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Fourth division Carlisle United Football Club wants to create the surprise on Wednesday in Brunton Park and move on to the fourth round of the FA Cup. The opponent is the second division Cardiff City. In the first meeting of the two clubs on Saturday a week and a half ago, the higher-class favorite from Wales did not make it past 2-2 at home and now has to serve in the replay.
Will the favorite prevail in the second duel? Or is there a big sensation? Before the duel Carlisle vs. Cardiff’s bookmakers’ odds speak a fairly clear language. The betting base also calculates with the second division team and bets Carlisle vs. Cardiff put her tip on an away win.
Carlisle:
The Carlisle United Football Club has been playing in Football League Two, the fourth-highest English football league, since the 2014/15 season. The Cumbrians achieved the best result in the 2016/17 season with 6th place.
This allowed you to play for promotion to League One, but failed in the first round at Exeter City. Otherwise, only placements in the midfield of the 3rd league came out for the “Blue Army”.
This season, coach Chris Beech’s team is even deep in the table cellar. After 26 games, the Cumbria football club is only 22nd, the third to last place. The lead over the first and only relegation place is still seven points. With 14 points (3S-5U-5N), the club is in 18th place in the home table. Eleven points (3S-2U-8N) abroad are only enough for 21st place in the away table.
In the last 13 competitive matches, it was only enough for two victories: in the FA Cup at home against league competitor Forest Green Rovers and in the league with 2-1 at Walsall. In the first two league games of the new year, the “Blue Army” remained without a point. A 4-1 at Crewe Alexandra was followed by a 0-3 at home against Plymouth Argyle. This result gives little hope that in the game Carlisle vs. Cardiff’s tip on the outsider could succeed again.
It wasn’t until the end of November 2019 that those responsible had dismissed coach Steven Pressley after the poor start to the season. But successor Chris Beech, who previously worked at Rochdale as an assistant coach, has so far been unable to bring about a real turnaround. The 0-3 on Saturday was now the first home bankruptcy for the new coach. United also conceded the first home goals in over seven hours of play.
The club is currently forced to rely heavily on young players from its own youth. First division Everton signed one of these young players for his U23 team a few days ago. 17-year-old defender Jarrad Branthwaite signed a 2 1/2 year contract with the Toffees, bringing Carlisle a transfer fee of £ 750,000. As a replacement, the Cumbrians signed Max Hunt from second division Derby County.
Cardiff:
Cardiff City has actually been a permanent member of the Championship, the second English league, since 2004. Only two seasons, 2013/14 and 2018/19, were an exception. Here the Welshmen were allowed to play in the Premier League.
But the adventure only lasted one season at a time and ended in immediate relegation. This also happened in the pre-season. As 18th in the table, the Bluebirds missed the relegation by one place and two counters.
At the beginning of the new second division season, the club continued to express its confidence in coach Neil Warnock, who has been with Cardiff since the 2016/17 season. The patience of those responsible was exhausted in mid-November. After the 16th matchday, the Welsh were only 14th in the second division. So Warnoch had to pack his things and was replaced by Neil Harris, who had previously trained Millwall.
With three wins and a draw, the Bluebirds started the Coach Harris era well. After that, there was only one win from the following eight competitive games. There were five draws during this period, two games were lost. On Sunday it was only 0-0 in the South Wales derby at home against Swansea City. The home side had been the better team in the first half and could have taken the lead.
Currently, the blue-whites are in twelfth place in the championship. With 26 home points (7S-5U-1N) City is the fourth best home team in the second division. Away from home, the Welsh people find it a little more difficult. Twelve counters (2S-6U-6N) are only enough for 16th place in the away table. This record on the opponent’s place certainly leaves doubts about the game Carlisle vs. Cardiff come up with a forecast of an away win.
Carlisle vs Cardiff head to head matches
04.01.20 FAC Cardiff Carlisle 2 : 2
16.03.01 LT Cardiff Carlisle 4 : 1
16.10.00 LT Carlisle Cardiff 2 : 2
26.03.99 LT Cardiff Carlisle 2 : 1
30.11.98 LT Carlisle Cardiff 0 : 1