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Carlisle United v Salford City : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Saturday afternoon sees Mark Warburton’s Carlisle United and Karl Robinson’s Salford City go head to head in a League Two clash at the Brunton Park. Stats for our tip of both teams to score are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Changing the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds from leading bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.

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The last English League Two meeting between Carlisle and Salford was on Saturday 3rd May 2025
English League Two
May 3rd 2025
Carlisle 2
2 Salford
 
S. Wearne 16'36' C. Stockton
M. Dennis 17'62' H. Adelakun
 
CUT
SAL
Shots On
3
7
Shots Off
2
7
Corners
6
8
Possession
56%
44%
Fouls
8
9
Yellow/red cards
2/0
 
CarlisleSalford
 
G. Breeze
C. Harper
J. Ellis
A. Hayden
T. Thomas
S. Wearnefootball icon (B. Barclay 90')
C. Whelan (C. Guy 73')
S. Fusire (E. Embleton 62')
G. Kelly
M. Dennisfootball icon (J. Hugill 63')
K. Harris (P. Dummett 74')
M. Young
L. Shephard
(J. Austerfield 46') L. Garbutt
H. Mnoga
C. Tilt
(L. Warrington 25') O. Ashley
(C. McAleny 86') B. Woodburn
K. N’Mai
T. Fornah
football iconC. Stockton
football iconH. Adelakun

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Studying the KickOff match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant statistics, there's one market which catches the eye for this fixture: both teams to score. In Carlisle and Salford we have two sides going head-to-head that can both score and concede, and we expect them to prove that on Saturday afternoon. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.62.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 49% chance of Salford coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Carlisle
28%
15/4
10%
-
Draw
23%
16/5
17%
-
Salford
49%
8/13
10%
-
Draw 1-1
11%
7/1
14%
-
Salford 2-1
9%
15/2-
Salford 1-0
8%
17/2
36%
-
Salford 2-0
7%
17/2
12%
-
Carlisle 2-1
7%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
13%
-
Carlisle 1-0
6%
16/1
42%
-
Salford 3-1
6%
11/1
20%
-
Draw 0-0
5%
16/1
70%
-
Salford 3-0
4%
12/1
13%
-
Carlisle 2-0
4%
25/1
24%
-
Salford 3-2
4%
20/1
19%
-
Carlisle 3-1
3%
33/1-
Carlisle 3-2
3%
33/1
17%
-
Salford 4-1
3%
20/1
28%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
4/7
19%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
27/20
27%
-
Home 1st Goal
45%
7/4
5%
-
Away 1st Goal
52%
4/9
4%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
16/1
70%
-
BTTS - Yes
60%
8/13
11%
-
BTTS - No
40%
6/5
20%
-
BTTS - Home Win
16%
13/2
12%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
4/1
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
26%
2/1
25%
-
Home/draw
51%
6/5
13%
-
Away/draw
72%
2/11
2%
-
Home/away
77%
2/9
5%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
1/6
9%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
4/1
43%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
11/8
30%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
8/15
18%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
3/1
43%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
2/9
11%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
7/1
47%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/12
5%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/40
4%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
16/1
70%
-
Home DNB
44%
5/2
8%
-
Away DNB
65%
2/7
3%
-
Carlisle win to nil
12%
9/1
25%
-
Salford win to nil
23%
9/4
8%
-
Carlisle / Carlisle
11%
7/1
7%
-
Carlisle / Salford
4%
18/1
17%
-
Carlisle / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Carlisle
8%
9/1
11%
-
Draw / Salford
17%
15/4-
Draw / Draw
13%
6/1
27%
-
Salford / Carlisle
3%
33/1-
Salford / Salford
32%
6/4
13%
-
Salford / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Carlisle have played 45 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

43 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 23 games, drawn 11 and won 9. Carlisle have conceded 68 goals, scored 40, failed to score in 16 matches and kept 9 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Carlisle have played 22 games at home, winning 5, drawing 7 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 23 goals, conceded 33 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in home league games.

Salford lay in 7th place on 68 points in the League Two league table having played 45 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 33 games against teams below them in the table, winning 15, drawing 10 and losing 8 games. They have scored 49 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Salford have conceded 38 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Salford have played 22 away games, winning 8, drawing 9 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Carlisle
Salford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Doncaster462412102384 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
2
Port Vale462214101980 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
3
Bradford462212121978 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
4
Walsall462114112177 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
5
AFC Wim462013132173 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
6
Notts C462012141972 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
7
Chesterfield461913141970 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-4A
d
 
1-1A
8
Salford Away461815131069 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
-
-
9
Grimsby4620818-668 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
10
Colchester46161911567 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
11
Bromley46171514566 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
3-3A
w
 
2-3A
12
Swindon46151714862 
l
 
1-5A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
13
Crewe46151714162 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
14
Fleetwood46151516060 
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
15
Cheltenham46161218-1060 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-2F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
16
Barrow46151417259 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1A
17
Gillingham46141616-558 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-1A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
18
Harrogate46141121-1853 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
19
MK Dons46141022-1452 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
20
Tranmere46121519-2051 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
21
Accrington46121420-1650 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
22
Newport46131023-2449 
w
 
3-2A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
23
Carlisle Home46101224-2742 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
24
Morecambe4610630-3236 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
6
Salford have not lost in 6 consecutive away league games
Carlisle 23RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Carlisle3 - 2Port Vale
Carlisle3 - 2Newport
Carlisle2 - 2MK Dons
Carlisle2 - 1Bromley
Carlisle1 - 2AFC Wim
Carlisle1 - 1Walsall
Carlisle0 - 0Gillingham
Carlisle0 - 0Colchester
Carlisle1 - 5Swindon
Carlisle0 - 1Bradford
Carlisle2 - 1Accrington
Carlisle0 - 1Morecambe
Carlisle0 - 2Chesterfield
Carlisle1 - 1Crewe
Carlisle0 - 0Doncaster
Carlisle0 - 1Cheltenham
Carlisle1 - 1Harrogate
Carlisle0 - 2Notts C
Carlisle2 - 3Grimsby
Carlisle2 - 3Fleetwood
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACarlisle2 - 3Cheltenham
ACarlisle1 - 1Accrington
HCarlisle3 - 2Port Vale
ACarlisle2 - 0Morecambe
HCarlisle3 - 2Newport
ACarlisle1 - 2Chesterfield
ACarlisle0 - 3Doncaster
HCarlisle2 - 2MK Dons
HCarlisle2 - 1Bromley
HCarlisle1 - 2AFC Wim
ACarlisle0 - 1Harrogate
HCarlisle1 - 1Walsall
ACarlisle1 - 0Barrow
HCarlisle0 - 0Gillingham
HCarlisle0 - 0Colchester
ACarlisle0 - 1Newport
ACarlisle1 - 2Grimsby
HCarlisle1 - 5Swindon
ACarlisle0 - 1Notts C
ACarlisle2 - 1Fleetwood
Salford 8TH
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Morecambe1 - 3Salford
Notts C1 - 3Salford
Barrow1 - 1Salford
Bromley2 - 3Salford
Grimsby0 - 1Salford
Swindon2 - 2Salford
Port Vale2 - 1Salford
AFC Wim1 - 0Salford
Walsall2 - 2Salford
Cheltenham2 - 1Salford
MK Dons0 - 1Salford
Harrogate0 - 2Salford
Accrington0 - 2Salford
Gillingham1 - 0Salford
Doncaster1 - 1Salford
Fleetwood2 - 2Salford
Colchester1 - 2Salford
Crewe1 - 1Salford
Newport3 - 1Salford
Tranmere0 - 0Salford
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSalford4 - 1Colchester
ASalford3 - 1Morecambe
HSalford1 - 2Accrington
HSalford1 - 1Doncaster
ASalford3 - 1Notts C
HSalford2 - 2Gillingham
ASalford1 - 1Barrow
ASalford3 - 2Bromley
ASalford1 - 0Grimsby
HSalford0 - 4Chesterfield
HSalford1 - 1Crewe
ASalford2 - 2Swindon
HSalford1 - 2Bradford
ASalford1 - 2Port Vale
ASalford0 - 1AFC Wim
HSalford2 - 0Tranmere
HSalford3 - 3Bromley
ASalford2 - 2Walsall
HSalford1 - 1Newport
ASalford1 - 2Cheltenham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Carlisle since 2019
Carlisle
Salford
Goals: Scored
8
7
Games: Scored
4 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
0 / 4
CUT
2
D
1
SAL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Carlisle
2 - 3Salford
Carlisle2 - 1
Carlisle2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Salford since 2021
Salford
Carlisle
Goals: Scored
4
7
Games: Scored
3 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
1 / 4
CUT
2
D
1
SAL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Salford
0 - 1Carlisle
1 - 4Carlisle
Salford2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Salford City have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 9 consecutive League Two matches. Their PG of 1.8 against Carlisle United on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Carlisle 23rd Salford 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 73% probability that Carlisle will score 1 or more goals
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Salford will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Carlisle have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
+30
Salford have scored 30% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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PG (predicted goals)
0
0
Attack rating
%
better
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
%
Defence rating
%
better
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
%

Carlisle v Salford League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Carlisle League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
326311
G BreezeM DennisJ EllisA Hayden
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Breeze GLK32
7
-
J Ellis DEF1913
4
-
A Hayden DEF2231
11
-
T Thomas DEF311
5
-
C Harper DEF363
7
-
S Fusire MID142
1
-
C Whelan MID2321
3
-
K Harris MID3032
2
-
S Wearne MID1823
1
-
G Kelly FWD1651
3
-
M Dennis FWD1461
4
1
Subs
H Lewis GLK12
-
B Barclay DEF2011
8
-
P Dummett DEF3
-
C Guy MID20
1
-
S. Hetherington MID
-
E Embleton MID183
3
1
J Hugill FWD172
3
-
Salford League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3915616
L GarbuttC StocktonB WoodburnO Ashley
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M. Young GLK20
2
-
L Shephard DEF2211
2
-
C Tilt DEF361
12
3
L Garbutt DEF4033
11
-
H Mnoga MID3914
13
-
O Ashley MID3215
16
-
T Fornah MID3914
10
2
H Adelakun MID30133
1
1
B Woodburn FWD3236
9
-
C Stockton FWD37153
4
-
K N'Mai FWD3195
12
-
Subs
J Jones GLK25
1
-
R Watson MID18
1
-
M Lund MID3642
9
-
J Taylor  MID2711
4
-
L Warrington MID161
4
-
J Austerfield MID20
3
-
C McAleny FWD2612
2
-
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