Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Fleetwood Town (14th, 60 pts) held an 18-point advantage over Carlisle United (23rd, 42 pts). On the form table Carlisle United stood 6th over the last five rounds, despite being 23rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Fleetwood Town 1.3 scored and 1.3 conceded per game, Carlisle United 0.96 and 1.54, with the league averaging 1.25.
Carlisle United had lost three in a row. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Fleetwood Town against 3/15 for Carlisle United.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Fleetwood Town, 2 draws and 2 for Carlisle United, at 3.14 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 14% of the wins in this fixture. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood, capacity 5,327, hosted the game. Carlisle United led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Fleetwood Town: Ronan Liam Coughlin (70') · Carlisle United: Samuel Lavelle (85'), Cedwyn Scott (19')