League Two duel: Close contest expected between Scunthorpe United and Carlisle United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sands Venue Stadium (9088 seats)

These teams have both struggled so far, but three points in this very important match would definitely help. Get set for Scunthorpe United - Carlisle United!

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Scunthorpe United have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Sands Venue Stadium. Three draws in a row here at Sands Venue Stadium for Scunthorpe, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

A good away victory last time out for Scunthorpe, who won 3-1 against Oldham Athletic (placed 24th). Loft, a striker, was the declared top player for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 8.83 (out of 10). Loft scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit two key passes.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Hartlepool United the opponent.

Scunthorpe United have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Scunthorpe defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Carlisle United form and stats

There's been little loot from Carlisle United's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the League Two. Carlisle United only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Carlisle play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Stevenage (placed 21st). Midfielder Gibson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Gibson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that match, the Carlisle United manager Millen faced defeat when travelling to Mansfield Town and losing 0-1.

The attacking power of Carlisle when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Carlisle struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games. When Carlisle United is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Bristol Rovers, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Crawley Town, Stevenage, Oldham Athletic and Barrow.

Head 2 Head

Carlisle United - Scunthorpe 2-2 was the end result in these participants' last H2H match, played this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Scunthorpe, four draws and three wins for Carlisle United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

ScunthorpeM. Hippolyte
M. Hippolyte
4 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedR. Loft
R. Loft
4 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedJ. Scrimshaw
J. Scrimshaw
3 goals

Scunthorpe United missing players

Carlisle United missing players

Scunthorpe United Carlisle United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 1 Played P 3 11 21
3 2 1 Won W 1 2 4
10 4 0 Drew D 0 2 7
9 4 0 Lost L 2 7 10
19 8 2 Scored S 3 9 15
37 15 1 Conceded C 5 20 29
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 81%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 67%
41% 30% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 73% 48%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 14%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 38%
14% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 29%
32% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 52%
 
4.2 5.3 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.6 5.1
5.1 5.5 10 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.7 4
2.1 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.8 10.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.9 12.2
2.8 3.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.2 3.7
31% 24% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 20% 19%
 
13.5 13 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11.4 10.8
4.3 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.8
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 have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United 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 20 13 5 2 43 20 9 6 1 2 16 9 11 7 4 0 27 11 23 44
2 Northampton Town 21 12 4 5 29 17 10 7 1 2 16 7 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 40
3 Tranmere Rovers 22 11 5 6 20 14 11 8 0 3 13 6 11 3 5 3 7 8 6 38
4 Sutton United 22 11 3 8 33 27 10 7 0 3 17 9 12 4 3 5 16 18 6 36
5 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
6 Newport County 22 9 7 6 35 29 10 5 3 2 20 11 12 4 4 4 15 18 6 34
7 Swindon Town 21 9 7 5 29 24 10 2 5 3 10 11 11 7 2 2 19 13 5 34
8 Exeter City 21 8 9 4 32 24 11 5 4 2 17 11 10 3 5 2 15 13 8 33
9 Mansfield Town 22 9 5 8 27 28 13 7 3 3 20 15 9 2 2 5 7 13 -1 32
10 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 11 6 3 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 31
11 Harrogate Town 22 8 6 8 35 31 11 3 4 4 18 18 11 5 2 4 17 13 4 30
12 Walsall 21 7 7 7 25 24 11 4 4 3 16 14 10 3 3 4 9 10 1 28
13 Salford City 21 7 6 8 24 21 12 5 5 2 14 7 9 2 1 6 10 14 3 27
14 Rochdale 22 6 9 7 30 30 11 3 5 3 14 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 0 27
15 Hartlepool United 22 8 3 11 24 34 11 7 2 2 16 11 11 1 1 9 8 23 -10 27
16 Bradford City 21 5 11 5 27 25 11 3 7 1 17 13 10 2 4 4 10 12 2 26
17 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
18 Crawley Town 20 7 4 9 23 30 10 3 3 4 12 16 10 4 1 5 11 14 -7 25
19 Barrow 22 5 8 9 22 26 11 3 5 3 13 12 11 2 3 6 9 14 -4 23
20 Colchester United 20 5 7 8 16 25 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 4 4 6 13 -9 22
21 Stevenage 22 4 8 10 16 34 11 3 5 3 10 13 11 1 3 7 6 21 -18 20
22 Carlisle United 21 4 7 10 15 29 10 2 5 3 6 9 11 2 2 7 9 20 -14 19
23 Scunthorpe United 22 3 10 9 19 37 10 2 4 4 8 15 12 1 6 5 11 22 -18 19
24 Oldham Athletic 23 4 5 14 22 39 12 2 2 8 16 25 11 2 3 6 6 14 -17 17

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.