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Carlisle United v Doncaster Rovers : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 23rd Nov, 15:00 BST, Brunton Park, Carlisle

Grant McCann takes his Doncaster Rovers troops to the Brunton Park in the League Two on Saturday afternoon, with Paul Simpson's Carlisle United the opponent. All of the key statistics for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across seventeen major markets are included in this betting preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make the most well-informed bet possible.


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In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Carlisle
25%
--
Draw
23%
--
Doncaster
52%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Doncaster 2-1
10%
--
Doncaster 1-0
9%
--
Doncaster 2-0
8%
--
Carlisle 2-1
6%
--
Doncaster 3-1
6%
--
Carlisle 1-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Doncaster 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Doncaster 3-2
4%
--
Carlisle 2-0
3%
--
Doncaster 4-1
3%
--
Carlisle 3-1
3%
--
Carlisle 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Home 1st Goal
44%
--
Away 1st Goal
53%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
27%
--
Home/draw
48%
--
Away/draw
75%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
41%
--
Away DNB
68%
--
Carlisle win to nil
11%
--
Doncaster win to nil
25%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Carlisle have played 15 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Carlisle have conceded 28 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Carlisle have played 7 games at home, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 7 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Doncaster lay in 4th place on 27 points in the League Two league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 17 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Doncaster have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Doncaster have played 7 away games, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Carlisle
Doncaster
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
Port Vale15933730 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Jan 4
w
 
2-3F
Walsall148331227 
Mar 4
l
 
3-1A
Apr 1
Dec 26
Notts C157621027 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 28
d
 
1-1A
May 3
Doncaster 15834427 
Nov 23
Mar 29
-
-
Crewe14743425 
Nov 30
Jan 1
d
 
1-1A
Mar 15
MK Dons15735724 
Jan 11
l
 
3-0A
Feb 1
d
 
1-1A
Grimsby15807-624 
l
 
2-3F
Feb 8
Feb 15
w
 
0-3F
Gillingham15726423 
Feb 22
l
 
4-1A
w
 
1-0F
Jan 18
Chesterfield155731022 
Dec 14
Apr 1
l
 
0-3A
Feb 8
Bradford15645422 
Jan 18
l
 
2-1A
Apr 26
w
 
1-2F
Barrow15645422 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
w
 
1-0F
Jan 29
Fleetwood14563521 
l
 
2-3A
Jan 25
Jan 1
Dec 4
Salford15555-320 
May 3
w
 
0-1F
Nov 16
Mar 22
AFC Wim12615819 
Mar 15
l
 
4-0A
Apr 12
Dec 14
Newport15618-719 
Apr 5
Dec 7
Mar 1
l
 
3-1F
Cheltenham15537-318 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 26
Dec 7
Apr 5
Tranmere14455-717 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 4
Dec 21
Apr 18
Accrington14446-416 
Dec 29
Apr 21
w
 
4-1F
Feb 22
Bromley14365-215 
Mar 22
Nov 16
l
 
0-1A
Mar 4
Harrogate15438-915 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 8
Jan 25
l
 
2-0A
Colchester14275-413 
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 21
Dec 29
Swindon15267-712 
Feb 1
w
 
0-2F
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
Carlisle 153210-1511 
-
-
Mar 29
Nov 23
Morecambe15249-1210 
Dec 26
Apr 12
w
 
1-0F
Jan 11
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Doncaster have won 3 consecutive away league games
6
Carlisle have not won in 6 consecutive home league games
Carlisle 23RD
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
2
D
3
Lost
15
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Carlisle0 - 1Cheltenham
Carlisle1 - 1Harrogate
Carlisle0 - 2Notts C
Carlisle2 - 3Grimsby
Carlisle2 - 3Fleetwood
Carlisle1 - 2Tranmere
Carlisle1 - 0Barrow
Carlisle1 - 3Wycombe
Carlisle0 - 1Blackpool
Carlisle1 - 3Lincoln
Carlisle2 - 2Stevenage
Carlisle2 - 3Barnsley
Carlisle1 - 3Reading
Carlisle0 - 4Cambridge
Carlisle0 - 1Portsmouth
Carlisle1 - 4Bolton
Carlisle1 - 3Oxford Utd
Carlisle2 - 1Port Vale
Carlisle0 - 1Cheltenham
Carlisle2 - 2Northampton
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
2
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACarlisle1 - 0Salford
HCarlisle0 - 1Cheltenham
ACarlisle1 - 3Walsall
HCarlisle1 - 1Harrogate
ACarlisle0 - 4AFC Wim
ACarlisle0 - 0Colchester
HCarlisle0 - 2Notts C
HCarlisle2 - 3Grimsby
ACarlisle2 - 0Swindon
HCarlisle2 - 3Fleetwood
ACarlisle1 - 2Bradford
HCarlisle1 - 2Tranmere
ACarlisle0 - 3MK Dons
HCarlisle1 - 0Barrow
ACarlisle1 - 4Gillingham
ACarlisle0 - 2Derby
HCarlisle1 - 3Wycombe
HCarlisle0 - 1Blackpool
ACarlisle1 - 0Cheltenham
ACarlisle0 - 2Northampton
Doncaster 4TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford1 - 2Doncaster
Swindon1 - 2Doncaster
Grimsby0 - 3Doncaster
MK Dons1 - 1Doncaster
Harrogate2 - 0Doncaster
Port Vale2 - 3Doncaster
Newport3 - 1Doncaster
Crewe0 - 2Doncaster
Gillingham2 - 2Doncaster
Colchester1 - 4Doncaster
Morecambe0 - 3Doncaster
Crawley0 - 2Doncaster
Swindon1 - 2Doncaster
Bradford1 - 1Doncaster
Walsall3 - 1Doncaster
Grimsby1 - 5Doncaster
Salford2 - 2Doncaster
Sutton1 - 1Doncaster
Harrogate3 - 1Doncaster
Mansfield1 - 1Doncaster
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDoncaster1 - 1Notts C
ADoncaster2 - 1Bradford
HDoncaster0 - 1Bromley
ADoncaster2 - 1Swindon
HDoncaster1 - 1Crewe
ADoncaster3 - 0Grimsby
HDoncaster1 - 0Barrow
HDoncaster0 - 3Chesterfield
ADoncaster1 - 1MK Dons
ADoncaster0 - 2Harrogate
HDoncaster1 - 0Gillingham
ADoncaster3 - 2Port Vale
HDoncaster1 - 0Morecambe
ADoncaster1 - 3Newport
HDoncaster4 - 1Accrington
HDoncaster0 - 2Crewe
ADoncaster2 - 0Crewe
ADoncaster2 - 2Gillingham
ADoncaster4 - 1Colchester
HDoncaster4 - 2Barrow
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Carlisle since 2006
Carlisle
Doncaster
Goals: Scored
8
4
Games: Scored
5 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
0 / 5
CUT
4
DON
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Carlisle
Carlisle3 - 0
Carlisle2 - 1
1 - 3Doncaster
Carlisle1 - 0
Carlisle1 - 0
League games at Doncaster since 2007
Doncaster
Carlisle
Goals: Scored
6
7
Games: Scored
4 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
1 / 5
CUT
2
D
1
DON
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Doncaster
Doncaster2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Carlisle
Doncaster1 - 0
1 - 2Carlisle
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Carlisle United of late. It has been 7 League Two matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Doncaster Rovers.

Carlisle 23rd Doncaster 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Carlisle will score no more than 1 goal
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Doncaster will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-17
Carlisle have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted
+39
Doncaster have scored 39% more goals when away than predicted
1.0
average goals scored
2.0
average goals scored
2.2
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Carlisle
PG (predicted goals)
Doncaster
1.2
1.8
Attack rating
CUT
DON
30%
better
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Games scored10
12
Failed to score5
3
Scored first5
9
Goals scored13
21
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal10
7
Conversion rate for10
14
Avg. XG for1.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+30%
Defence rating
CUT
DON
19%
better
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Games conceded11
11
Clean sheets4
4
Conceded first9
6
Goals conceded28
17
Avg. goals conceded1.9
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded4
5
Conversion rate against23%
19%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+19%

Carlisle v Doncaster League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Carlisle League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14234
H LewisJ MellishC HarperJ Vela
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Mellish DEF1521
3
-
H Lewis GLK14
-
L Armstrong FWD142
-
S Lavelle DEF132
2
-
J Vela MID13
4
-
H Neal MID131
4
-
C Wyke FWD132
2
-
D Sadi FWD1311
2
-
T Thomas DEF11
1
-
C Harper DEF113
2
-
A Davies DEF1111
3
-
B Barclay DEF1111
4
-
H Biggins MID111
1
-
A Hayden DEF7
2
-
J Jones FWD6
3
-
B Williams DEF5
-
C Guy MID5
-
D Adu-Adjei FWD511
1
-
J Ellis DEF4
1
-
T Charters MID4
-
J Robinson DEF3
1
-
E Robson MID3
1
-
D McGeouch MID31
1
-
G Kelly FWD3
-
G Breeze GLK1
-
Doncaster League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15644
T Sharman-LoweL MolyneuxJ SterryH Clifton
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Sharman-Lowe GLK15
-
J Sterry DEF154
1
-
O Bailey MID1511
2
-
J Ironside FWD152
-
P McCarthy FWD1541
3
-
J Gibson MID1432
-
H Clifton MID1421
4
-
L Molyneux FWD1464
1
-
J McGrath DEF12
2
-
B Fleming DEF12
3
-
J Olowu DEF111
-
P Kelly MID11
1
-
E. Yeboah FWD10
3
-
K Hurst FWD1012
1
-
G Broadbent MID9
-
T Anderson DEF81
1
J Sbarra MID71
-
B Close MID6
-
J Senior DEF5
1
-
J Maxwell DEF4
1
-
R Wood DEF2
-
Z Westbrooke MID2
-
T Nixon DEF1
-