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Carlisle United v Port Vale : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 18th Apr, 15:00 BST, Brunton Park, Carlisle

Mark Warburton welcomes Darren Moore to the Brunton Park on Friday afternoon, as their Carlisle United and Port Vale sides meet in the League Two. We've analysed both clubs' last 20 League Two matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Carlisle 34%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Port Vale 40%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Port Vale 1-0 9%	-	-
Port Vale 2-1 9%	-	-
Carlisle 1-0 8%	-	-
Carlisle 2-1 8%	-	-
Port Vale 2-0 7%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Carlisle 2-0 5%	-	-
Port Vale 3-1 4%	-	-
Carlisle 3-1 3%	-	-
Port Vale 3-0 3%	-	-
Port Vale 3-2 3%	-	-
Carlisle 3-2 2%	-	-
Carlisle 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 47%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	-	-
No 1st Goal 4%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	-	-
BTTS - No 45%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	-	-
Home/draw 60%	-	-
Away/draw 66%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 76%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 24%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 52%	-	-
Away DNB 58%	-	-
Carlisle win to nil 17%	-	-
Port Vale win to nil 21%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Carlisle have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

41 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 23 games, drawn 10 and won 8. Carlisle have conceded 63 goals, scored 34, failed to score in 17 matches and kept 9 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Carlisle have played 21 games at home, winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 31 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in home league games.

Port Vale lay in 2nd place on 73 points in the League Two league table having played 41 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 39 games against teams below them in the table, winning 19, drawing 13 and losing 7 games. They have scored 51 goals and kept 15 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Port Vale have conceded 38 goals and have failed to score in 10 matches.

Away league performance

Port Vale have played 21 away games, winning 9, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Carlisle Port Vale
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bradford	41	21	10	10	20	73	l 0-1A	l 2-1A	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
2	Port Vale Away	41	20	13	8	14	73	Apr 18	d 0-00-0	-	-
3	Walsall	41	20	12	9	23	72	d 1-1A	l 3-1A	l 0-1A	w 2-3F
4	Doncaster	40	20	10	10	15	70	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	l 2-3A	w 1-2F
5	AFC Wim	41	19	11	11	23	68	l 1-2A	l 4-0A	w 3-2F	Apr 26
6	Notts C	41	19	11	11	21	68	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
7	Grimsby	41	20	5	16	-1	65	l 2-3F	l 2-1F	Apr 21	l 3-0A
8	Colchester	41	15	17	9	9	62	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
9	Crewe	41	15	16	10	6	61	d 1-1F	l 3-2F	d 1-1F	w 0-1F
10	Chesterfield	40	16	10	14	12	58	l 0-2A	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
11	Salford	40	15	13	12	4	58	May 3	w 0-1F	w 2-1F	w 0-2F
12	Bromley	41	14	14	13	5	56	w 2-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 12	d 0-00-0
13	Fleetwood	41	14	14	13	4	56	l 2-3A	w 1-2F	w 3-1F	d 1-1A
14	Swindon	41	13	15	13	4	54	l 1-5A	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	d 3-3A
15	Barrow	41	14	10	17	0	52	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	l 0-1A	l 4-0A
16	Cheltenham	41	13	11	17	-10	50	l 0-1A	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
17	Newport	41	13	8	20	-17	47	w 3-2A	l 1-0A	w 3-2A	w 1-4F
18	Gillingham	40	11	13	16	-8	46	d 0-00-0	l 4-1A	May 3	l 1-0A
19	MK Dons	41	13	7	21	-14	46	d 2-2A	l 3-0A	w 3-0F	w 0-1F
20	Harrogate	41	12	9	20	-19	45	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F
21	Tranmere	41	10	13	18	-22	43	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
22	Accrington	41	10	12	19	-17	42	w 2-1F	Apr 21	w 2-1F	d 2-2A
23	Morecambe	41	10	6	25	-23	36	l 0-1A	Apr 12	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
24	Carlisle Home	41	8	10	23	-29	34	-	-	d 0-00-0	Apr 18

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Carlisle	3 - 2	Newport
Carlisle	2 - 2	MK Dons
Carlisle	2 - 1	Bromley
Carlisle	1 - 2	AFC Wim
Carlisle	1 - 1	Walsall
Carlisle	0 - 0	Gillingham
Carlisle	0 - 0	Colchester
Carlisle	1 - 5	Swindon
Carlisle	0 - 1	Bradford
Carlisle	2 - 1	Accrington
Carlisle	0 - 1	Morecambe
Carlisle	0 - 2	Chesterfield
Carlisle	1 - 1	Crewe
Carlisle	0 - 0	Doncaster
Carlisle	0 - 1	Cheltenham
Carlisle	1 - 1	Harrogate
Carlisle	0 - 2	Notts C
Carlisle	2 - 3	Grimsby
Carlisle	2 - 3	Fleetwood
Carlisle	1 - 2	Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Carlisle	3 - 2	Newport
A	Carlisle	1 - 2	Chesterfield
A	Carlisle	0 - 3	Doncaster
H	Carlisle	2 - 2	MK Dons
H	Carlisle	2 - 1	Bromley
H	Carlisle	1 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Carlisle	0 - 1	Harrogate
H	Carlisle	1 - 1	Walsall
A	Carlisle	1 - 0	Barrow
H	Carlisle	0 - 0	Gillingham
H	Carlisle	0 - 0	Colchester
A	Carlisle	0 - 1	Newport
A	Carlisle	1 - 2	Grimsby
H	Carlisle	1 - 5	Swindon
A	Carlisle	0 - 1	Notts C
A	Carlisle	2 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Carlisle	0 - 1	Bradford
A	Carlisle	0 - 1	Tranmere
A	Carlisle	2 - 3	Crewe
H	Carlisle	2 - 1	Accrington

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Walsall	2 - 3	Port Vale
Crewe	0 - 1	Port Vale
Colchester	2 - 1	Port Vale
Fleetwood	1 - 1	Port Vale
Tranmere	1 - 1	Port Vale
Swindon	3 - 3	Port Vale
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Port Vale
Doncaster	1 - 2	Port Vale
Grimsby	3 - 0	Port Vale
Bradford	2 - 1	Port Vale
Bromley	0 - 0	Port Vale
Cheltenham	1 - 1	Port Vale
Morecambe	0 - 1	Port Vale
Gillingham	1 - 0	Port Vale
Harrogate	0 - 1	Port Vale
MK Dons	0 - 1	Port Vale
Notts C	0 - 1	Port Vale
Accrington	2 - 2	Port Vale
Newport	1 - 4	Port Vale
Barrow	4 - 0	Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Port Vale	3 - 2	Walsall
H	Port Vale	2 - 0	Bradford
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	Crewe
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Barrow
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Morecambe
H	Port Vale	3 - 0	MK Dons
A	Port Vale	1 - 2	Colchester
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Harrogate
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	Tranmere
H	Port Vale	2 - 1	Salford
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Notts C
A	Port Vale	3 - 3	Swindon
H	Port Vale	2 - 1	Accrington
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Port Vale	3 - 2	Newport
A	Port Vale	2 - 1	Doncaster
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Port Vale	0 - 3	Grimsby
A	Port Vale	1 - 2	Bradford

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Carlisle

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

2 / 8

CUT

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Carlisle
Carlisle	2 - 1
	1 - 3	Port Vale
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Carlisle	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Port Vale
	0 - 1	Port Vale
Carlisle	3 - 2
Carlisle	3 - 2

Port Vale

Carlisle

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 10

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

5 / 10

CUT

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Port Vale	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Carlisle
Port Vale	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Carlisle
	1 - 2	Carlisle
Port Vale	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 2	Carlisle

Goal Statistics

	Carlisle 24th	Port Vale 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Carlisle will score no more than 1 goal	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Port Vale will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-24 Carlisle have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted	-2 Port Vale’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

CUT

PTV

34%

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Games scored	23		30
Failed to score	17		10
Scored first	12		21
Goals scored	31		51
Avg. goals scored	0.8		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	11		6
Conversion rate for	9		16
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+34%

CUT

PTV

30%

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Games conceded	31		24
Clean sheets	9		16
Conceded first	23		14
Goals conceded	61		38
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+30%

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

Carlisle League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	4	3	10
S Lavelle	S Lavelle	C Harper	S Lavelle

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Lavelle DEF	37	4	1	10 -
C Harper DEF	31		3	7 -
G Breeze GLK	27			5 -
T Thomas DEF	27			3 -
J Vela MID	25			8 -
K Harris FWD	25	3	2	2 -
A Davies DEF	21	1	2	7 -
J Jones FWD	21			9 1
B Barclay DEF	20	1	1	5 -
A Hayden DEF	19	2	1	7 -
C Whelan MID	18	1		2 -
C Guy MID	17			1 -
J Ellis DEF	16	1		4 -
E Embleton MID	15		2	3 1
H Lewis GLK	14			-
S Wearne MID	13	1	2	-
C Wyke FWD	13	2		2 -
G Kelly FWD	13	2		2 -
J. Bevan FWD	12			2 -
J Hugill FWD	12	2		3 -
C Scott FWD	11	1	1	-
C McArthur DEF	10			4 -
W Patching MID	10			2 -
M Dennis FWD	10	3	1	2 -
S Fusire MID	9			1 -
E Robson MID	7			2 -
J Williams DEF	6		1	1 -
D McGeouch MID	6		1	1 -
F. O'Donoghue MID	2			-
P Dummett DEF	1			-
A. Dudik FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	14	3	20
S Lavelle	J Hugill	C Harper	C Harper

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Lavelle DEF	4	7	1	5
M Dennis FWD	3	8	1	1
K Harris FWD	3	13	2	14
A Hayden DEF	2	5	1	3
J Hugill FWD	2	14		4
G Kelly FWD	2	5
C Wyke FWD	2	3		6
C Scott FWD	1	2	1	2
J Ellis DEF	1	1		4
S Wearne MID	1	5	2	1
C Whelan MID	1	4		7
B Barclay DEF	1	6	1	5
A Davies DEF	1	3	2	10
W Patching MID				2
D McGeouch MID			1	1
J Williams DEF			1	1
E Robson MID		1		1
S Fusire MID		1		1
T Thomas DEF		4		6
C McArthur DEF				2
C Guy MID		1		5
J Vela MID		4		2
J Jones FWD		7		8
C Harper DEF		5	3	20
E Embleton MID		4	2	13
A. Dudik FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1673	61	252
S Lavelle	S Lavelle	S Lavelle

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Lavelle DEF	1673	61	252
T Thomas DEF	1208	46	247
C Harper DEF	1151	36	85
C Whelan MID	833	30	58
A Hayden DEF	797	21	96
G Breeze GLK	797	2	26
A Davies DEF	664	41	101
B Barclay DEF	643	26	88
J Jones FWD	535	24	81
K Harris FWD	504	36	130
H Lewis GLK	485		5
C Guy MID	478	16	45
J Vela MID	404	31	80
C McArthur DEF	393	12	42
E Embleton MID	354	7	23
W Patching MID	303	10	25
J Ellis DEF	252	15	33
S Wearne MID	236	11	34
C Wyke FWD	198	9	74
J Williams DEF	175	14	33
D McGeouch MID	160	5	8
S Fusire MID	138	11	19
C Scott FWD	123	3	33
J. Bevan FWD	102	14	28
J Hugill FWD	94	10	36
E Robson MID	85	4	9
M Dennis FWD	80	6	35
G Kelly FWD	61	3	36
A. Dudik FWD	3
F. O'Donoghue MID	2

Port Vale League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	11	7	9
C Hall	L Tolaj	L Tolaj	R Croasdale

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Croasdale MID	40	3	4	9 -
C Hall DEF	39			5 -
R Curtis FWD	37	5	5	4 1
L Tolaj FWD	32	11	7	6 -
J Stockley FWD	32	9	7	5 -
J Debrah DEF	30	1		5 -
T Sang DEF	28		2	2 3
K John DEF	27		2	4 -
B Garrity MID	27	5	2	3 -
B Heneghan DEF	25			4 -
E Chislett MID	25	4	1	4 -
R Richards MID	23	3	3	1 -
A Hackford FWD	23	4	1	1 -
N Smith DEF	19		1	2 -
S Hart DEF	19			3 -
B Amos GLK	18			1 -
G Byers MID	18	1		2 -
M Clark DEF	15	1		2 1
R Harper MID	15	1		3 1
J Shorrock MID	13	1	2	3 -
J Lowe MID	11			1 -
R. Walters MID	8			-
J. Umolu FWD	8			-
J. Headley DEF	5	1	1	-
D Edwards MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	26	7	18
L Tolaj	J Stockley	L Tolaj	T Sang

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Tolaj FWD	11	24	7	15
J Stockley FWD	9	26	7	16
B Garrity MID	5	10	2	8
R Curtis FWD	5	20	5	15
A Hackford FWD	4	9	1	5
E Chislett MID	4	10	1	15
R Richards MID	3	8	3	13
R Croasdale MID	3	9	4	16
G Byers MID	1	3		8
M Clark DEF	1	1		5
J. Headley DEF	1	4	1	1
J Debrah DEF	1	3		1
J Shorrock MID	1	2	2	5
R Harper MID	1	4		2
J. Umolu FWD				1
J Lowe MID				2
K John DEF		2	2	8
B Heneghan DEF		3		1
S Hart DEF				1
N Smith DEF		2	1	5
C Hall DEF		9		8
T Sang DEF			2	18

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1782	96	334
C Hall	R Croasdale	J Stockley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	1782	54	259
R Croasdale MID	1358	96	208
J Debrah DEF	959	40	147
T Sang DEF	875	48	119
B Garrity MID	806	39	146
K John DEF	678	47	134
L Tolaj FWD	670	26	143
B Heneghan DEF	623	11	115
R Curtis FWD	617	40	163
J Stockley FWD	593	20	334
E Chislett MID	542	31	100
G Byers MID	524	45	80
N Smith DEF	514	18	133
B Amos GLK	460		13
R Harper MID	320	14	50
S Hart DEF	313	26	74
M Clark DEF	283	18	59
R Richards MID	230	22	70
J Shorrock MID	210	16	30
R. Walters MID	173	13	50
A Hackford FWD	123	8	45
J Lowe MID	117	3	9
J. Headley DEF	94	12	28
J. Umolu FWD	17	2	9
D Edwards MID	1		1

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Carlisle United v Port Vale : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Carlisle have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Port Vale lay in 2nd place on 73 points in the League Two league table having played 41 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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