Our prediction for this League 2 match:
Monday’s football game at Brunton Park pits together Carlisle United and Bradford City, the two teams who are level on points in the League Two standings. The Cumbrians aim to make amends for a 2-1 loss to Northampton, and you should know that they have suffered only one loss at home this season. Ben Barclay remains on the sidelines with injury, but Morgan Feeney is fully fit. Fin Back is yet another absentee in the home team.
Meanwhile, the Bantams head into the Boxing Day game following back-to-back losses to Northampton and Leyton Orient. Bradford are eager to climb to the playoffs berth, and seeing that they will go for a win as well, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the trip to Cumbria.
Highlighted Player (Tomas Holy):
Born in the town of Rychnov nad Kneznou, Czechoslovakia, Tomas Holy is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper for Ipswich Town in League One. The 27-year-old was born on the 10th of December, 1991, and joined FC Hradec Kralove's youth academy in 2006. After spending four years with them, he signed for Sparta Prague and started playing for its B team.
His first professional appearance for AC Sparta Prague B came on the 11th of June, 2011, in a 1-2 home loss against FK Varnsdorf. He went on to ply his trade-in Czech football for the next six years before moving to Gillingham in England on the 20th of January, 2017, on a two and a half year contract. Gillingham's manager praised the 2.06m tall goalkeeper's "large presence" and "ball-kicking ability," stating them as reasons behind his recruitment. In his time at Gillingham, Holy made 107 appearances and kept 25 clean sheets in all competitions.
On the 24th of May, 2019, Holy joined Ipswich on a free transfer and made an immediate impact. He kept six clean sheets in his first ten league games for Ipswich, including a run of five consecutive clean sheets, a club record. Internationally, Holy has capped at the under-16, under-17, and under-18 level for his country but is yet to receive a call up for the first team.