Match Report
Lincoln City, 7th with 74 points, sat 44 points above Carlisle United (24th, 30). Carlisle United ranked 20th in the league on five-round form, well above their 24th table position. Per game in the league, Carlisle United were scoring 0.89 and conceding 1.76, Lincoln City 1.41 and 0.87, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Lincoln City arrived on a run of four straight wins. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Carlisle United against 13/15 for Lincoln City.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Carlisle United 1, draws 2, Lincoln City 3, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
The venue was Brunton Park in Carlisle, with room for 18,202 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Lincoln City led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-3.