Very important shoot-out in the cellar of the League Two, with both Stevenage and Carlisle United enduring more stress than delight. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team at 21st and the away team in 22nd position.
- Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (13) in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Stevenage form and stats
Stevenage have collected 14 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-5-2. When Stevenage hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Hartlepool United, Stevenage, Oldham Athletic and Barrow), they have won 3 of 4 matches!
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Scunthorpe United in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. The forward Luke Norris edged out all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Norris scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A FA Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Yeovil Town.This is expected to be a close game, with Stevenage perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stevenage as a small favourite), we find ten games. Stevenage has won four of these, drawn five and lost one.
The Stevenage fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. On the other hand, Stevenage have conceded 11 goals. Stevenage has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Carlisle United form and stats
Carlisle United have only collected 5 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-2-7 (10 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Carlisle's last three away games as they have all been lost.
There might be some fixture complaints from Carlisle as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Mansfield Town (0-1). Midfielder Callum Anthony Guy was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Guy hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
The game before that, in the FA Cup, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Shrewsbury Town.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Carlisle playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were two Carlisle United wins, three draws and seven defeats.
The attacking power of Carlisle when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. For Carlisle, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When Carlisle is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Crawley Town, Hartlepool United, Oldham Athletic and Barrow.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stevenage four wins, two draws and Carlisle United four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. List 8 goals | L. Norris 'Hacker' 3 goals |  T. Abrahams 3 goals |
Stevenage missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Stevenage | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 16 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 31 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 29 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 74% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 65% |
| 47% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 32% | 40% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 37% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.7 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 24% | 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 17% | 18% |
| 13.3 | 13.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.2 | 10.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Carlisle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Carlisle United have the fewest scored goals (13) in League Two
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 43 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 37 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 8 | Newport County | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 31 |
| 9 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 29 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Walsall | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Salford City | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 24 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 15 | Rochdale | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 21 |
| 20 | Barrow | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 19 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 15 |