There is nothing much splitting these two as they go into a clash at Brunton Park on the weekend. Carlisle sits one place and one point ahead of Yeovil down in the bottom half of the table. There hasn’t been a great deal of consistency around from either this season, but the Cumbrians have at least put together a four-match unbeaten streak of form. Will Yeovil be able to handle themselves out on the road against them? Carlisle are 8/11 odds-on on to win this leaving Yeovil at a hefty 13/4 price.
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Carlisle FC
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Carlisle would have been hoping for so much more this season after making the play offs last season. It’s been hugely did painting stuff from them and they only have a W1 D4 L3 record on home soil this season and are winless in their last six there. The Cumbrians produced a fantastic attack last season and a poor defence. This go around, their attack hasn’t been able to make up for defensive liabilities. Carlisle have drawn each of their three games, conceding six goals in the process. Only in two of their eight home games have they managed to score more than one goal in a game. Just 38% of their home games have gone over 2.5 goals.
Yeovil Form
The Glovers shouldn’t fear a side who have won just once at home this season. They may not fear them, but may not have enough to beat them. That is because their away form for the season is miserable at just W1 D1 L6. Granted the four points in that sequence have happened in their last four away games. But overall it has been a rough run from them and they have conceded an average of 2.88 per goals away from home. Three of their four defeats in the league this season have been by a bigger margin than one goal. The Glovers have the third worst defensive record in League Two at the moment.
Head to Head News
Carlisle have gone W2 D2 in their last four home games against the Glovers. They won home and away against Yeovil in last season’s League Two and they are unbeaten in their last ten games against them in all competitions (W6 D4). That’s pretty positive current head to head form. Incidentally, seven of the last ten meetings have gone over 2.5 goals.
Top Betting Tips
Carlisle look the way to go with this one. Yeovil haven’t done enough away from home to suggest that they can beat a poor home side. It is worth backing both teams to score in this one but the Cumbrians should have enough on home soil to bag a much needed three points.