle United 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 6 of these, drawn 6 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Carlisle United as they are travelling to their away game against Forest Green Rovers in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Carlisle United have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Carlisle United have conceded 18 goals.
Walsall form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Walsall have produced an overall stat of 6-2-6 so far.
Walsall are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the League Two against Crawley Town (placed 15th). Prior to that match, the Walsall manager D. Clarke faced defeat when travelling to Cheltenham Town and losing 1-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Walsall, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
After this away game Walsall return home for a League Two game against Morecambe. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Walsall have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Walsall have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Walsall - Carlisle United 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Carlisle United, 4 draws and 4 wins for Walsall. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 6 goals |   H. McKirdy 5 goals |  O. Olomola 5 goals |
Carlisle United missing players
Walsall missing players
| Carlisle United | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 24 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 28 |
| 44 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 37 |
| 85% | 69% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 89% |
| 74% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 64% |
| 48% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 26% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 18% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 52% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 22% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 32% |
| 41% | 54% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
| 5.9 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 328 | 164 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 136 | 331 |
| 97 | 40 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 55 | 124 |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 29% | 23% |
- Carlisle United has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home
- Walsall have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Swindon Town | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 53 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 53 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 48 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 46 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 45 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 9 | Forest Green Rovers | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 44 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 41 |
| 11 | Newport County | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| 12 | Walsall | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 36 |
| 13 | Salford City | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -3 | 32 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -3 | 32 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 31 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -5 | 30 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -15 | 29 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -11 | 28 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -20 | 26 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 27 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 28 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -26 | 22 |