The Cumbrians have continued in their resilient kind of fashion with only the one defeat having been suffered in their last nine League Two fixtures. So they are really hard to knock off and that means that Port Vale are going to be in for a difficult afternoon in Cumbria.
Football League Two – Carlisle v Coventry – Brunton Park, City of Carlisle – Saturday 30th December – 15:00 UK Time
|
Draw Best Odd of: 27/11 at Unibet |
|
Carlisle FC
Coventry CityCarlisle Form
Carlisle have produced just the two home victories in the division this season with a W2 D5 L3 record and they are unbeaten in their last four at Bruton Park (D1 D3). They have collected five draws in their last eight league games in total and in that sequence, the two wins that they did pick up were both with a clean sheet as well. Six of their seven league victories so far this term have all been with a clean sheet so they generally are worth a flutter to win to nil. The Cumbrians have returned goals at a rate of 1.5 per game on home soil so far and just 40% of their home fixtures have gone over 2.5 goals. They have opened the scoring in six of their ten home games but they have conceded at least one goal in 80% of their home fixtures.
Coventry Form
The Valiants have been much better with their form since mid-October and they took a 2-0 home win over Cambridge last weekend to improve further. They have gone W2 D1 L1 in their last four away games and did have the distraction of an FA Cup replay in midweek which may work against them. They have only averaged a goal per game on their travels and just 30% of their away games have gone over 2.5 goals. So this has every indication that it is going to be a low scoring affair. Overall out on their travels this season in League Two the Valiants have lost half of their matches. They currently have just three teams in the league who have scored fewer goals than they have managed this season and they have collected just the two away clean sheets so far.
Head to Head News
The last time that these two contested a match was in the FA Cup last year with Carlisle taking a 2-1 home win over the Valiants. The last time that they were together in the league was in the 2013/14 League One season with Port Vale taking wins in both of those matches. Subsequently, the Valiants have lost just one of their last last six games aginast the Cumbrians.
Carlisle v Coventry – Betting Odds & Predicitions
Port Vale have only lost one of their last four out on the road so they have been improving as of late but the Valiants go as 23/10 underdogs for the game, with Carlisle in at 6/5 odds against.
Top Betting Tips Carlisle v Coventry
With the extra midweek exertion that Port Vale had to go through in the FA Cup then that should tip advantage to the home side, and Carlisle can just nick this one on home soil. Look for a low scoring battle here though, but a home win.