Salford City will aim to utilise their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s adversaries. The home team are currently 1 point behind Carlisle United.
- Carlisle United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
The hosts Salford City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the FA Cup. This match was also played here at The Peninsula Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Carlisle United have had more rest.
Salford City form and stats
Salford City have collected 12 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-3-3.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. Galbraith was the last player to find the net.
The Salford club members got no joy from their last game, a FA Cup duel also played here at The Peninsula Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Peterborough United. Midfielder Watt was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.11 (out of ten) in that game. Watt hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus AFC Wimbledon that ended 0-0.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 Salford City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 3.
It should be added that a peek at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Bradford City in only three days. This game is also played here at The Peninsula Stadium.
Salford City are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Peninsula Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Carlisle United form and stats
3-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Carlisle United in their League Two matches away.
Carlisle United's last game was the home draw against Walsall (0-0). Moxon got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Moxon hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Harrogate Town that ended 3-3.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Carlisle United playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Carlisle wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The visiting Carlisle United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Carlisle have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - two - two (Salford City wins - draws - Carlisle United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Dennis 9 goals |   R. Watson 3 goals | O. Moxon 3 goals |
Salford City missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Salford City | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 72% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 44% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 56% |
| 44% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 39% |
| 39% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 11.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.6 | 12.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 36% |
| 11.3 | 9.9 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.4 | 10.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
- Carlisle United 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 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Barrow | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Salford City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 | Walsall | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 19 | Newport County | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 11 |
