The League Two tie at Brunton Park on Saturday sees home team Carlisle United welcome Salford City.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Carlisle United v Salford City match are shown here (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
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Carlisle United
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Carlisle United will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 3-2 League Two loss in their previous game against Cheltenham Town.
For Carlisle United, the goalscorers were Matthew Dennis (29') and Georgie Kelly (73'). Jordan Thomas (33'), Ashley Hay (45') and George Miller (93') scored for Cheltenham Town.
Carlisle United have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, but they have also done enough to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Carlisle United have seen their goal breached in 5 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.
Heading into this fixture, Carlisle United are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
Salford City
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Salford City head into the encounter after a 4-1 League Two win vs Colchester United in their most recent fixture.
For Salford City, goals were scored by Hakeeb Adelakun (2', 56'), Liam Shephard (21') and Cole Stockton (24'). Ellis Iandolo (66') was the scorer for Colchester United.
The stats donโt lie, and Salford City have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals in all. Defensively, Salford City have not been doing too well. However, weโll just have to find out if such a trend might be replicated in this next game.
Coming into this contest, Salford City have not been beaten in their last 6 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
Looking over their prior head to head clashes dating back to 20/02/2021 shows us that Carlisle United have won 3 of them & Salford City 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
A sum of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 11 of them from The Cumbrians and 8 netted by The Ammies. The average goals per game has been 3.17.
The last league game featuring these sides was League Two match day 15 on 09/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Salford City 0-1 Carlisle United.
The match was refereed by Ross Joyce.
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Team News: Salford City
Salford City boss Karl Robinson has a number of players out of action. Josh Austerfield (Ankle injury) and Dan Chesters (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Carlisle United should get enough chances to find the back of the net against this Salford City team, but a single goal likely wonโt prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We therefore reckon that it will be both teams to score in a 1-2 win for Salford City at the end of this one. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the best odds for this match?
Checking out the betting prices for the game on the WDW market, putting your money on Carlisle United is available for 5, betting on the game finishing all-square is 4 & taking a punt on the win for Salford City can get you 1.62. Those are the most competitive bets on offer at the moment.
Renata Leite,
14:02 29/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Carlisle United
Formed: 1904
Stadium: Brunton Park (17,949)
Captain: Charlie Wyke
Chairman: Tom Piatak
Manager: Mark Hughes
Competitions: League Two position 23
โญ Key Man: Matthew Dennis
Generally taking up the Striker position, Matthew Dennis was born in England. Having made a first senior appearance for Milton Keynes Dons in the 2022 - 2023 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 5 league goals in this League Two 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 15 appearances.