Carlisle United vs Hartlepool United Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Carlisle United

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Carlisle United will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-0 League Two triumph versus Newport County.

For Carlisle United, the scorers were Kristian Dennis (45') and John-Kymani Gordon (57').

Carlisle United have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They’ve managed to rack up 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 5.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Carlisle United:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Hartlepool United in their previous 2 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Hartlepool United

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Hartlepool United will go into the game following a 2-0 League Two win to defeat Rochdale in their last fixture.

For Hartlepool United, the goals were scored by Josh Umerah (54') and Jack Hamilton (64').

The stats don’t lie, and Hartlepool United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 11 goals in all. At the back, Hartlepool United have clearly had some problems. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, however.

Ahead of this clash, Hartlepool United haven't beaten Carlisle United in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. They'll be keen to stop this run.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/10/2016 shows us that Carlisle United have won 2 of these games & Hartlepool United 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 11 of them for The Cumbrians and 9 netted by The Pool. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was League Two match day 14 on 08/10/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Hartlepool United 1-3 Carlisle United.

The referee was Tom Reeves.

ℹ️ Team News: Carlisle United

The Carlisle United boss Paul Simpson will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

📋 Team News: Hartlepool United

Due to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Hartlepool United boss Keith Curle has no fitness worries at all before this match.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Carlisle United will most probably be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the other end, Hartlepool United are also probably going to find it difficult to score themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be converting at least once here, too.

Our tip is for a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Carlisle United at the end of the match.

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Renata Leite, 01:33 20/01/2023