This could be an interesting match as Tranmere Rovers have their presumed home advantage while Carlisle United are ahead 5 points in the League Two table.
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.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Tranmere Rovers so far this season.
A nice win for Tranmere Rovers last time playing, versus Grimsby Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with James Vaughan (2), Otis Khan, Peter Clarke and Paul Lewis scoring for the victors. Before that match, a win away at Port Vale.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Tranmere played a great game against Grimsby Town and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Tranmere, as the FA Cup home game vs Brackley Town is only three days away.
The Tranmere fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Tranmere are not conceding a lot of goals here at Prenton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Carlisle United form and stats
Playing away, Carlisle United have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.
Carlisle play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Crawley Town (placed 12th). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Aston Villa U21 in the EFL Trophy.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Carlisle have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Tranmere victories, two draws and five Carlisle United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vaughan 7 goals |   J. Mellish 7 goals | A. Hayden 3 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 69% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 46% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 31% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 123 | 53 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 112 | 208 |
| 32 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 31 | 61 |
| 50% | 69% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 19% | 31% |
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tranmere Rovers 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 | Newport County | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Barrow | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |