Preview: Carlisle United vs. MK Dons - prediction, team news, lineups

Carlisle United quadrate disconnected against MK Dons connected Saturday day looking for the triumph that would determination them disconnected the bottommost of the League Two table.

Meanwhile, MK Dons marque the agelong travel North requiring a triumph to stay wrong touching region of the playoff positions.

Match preview

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When being appointed arsenic Carlisle brag successful September, Mike Williamson would person been alert of the task successful manus arsenic helium bid to support the nine successful the 4th tier arsenic a bare minimum.

However, the erstwhile defender would not person expected to grounds conscionable 4 wins from his archetypal 21 matches successful charge, 11 of those games ending successful defeat.

To his and his team's credit, conscionable 4 losses person travel from the astir caller 10 league outings, ne'er going down by much than a two-goal margin.

Nevertheless, past weekend's 1-0 reverse astatine Tranmere Rovers has near Carlisle sitting six points adrift of information courtesy of the caller results of the 4 teams supra the relegation zone.

Although conscionable 2 victories person been recorded successful 12 league fixtures astatine Brunton Park this campaign, they did flooded Accrington Stanley implicit the Christmas and New Year period.

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Williamson is facing his erstwhile nine MK Dons for the archetypal clip since his determination and helium volition beryllium softly assured of earning thing from the game.

MK Dons person collected conscionable 4 points from their past six matches successful League Two, the astir caller of 4 defeats coming by a 1-0 scoreline astatine location to Salford City.

Positives volition beryllium taken from that contest, portion Scott Lindsey volition not over-react with 4 points coming from the erstwhile 2 encounters with Crewe Alexandra and Chesterfield respectively.

Furthermore, MK Dons person recorded 4 victories from their past 5 distant contests successful this division, albeit the decision that they suffered to Newport County seeing them concede six times.

Carlisle United League Two form:

MK Dons League Two form:

Team News

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Harrison Neal and Daniel Adu-Adjei are some pushing for recalls to the Carlisle XI.

With Callum Whelan having precocious been signed from Gateshead and slotted into the motor country past clip out, Harrison Biggins is astatine hazard of losing his place.

Meanwhile, Scott Hogan whitethorn beryllium recalled to the MK Dons onslaught successful spot of Ellis Harrison, with some forwards having lone netted 3 times successful the league this season.

The remainder of the squad could enactment the aforesaid unless Tom Carroll is drafted backmost into the midfield.

Carlisle United imaginable starting lineup:
Breeze; Hayden, Lavelle, Mellish; Sadi, Neal, Whelan, Harper; Embleton, Harris; Armstrong

We say: Carlisle United 1-2 MK Dons

Given MK Dons' mediocre tally of form, Carlisle volition beryllium optimistic of earning astatine slightest a stock of the spoils. However, we consciousness that the visitors volition bash capable to scrape maximum points here, adjacent if it is successful a warfare of attrition.

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