Our prediction for this League 1 match:
Peterborough
Match Time & Date:
29/03/2024
16:00
Prediction: 3-0
Carlisle
Friday’s football game at Weston Homes Stadium pits together Peterborough United and Carlisle United, the two teams who sit in the opposite halves of the table. The Posh aim to keep their automatic promotion hopes alive and they are likely to go all guns blazing at the Cumbrians. All Will Blackmore, Jeando Fuchs and Jacob Wakeling are out of contention with injuries, while Hector Kypianou serves the second of his two-game ban.
The visitors, on the other hand, are stuck at the bottom of the table with only 24 points on their account. As Carlisle United have slim survival chances, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise. As for the away team, Sean Grehan is back from international duty, while Josh Vela remains on the sidelines with a long-term injury. In their last meeting at the venue in the League One Peterborough crushed Carlisle 4-1.
Highlighted Player (Jonson Clarke Harris):
The Leicester born striker started his career at Coventry City, joining their youth academy at the age of 15. Harris, who holds both the English and Jamaican citizenship, chose to represent the former but is yet to feature for any of England's international levels. He made his first professional debut on the 10th of August 2010, in a 2-0 League Cup loss to Morecambe, a feature that made him the youngest player to ever appear for Coventry.
After successive loan moves where he made little impact, Harris left the Sky Blues to join Oldham Athletic in May 2013 on a year-long contract. His excellence earned him the Young Player of the Season award and a high profile move to Rotherham United at the end of the season in a deal worth 350,000 euros. After several inconsistent performances, Harris left the Millers.
He then went on to play for MK Dons and Doncaster on loan before re-joining Coventry for a second spell where-in he helped the club in promoting to League One. Born on the 21st of July 1994, the 25-year-old is known for his physicality and hold-up play and currently plies his trade for Bristol, whom he joined at the start of 2019.
Highlighted Team (Carlisle):
Founded in May 1904, Carlisle United are a professional football club that have one of the biggest stadiums in the League 2. Brunton Park is the club’s home ground, and it can hold up to 18,202 spectators. When playing at Brunton Park Carlisle United footballers wear blue shirts and blue shorts, while their away kit is sky blue.
The Cumbrians maintain a rivalry with Workington And Barrow, but it has to be noted that the two clubs have not met in the Football League since the 1970s. Carlisle United won their first Football League Trophy in the 1996/97 season, with the team beating Colchester United 4-3 on penalties.
The Cumbrians repeated the success 14 years later (2010/11) as they defeated Brentford 1-0, thanks to Peter Michael Murphy’s goal. Carlisle United recorded their biggest win against Hartlepool United (8-0) on September 1, 1928, with the team suffering their heaviest defeat to Hull City (1-11) on January 14, 1939.
