📊 Form Guide

Carlisle United

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Carlisle United will be looking for another win after the 0-1 League One triumph over Cheltenham Town.

The only name on the scoresheet from Carlisle United was Sam Lavelle (42').

Fixtures with Carlisle United have tended to be exciting affairs recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, a grand total of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 8 of them being chalked up by Carlisle United. While that may be of interest, we must now wait to see whether that trend might persist here in this match.

A look at their previous results shows us that Carlisle United:

• have not registered a win against Blackpool in their last 4 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 8 league games. Such a poor run.

Blackpool

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Blackpool go into this encounter after a 1-0 League One win to beat Fleetwood Town in their most recent game.

The only player to score from Blackpool was Jake Beesley (22').

A series of resolute showings by the Blackpool defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 2 from their last 6 fixtures combined. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 2.

Coming into this contest, Blackpool are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 26/09/2006 shows that Carlisle United have won 2 of these & Blackpool 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for The Cumbrians and 12 belonging to The Seasiders. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was League One match day 21 on 09/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Blackpool 3-0 Carlisle United.

The referee was Lewis Smith.

🗞️ Team News: Carlisle United

The Carlisle United boss Paul Simpson has no fitness concerns to speak of before this match with a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Blackpool

Due to a completely healthy squad available for selection, the Blackpool manager Neil Critchley doesn’t have any fitness worries to report before this game.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Carlisle United should have enough to put a goal past this Blackpool side, but a single goal probably won’t quite be good enough.

Therefore, we’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 win for Blackpool at full-time. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 13:01 13/04/2024