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

The bottommost 2 teams successful League Two volition purpose to adjacent the relegation spread connected Thursday arsenic Carlisle United invited Morecambe to Brunton Park.

Over the weekend, the Cumbrians could lone negociate a 0-0 gully against Port Vale, though Morecambe were beaten 2-0 by Cheltenham Town, dropping them into dead-last, a constituent beneath Carlisle.

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For now, Carlisle are retired of the League Two basement, but they person plentifulness of enactment to bash if they are to stay successful this contention adjacent season.

Heading into matchday 21 of the home campaign, they are 4 points beneath the relegation line, having mislaid 5 consecutive matches successful this competition.

Mike Williamson's men person failed to find the backmost of the nett successful their past 2 league fixtures portion scoring the joint-fewest goals successful League Two this play alongside Tranmere Rovers (15).

Six of their 15 home points person travel astatine Brunton Park, though they person lone claimed 1 triumph astatine home, the second-fewest beneath Morecambe.

Poor starts person often led to their demise this season, with the Blues conceding archetypal successful 12 league fixtures frankincense far, 7 wrong the opening 10 minutes.

Carlisle person points successful 5 of their erstwhile six meetings with Morecambe and are riding an eight-match EFL unbeaten tally connected Boxing Day.

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The losses proceed to heap up successful Lancashire, with Morecambe having present suffered 4 successive defeats crossed each competitions.

Derek Adams' men are winless successful their past 5 competitory fixtures, portion failing to find the backmost of the nett connected 4 successive occasions.

They have, however, seen a drastic betterment successful distant results, claiming astatine slightest a constituent successful 3 of their erstwhile 4 League Two matches arsenic the visitors, 2 of which were victories.

That said, they person fto their stock of points gaffe away, dropping 8 from a winning presumption truthful acold this season, which could person them up to 19th successful the table.

Morecambe person won 5 of their erstwhile six EFL affairs against sides based successful Cumbria, conceding a specified 4 goals implicit that stretch.

At the aforesaid time, they person emerged victorious successful lone 1 of their erstwhile six league contests connected Boxing Day, with the past 1 coming distant from location versus Mansfield Town successful 2016 (1-0).

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Team News

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We saw 4 changes to the Carlisle starting 11 against the Valiants, arsenic Ben Barclay, Jack Ellis, Harrison Neal and Luke Armstrong replaced Dylan McGeouch, Tyler Burey, Josh Vela and Dan Adu-Adjei.

Gabriel Breeze stopped the 2 Port Vale efforts that helium faced connected Friday for his archetypal cleanable expanse since precocious November versus Doncaster Rovers (0-0 draw).

Last Saturday, Morecambe were missing Lee Angol, who is struggling to retrieve from a knock, portion Nathan Snowball was sent to Northern Premier League broadside Morpeth Town for a one-month enactment acquisition loan.

David Tutonda was among the 3 newcomers to their starting 11 versus Bromley, arsenic he, skipper Yann Songo'o and Marcus Dackers replaced Callum Jones, Jordan Slew and Hallam Hope.

Carlisle United imaginable starting lineup:
Breeze; Hayden, Lavelle, Barclay; Biggins, Harper, Neal, Mellish; Burey, Jones; Adu-Adjei

We say: Carlisle United 0-1 Morecambe

Despite their caller struggles, Morecambe person looked overmuch much cohesive and decisive distant from home, and we judge they tin frustrate a broadside that person been dismal successful beforehand of their supporters each season.

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