Delightful dogfight as daring Northampton Town duel with determined Carlisle United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: PTS ACADEMY STADIUM (7798 seats)

Northampton Town warm up for Carlisle United with faith in taking all three points. Can they? Check our match guide!

Insights:
  • Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Carlisle United is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Both teams have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's hope for an animated fixture!

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Northampton Town form and stats

The complete League Two statistics playing at home this season for Northampton Town are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Northampton bring valid hopes of a third.

The Northampton goalkeeper Liam Roberts is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 277 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

A strong away win for Northampton Town against Tranmere Rovers the last match, as Sam Hoskins and Kion Etete were on target. Sam Hoskins (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.41/10. Hoskins scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit three key passes.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Stevenage.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Northampton handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and three defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Northampton Town, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Brighton U21 is only three days away.

The Northampton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Northampton Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Carlisle United form and stats

Carlisle United have only collected 5 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-2-4 (7 played).

Carlisle delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Oldham Athletic (placed 21st) in their previous match; a League Two game. Mark Howard (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.04. Howard stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 2-2 draw at Newport County's stadium before that.

Carlisle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, five draws and zero defeats. From a total of six matches.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Carlisle, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Northampton victories, two draws and three Carlisle United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NorthamptonS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
4 goals
Northampton TownF. Horsfall
F. Horsfall
3 goals
Northampton TownJ. Guthrie
J. Guthrie
3 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Carlisle United missing players

Northampton Town Carlisle United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 3 7 14
7 4 3 Won W 1 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 6
4 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
17 10 7 Scored S 3 6 11
11 6 0 Conceded C 3 14 21
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 79%
64% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 71%
29% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 86% 57%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 50%
57% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 21%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 50%
 
5 5.7 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.6 5.1
4 3.9 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.3 4.4
2.4 2.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.9 11.6 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 12.9 12.9
3.3 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.6 3.9
37% 43% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 19% 20%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Carlisle United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Forest Green Rovers 14 9 3 2 26 12 7 4 1 2 12 9 7 5 2 0 14 3 14 30
2 Port Vale 14 7 4 3 23 14 7 4 2 1 13 6 7 3 2 2 10 8 9 25
3 Northampton Town 14 7 3 4 17 11 7 4 1 2 10 6 7 3 2 2 7 5 6 24
4 Exeter City 14 5 8 1 23 14 7 3 4 0 12 6 7 2 4 1 11 8 9 23
5 Harrogate Town 14 6 5 3 27 19 7 3 4 0 16 9 7 3 1 3 11 10 8 23
6 Swindon Town 14 6 5 3 19 14 7 1 3 3 6 9 7 5 2 0 13 5 5 23
7 Hartlepool United 14 7 2 5 17 15 7 6 1 0 12 5 7 1 1 5 5 10 2 23
8 Tranmere Rovers 14 6 4 4 11 8 7 5 0 2 8 4 7 1 4 2 3 4 3 22
9 Leyton Orient 14 4 8 2 20 12 7 3 3 1 10 3 7 1 5 1 10 9 8 20
10 Sutton United 13 6 2 5 20 16 6 4 0 2 13 8 7 2 2 3 7 8 4 20
11 Bradford City 14 5 5 4 20 17 7 3 3 1 13 9 7 2 2 3 7 8 3 20
12 Newport County 14 5 5 4 20 18 6 2 3 1 9 6 8 3 2 3 11 12 2 20
13 Barrow 14 4 6 4 19 18 7 2 4 1 10 9 7 2 2 3 9 9 1 18
14 Walsall 14 4 5 5 18 19 7 3 2 2 11 10 7 1 3 3 7 9 -1 17
15 Rochdale 14 4 5 5 17 18 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 11 11 -1 17
16 Crawley Town 14 5 2 7 16 21 7 3 2 2 9 9 7 2 0 5 7 12 -5 17
17 Salford City 14 4 4 6 15 15 8 3 4 1 9 4 6 1 0 5 6 11 0 16
18 Bristol Rovers 14 4 3 7 16 23 7 3 0 4 8 11 7 1 3 3 8 12 -7 15
19 Colchester United 13 3 5 5 9 15 6 1 2 3 3 6 7 2 3 2 6 9 -6 14
20 Stevenage 14 3 5 6 11 21 7 2 4 1 7 8 7 1 1 5 4 13 -10 14
21 Oldham Athletic 14 3 3 8 10 19 7 1 1 5 6 11 7 2 2 3 4 8 -9 12
22 Carlisle United 14 2 6 6 11 21 7 1 4 2 5 7 7 1 2 4 6 14 -10 12
23 Mansfield Town 14 2 5 7 12 20 8 2 3 3 9 11 6 0 2 4 3 9 -8 11
24 Scunthorpe United 14 2 5 7 10 27 7 2 1 4 5 12 7 0 4 3 5 15 -17 11

Read more about League Two

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.