League One: Peterborough vs Carlisle – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Peterborough and Carlisle who meet up on Friday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Struggling Carlisle are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Peterborough on Friday at Weston Homes Stadium. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.

Ranked as number 4 in the League One standings, Peterborough, have so far collected 71 points this season, while Carlisle collected 24 points. This puts them up as number 24 after 39 rounds.

Team form: Peterborough vs Carlisle

Peterborough Form

Peterborough are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Burton by 1-3, before beating Stevenage by 3-1. The winning streak came to an end against Portsmouth, who ran out 0-1 winners. Peterborough won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the League One, while also drawing zero. They suffered three defeats, while they scored 13 and conceded nine goals.

Carlisle Form

In their previous three games, Carlisle lost 2-3 and 1-0 against Barnsley and Shrewsbury, respectively, before drawing 2-2 with Stevenage. Carlisle only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the League One. In these six matches they drew zero and lost five as well as being outscored by 11 goals to seven.

Betting stats and facts for Peterborough and Carlisle

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Peterborough and Carlisle played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Peterborough vs Carlisle

Daniel Butterworth shows decent form right now for Carlisle, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the League One. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Peterborough, who are strong favourites this coming Friday. Siding with Ephron Mason-Clark also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six League One matches.

Popular betting markets: Peterborough vs Carlisle

Full-time result

Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Peterborough won six times and lost four as well. Carlisle won one times, drew one and lost eight of their last 10 games away from home. Peterborough have beaten Carlisle in 4 consecutive home league meetings

Both teams to score

Peterborough scored the first goal in seven out of their last ten games. Carlisle scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Peterborough managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Carlisle kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Peterborough have scored in 9 consecutive league meetings with Carlisle.

Total goals

Peterborough saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.1 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Carlisle, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.1 times goals per game.

Suggested bet: Peterborough vs Carlisle

To summarize, the upcoming League One clash seems to be a good opportunity to place some bets. Taking into account the stats and facts for Peterborough vs Carlisle mentioned in this article, we are offering a free betting tip below.

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