Carlisle vs Colchester Predictions

• Carlisle have drawn 4 of their last 6 league games.
• Carlisle have drawn 12 games in League Two this season.
• Colchester have drawn 13 games in League Two this season.
• Both teams have scored in 3 of the pairs’ last 6 meetings, two of which ended in 1-1 draws.

Carlisle and Colchester have drawn a lot of games this season

Carlisle won 2-1 away at Cambridge at the weekend while Colchester suffered a third defeat in four matches when they went down 2-0 in their own backyard to fellow promotion hopefuls Cheltenham, meaning the gap between Saturday’s opponents was slightly reduced to 16pts. Carlisle head into this weekends’ clash as the form favourites with one win, four draws, and one defeat from their last six matches, as Colchester have picked up two wins during that period and lost on four separate occasions.

We’ve backed Saturday’s match to end all square due top the above-mentioned form of both clubs heading into this weekend’s match and the fact that two of the pairs’ last four encounters have ended in stalemates. However, the ultimate stats that have lead to our prediction for a draw is the number of stalemates each side has played out already this season, with Carilse drawing twelve times and Colchester drawing on thirteen occasions.

Carlisle have been held to a draw in seven of their seventeen home games this season while Colchester have drawn eight of their eighteen away games in League Two. The hosts average 1.12 points per home game while the visitors average 1.28 points per away game, which suggests that the most likely result this weekend is a draw.

The hosts sit lower in the table but head into the match as the form favourites

Carlisle score an average of 0.88 goals per home game and concede 1.35 goals while Colchester score an average of 1.17 goals per away game and concede 1.11 goals, which is why we have backed a final scoreline of 1-1 between the pair on Saturday. 41% of Carlisle’s home matches and 44% of Colchester’s away trips have ended in stalemates this season, with under 2.5 goals being scored in 53% of the hosts home games and both teams scoring in 56% of the visitors’ matches on the road.

The hosts have only kept clean sheets in 29% of their home games and the visitors have only failed to score in 33% of their away trips, adding further weight to our prediction for a 1-1 draw this weekend. Exactly 2-goals have been scored in 18% of Carlisle’s home games and 17% of the visitors’ away trips this season, and we have backed another two to be scored on Saturday.

We’re confident that Saturday’s clash will end in a draw and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-1 between the two clubs. Carlisle have form in their favour as well as the home advantage but Colchester sit much higher up in the League Two table. Both teams have drawn a lot of games this season and we have predicted another stalemate between the pair this weekend.