On Saturday, Mark Hughes takes his Carlisle United side to Moss Lane to take on Phil Parkinson’s Altrincham.
Altrincham will be looking to bounce back from their 3-1 defeat to Boreham Wood last time out meanwhile Carlisle will be looking to build on their three wins in a two and their 2-0 win over Aldershot last time out.
How Have Both Teams Been Performing?
Altrincham’s last five games have been a lot like their start to the season, it’s been a mixed bag from them but in their last five games they’ve won three and lost two of those.
Phil Parkinson’s side is currently in 11th place in the table with 12 points from their first 9 games.
The Cumbrians’ last five games have consisted of four wins and four cleans sheets but their only defeat came in this run which was a 2-1 defeat to struggling Sutton United.
Mark Hughes’ side are current in 3rd place in the National League with 20 points from their first 9 games.
Players To Watch
The first Altrincham player to watch is forward Jimmy Knowles, the 24-year-old has scored goals for Boston and Accrington before his move to Altrincham. Knowles has 4 goals and 2 assists so far this season.
Knowles’ eye for goal and ability to know where to be in the box is second to none and that shows in his statistics so far this season. Carlisle defence will have to be on top of their game to keep him quiet.
The second Altrincham player to watch is Kahrel Reddin, the tricky winger came through the Aston Villa academy before moving to Stoke and has now found a home at Altrincham. His pace and trickery could give the Carlisle United defence some serious problems.
Reddin has 2 goals and 1 assist so far this season and at 21-years-old he is still learning the game and his final ball will improve.
The first Carlisle player to watch is going to be Regan Linney, the former Altrincham man retiring to his old ground with 8 goals to his name already this season.
His direct running, trickery to beat a full back and ability to find the back of the net is second to none in the National League and he will be looking to get one over on his old team here.
The second Carlisle player to watch is going to be Luke Armstrong. His running and work rate off the ball, his ability to stretch defences with intelligent runs and his ability to find the back of the net means between him and Linney the Altrincham defenders will be worried in this one.
Armstrong has 4 goals and 2 assists to his name so far this season and with the team creating the amount chances they are you can’t help but think he’ll be getting a lot more this season.
My Predicted Carlisle United Starting Eleven
Breeze, Davies, Thomas, Mugabi, Harper, Ellis, Gilliead, Wearne, Luamba, Linney, Armstrong.
A pretty simple prediction this week, unless there are any injuries I don’t see why Hughes would want to change anything, don’t change a winning team with momentum.
I do think the right wing is a position up for grabs between Luamba and Ajiboye but bother have been very inconsistent so far this season, if there was to be a change I would say it would be there.
My Score Prediction
Altrincham 1-2 Carlisle United
Altrincham are a mixed bag and have only lost once at home so far this season so it will be a tough place to go against a team that will test the defence but I think Carlisle are building some momentum off the back of three straight wins and three straight clean sheets so they will just edge it in a hard fought game.
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