Carlisle United vs Port Vale Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Carlisle United

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Carlisle United, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 League Two victory over Morecambe.

For Carlisle United, the goalscorers were Georgie Kelly (28') and Terell Thomas (60').

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Carlisle United have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Carlisle United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 10 goals along the way.

Looking at their past form shows that Carlisle United:

• haven't lost in the league to Port Vale in their previous 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Port Vale

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Port Vale come into this match following a 5-0 League Two win with the eclipse of Bromley in their most recent game.

For Port Vale, goals were scored by Jack Shorrock (5'), Lorent Tolaj (28', 68'), George Byers (66') and Ryan Croasdale (82').

A series of effective showings from the Port Vale defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their previous 6 fixtures combined. During the same period, their forwards have scored 12. That being said, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend might be sustained in this next game or not.

Coming into this meeting, Port Vale are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 17/04/2021 shows that Carlisle United have won 1 of these games and Port Vale 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

A sum of 8 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for The Cumbrians and 5 created by The Valiants. That’s an average goals per game of 1.33.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was League Two match day 21 on 21/12/2024 and the score finished Port Vale 0-0 Carlisle United.

The match was refereed by Edward Duckworth.

📰 Team News: Port Vale

From a largely full-strength group, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Port Vale gaffer Darren Moore to be concerned about. Mitch Clark (Cartilage damage) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

When taking everything into account, Carlisle United might need a bit of good fortune to hit the back of the net against this Port Vale team who we reckon will gain the upper hand.

We therefore see a good battle with a 0-1 winning score for Port Vale when the referee blows for full-time.

Let’s see how this one goes.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Regarding the current betting odds in the full-time result market, a win for Carlisle United is best priced at 3.4, backing the draw is 3.25 & staking on the win for Port Vale can be had at 2.1. Those are the best of the prices offered as of now.

Peter Guest, 22:08 15/04/2025