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

Sat 4th Jan, 15:00 BST, Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Home advantage makes a difference in the League Two, and Nigel Adkins’s Tranmere Rovers will have the luxury of it on Saturday afternoon. Paul Simpson’s Carlisle United are their visitors to the Prenton Park. You'll find stats supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with League Two performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Tranmere 45%	-	-
Draw 28%	-	-
Carlisle 26%	-	-
Tranmere 1-0 14%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Draw 0-0 11%	-	-
Carlisle 1-0 10%	-	-
Tranmere 2-0 9%	-	-
Tranmere 2-1 8%	-	-
Carlisle 2-1 6%	-	-
Carlisle 2-0 5%	-	-
Tranmere 3-0 4%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Tranmere 3-1 4%	-	-
Carlisle 3-1 2%	-	-
Tranmere 3-2 2%	-	-
Carlisle 3-0 1%	-	-
Tranmere 4-0 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 39%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 61%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	-	-
No 1st Goal 7%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 44%	-	-
BTTS - No 56%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	-	-
Home/draw 74%	-	-
Away/draw 55%	-	-
Home/away 72%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 65%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 35%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 19%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 81%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Home DNB 65%	-	-
Away DNB 46%	-	-
Tranmere win to nil 29%	-	-
Carlisle win to nil 16%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Tranmere have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 19th place in the League Two league table. Tranmere are unbeaten in 4 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 4 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 4 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 2 and lost no matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Both Tranmere and Carlisle United have scored 15 goals this season.

Home League Performance

Tranmere have played 10 games at home winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 8 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Carlisle are in 23rd position in the League Two on 15 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 6 and won 3. Carlisle have conceded 32 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 6 clean sheets.

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	Tranmere Carlisle
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	20	13	4	3	18	43	w 1-0F	Jan 11	Mar 4	l 3-1A
2	Port Vale	21	10	7	4	7	37	Mar 1	d 0-00-0	Apr 18	d 0-00-0
3	Doncaster	21	10	6	5	7	36	Apr 18	l 3-1A	d 0-00-0	Mar 29
4	Crewe	20	9	8	3	8	35	Apr 26	l 3-1F	d 1-1F	Jan 1
5	Chesterfield	21	9	7	5	13	34	Apr 5	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	Apr 1
6	AFC Wim	20	10	3	7	14	33	l 0-2A	Jan 18	Mar 15	l 4-0A
7	Notts C	20	8	7	5	7	31	d 0-00-0	Feb 22	l 0-2A	Jan 28
8	Grimsby	21	10	1	10	-5	31	l 0-1A	Mar 4	l 2-3F	Feb 8
9	MK Dons	19	9	3	7	7	30	Feb 15	d 1-1A	Jan 11	l 3-0A
10	Gillingham	20	9	3	8	4	30	Jan 25	l 3-0A	Feb 22	l 4-1A
11	Salford	20	8	6	6	3	30	d 0-00-0	Feb 8	May 3	w 0-1F
12	Bradford	20	7	7	6	2	28	l 0-2A	Mar 15	Jan 18	l 2-1A
13	Bromley	20	6	9	5	2	27	Mar 8	w 1-2F	Mar 22	d 1-1A
14	Cheltenham	21	7	6	8	-1	27	Mar 28	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	Apr 26
15	Barrow	20	7	5	8	2	26	Dec 29	Apr 21	w 1-0F	Mar 1
16	Newport	20	7	5	8	-4	26	w 2-1F	May 3	Apr 5	Feb 11
17	Colchester	20	4	11	5	1	23	Feb 1	l 3-0A	Feb 15	d 0-00-0
18	Fleetwood	19	5	8	6	-1	23	Feb 11	Mar 22	l 2-3A	Jan 25
19	Tranmere Home	20	5	6	9	-14	21	-	-	l 1-2F	Jan 4
20	Harrogate	21	6	3	12	-15	21	w 2-1A	Apr 1	d 1-1A	Mar 8
21	Swindon	21	4	7	10	-9	19	d 1-1F	Jan 28	Feb 1	w 0-2F
22	Accrington	20	4	7	9	-10	19	Dec 26	Apr 12	Dec 29	Apr 21
23	Carlisle Away	20	3	6	11	-17	15	Jan 4	w 1-2A	-	-
24	Morecambe	21	3	5	13	-19	14	d 2-2A	Jan 1	Dec 26	Apr 12

	Promotion
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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere	2 - 1	Harrogate
Tranmere	2 - 2	Morecambe
Tranmere	0 - 2	AFC Wim
Tranmere	2 - 1	Newport
Tranmere	0 - 1	Grimsby
Tranmere	0 - 2	Bradford
Tranmere	1 - 1	Swindon
Tranmere	0 - 0	Salford
Tranmere	1 - 0	Walsall
Tranmere	0 - 0	Notts C
Tranmere	3 - 2	AFC Wim
Tranmere	1 - 3	Walsall
Tranmere	1 - 1	Colchester
Tranmere	1 - 3	Crawley
Tranmere	2 - 1	Mansfield
Tranmere	1 - 0	Sutton
Tranmere	4 - 0	Stockport
Tranmere	2 - 3	Morecambe
Tranmere	0 - 0	Crewe
Tranmere	1 - 2	MK Dons

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale	0 - 0	Carlisle
Bromley	1 - 1	Carlisle
Salford	0 - 1	Carlisle
Walsall	3 - 1	Carlisle
AFC Wim	4 - 0	Carlisle
Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
Swindon	0 - 2	Carlisle
Bradford	2 - 1	Carlisle
MK Dons	3 - 0	Carlisle
Gillingham	4 - 1	Carlisle
Derby	2 - 0	Carlisle
Cheltenham	0 - 1	Carlisle
Northampton	2 - 0	Carlisle
Peterborough	1 - 3	Carlisle
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Carlisle
Charlton	3 - 2	Carlisle
Burton	0 - 1	Carlisle
Bristol R	2 - 1	Carlisle
L Orient	3 - 2	Carlisle
Barnsley	2 - 1	Carlisle

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Carlisle	0 - 0	Port Vale
H	Carlisle	0 - 2	Chesterfield
H	Carlisle	1 - 1	Crewe
H	Carlisle	0 - 0	Doncaster
A	Carlisle	1 - 1	Bromley
A	Carlisle	1 - 0	Salford
H	Carlisle	0 - 1	Cheltenham
A	Carlisle	1 - 3	Walsall
H	Carlisle	1 - 1	Harrogate
A	Carlisle	0 - 4	AFC Wim
A	Carlisle	0 - 0	Colchester
H	Carlisle	0 - 2	Notts C
H	Carlisle	2 - 3	Grimsby
A	Carlisle	2 - 0	Swindon
H	Carlisle	2 - 3	Fleetwood
A	Carlisle	1 - 2	Bradford
H	Carlisle	1 - 2	Tranmere
A	Carlisle	0 - 3	MK Dons
H	Carlisle	1 - 0	Barrow
A	Carlisle	1 - 4	Gillingham

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Tranmere

Carlisle

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 13

8 / 13

Clean sheets

5 / 13

6 / 13

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
	0 - 2	Carlisle
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Tranmere	1 - 0
Tranmere	3 - 0
	0 - 2	Carlisle
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Carlisle
	1 - 2	Carlisle
Tranmere	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Tranmere	4 - 1
Tranmere	2 - 0
	0 - 2	Carlisle

Carlisle

Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 14

8 / 14

Clean sheets

6 / 14

5 / 14

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Carlisle
	1 - 2	Tranmere
Carlisle	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Tranmere
	2 - 3	Tranmere
	0 - 2	Tranmere
Carlisle	1 - 0
Carlisle	4 - 1
	0 - 3	Tranmere
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Carlisle	2 - 0
Carlisle	3 - 0
	1 - 2	Tranmere
	0 - 1	Tranmere
Carlisle	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

A truly dismal PG of just 0.9 should cause concerns for Carlisle United fans, as should a 12 League Two matches run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

	Tranmere 19th	Carlisle 23rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Tranmere will score no more than 1 goal	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Carlisle scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-17 Tranmere have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted	-13 Carlisle have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

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Games scored	10		12
Failed to score	10		8
Scored first	5		6
Goals scored	15		15
Avg. goals scored	0.8		0.8
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	11		11
Conversion rate for	9		9
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+8%

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Games conceded	16		14
Clean sheets	4		6
Conceded first	12		11
Goals conceded	29		32
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	15%		20%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+2%

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

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	4	2	6
L McGee	O Patrick	C Jennings	T Davies

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L McGee GLK	20			2 -
H Saunders FWD	19	1	1	2 -
C Jennings FWD	19	3	2	2 -
O Patrick FWD	19	4		2 -
L O'Connor DEF	18		1	4 -
J Turnbull DEF	18	1	1	3 -
C Norman DEF	18		1	3 -
T Davies DEF	17			5 1
C Wood DEF	15		1	2 -
R Hendry MID	13	1		2 -
C Merrie MID	13			-
J Davison FWD	13		1	1 -
Z Bradshaw DEF	12		1	3 -
K Morris MID	12	1		1 -
K Dennis FWD	12	2		1 -
S Finley MID	10		1	4 -
L Norris FWD	10			4 -
J Hawkes MID	6		1	1 -
B Walker MID	6		1	1 -
S Taylor FWD	6			-
S Khan MID	4			2 -
S Solomon FWD	4	1		-
D Drysdale DEF	3			1 -
J Williams MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	15	2	15
O Patrick	O Patrick	C Jennings	S Finley

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Patrick FWD	4	15		14
C Jennings FWD	3	10	2	14
K Dennis FWD	2	7		4
J Turnbull DEF	1	1	1	4
S Solomon FWD	1	2
R Hendry MID	1	3		4
H Saunders FWD	1	8	1	9
K Morris MID	1	4		6
L Norris FWD		9		6
D Drysdale DEF		1
S Khan MID		2		1
S Taylor FWD		2		3
B Walker MID			1	2
J Hawkes MID			1	5
Z Bradshaw DEF		1	1	3
S Finley MID			1	15
J Davison FWD		1	1	3
C Merrie MID				3
C Wood DEF			1	8
T Davies DEF		4		7
C Norman DEF		1	1	10
L O'Connor DEF		1	1	8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
679	35	153
L McGee	L O'Connor	T Davies

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L McGee GLK	679		11
J Turnbull DEF	648	32	116
T Davies DEF	595	11	153
L O'Connor DEF	552	35	71
C Jennings FWD	535	25	117
C Wood DEF	533	31	69
C Norman DEF	511	19	110
S Finley MID	473	26	46
C Merrie MID	420	22	48
O Patrick FWD	390	30	83
R Hendry MID	377	12	38
K Morris MID	276	18	56
Z Bradshaw DEF	237	11	37
B Walker MID	185	12	27
S Khan MID	166	13	22
K Dennis FWD	140	2	17
L Norris FWD	126	7	54
H Saunders FWD	116	6	51
D Drysdale DEF	108	3	16
J Davison FWD	92	7	36
S Taylor FWD	52	1	7
J Hawkes MID	45	1	1
S Solomon FWD	20	3	4
J Williams MID	3

Carlisle League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	2	3	6
J Mellish	J Mellish	C Harper	J Mellish

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Mellish DEF	19	2	1	6 -
S Lavelle DEF	18	2	1	4 -
D Sadi FWD	18	2	1	3 -
H Neal MID	17	1		6 -
C Harper DEF	16		3	3 -
J Vela MID	16			5 -
L Armstrong FWD	16	2		-
H Lewis GLK	14			-
B Barclay DEF	14	1	1	5 -
H Biggins MID	13		1	1 -
C Wyke FWD	13	2		2 -
A Davies DEF	11	1	1	3 -
T Thomas DEF	11			1 -
A Hayden DEF	11		1	3 -
D Adu-Adjei FWD	10	2	1	1 -
C Guy MID	9			1 -
J Jones FWD	9			5 -
B Williams DEF	8			-
J Ellis DEF	8			1 -
G Breeze GLK	6			-
D McGeouch MID	6		1	1 -
G Kelly FWD	6			2 -
T Charters MID	5			1 -
J Robinson DEF	3			1 -
E Robson MID	3			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	13	3	18
J Mellish	D Sadi	C Harper	C Harper

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Mellish DEF	2	6	1	10
D Sadi FWD	2	13	1	15
L Armstrong FWD	2	7		3
C Wyke FWD	2	3		6
S Lavelle DEF	2	3	1	2
D Adu-Adjei FWD	2	7	1	5
H Neal MID	1	3		3
B Barclay DEF	1	5	1	4
A Davies DEF	1	2	1	8
B Williams DEF		1		2
T Charters MID				1
G Kelly FWD		1
D McGeouch MID			1	1
J Ellis DEF				2
T Thomas DEF				3
J Jones FWD		4		4
C Guy MID				5
A Hayden DEF		2	1	2
H Biggins MID		1	1	7
J Vela MID		3		2
C Harper DEF		3	3	18
E Robson MID		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
921	41	104
S Lavelle	H Neal	J Mellish

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Lavelle DEF	921	25	102
J Mellish DEF	885	31	104
C Harper DEF	676	16	40
H Neal MID	661	41	85
T Thomas DEF	510	19	75
H Lewis GLK	485		5
B Barclay DEF	476	18	54
A Hayden DEF	460	14	60
H Biggins MID	429	12	58
D Sadi FWD	378	34	73
A Davies DEF	339	16	51
C Guy MID	292	9	25
J Vela MID	266	22	52
J Jones FWD	265	6	35
C Wyke FWD	198	9	74
G Breeze GLK	179	1	6
B Williams DEF	170	8	38
D McGeouch MID	160	5	8
L Armstrong FWD	125	13	61
D Adu-Adjei FWD	118	6	33
T Charters MID	90	2	7
J Ellis DEF	80	7	14
E Robson MID	51	3	7
J Robinson DEF	30	1	4
G Kelly FWD	17		12

English League Two match betting previews, predictions and odds

Fleetwood v Chesterfield

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00

AFC Wim v Swindon

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00

Colchester v Gillingham

Tranmere v Accrington

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00

Bromley v Swindon

Sun 29th Dec, 12:30

Carlisle v Accrington

Sun 29th Dec, 12:30

Fleetwood v Harrogate

Sun 29th Dec, 15:00

Colchester v Doncaster

Bradford v Chesterfield

Doncaster v Fleetwood

Wed 1st Jan, 15:00

Morecambe v Tranmere

Wed 1st Jan, 15:00

Chesterfield v MK Dons

Port Vale v Cheltenham

Colchester v Accrington

Sat 4th Jan, 15:00

Doncaster v Port Vale

Chesterfield v Gillingham

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

Tranmere have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 19th place in the League Two league table. Tranmere are unbeaten in 4 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 4 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Carlisle are in 23rd position in the League Two on 15 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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