DomainJava.com – Crewe vs Carlisle prediction in the EFL League Two match, Even though they are 16 places apart in the League Two standings, Crewe Alexandra and Carlisle United will face the matchday 24 match on Wednesday at Mornflake Stadium with a total of two wins in 14 matches.
The promotion-chasing side’s last win came in mid-December, while second-bottom Carlisle ended 2024 with a 2-1 win over Accrington Stanley to end a six-game winless run.
Despite Crewe’s victory in the final round of 2024 being slim, Lee Bell’s men retain their play-off position before hosting Carlisle on New Year’s Day, despite AFC Wimbledon, Chesterfield and Bradford, who are eighth, ninth and tenth respectively , two points behind the Railwaymen who are in sixth position.
Although the Alexs have lost just once since September — a 2-1 Boxing Day defeat at Cheltenham Town — winning just once since the November international break threatens to damage their promotion aspirations.
However, a packed table, which has Notts County in second place just one point ahead of Crewe, means winning once in seven games is not fatal for Bell’s side, who could climb into second place after their opening game of 2025.
While their performance did not fill fans with confidence, the hosts will be backing themselves to find form against opponents who have struggled since League One relegation.
Carlisle may have won their last game of 2024, but the second-from-bottom League Two team beating third-from-bottom Accrington does not suggest a turnaround is in the offing.
The Cumbrians had failed to score in three successive league games — defeats to Chesterfield (2-0) and Morecambe (1-0) and a draw at Port Vale (0-0) — before finding their shot through Kadeem Harris and Luke Armstrong .
The win was the Blues’ first since beating Salford City 1-0 at the start of November, although Mike Williamson will point to his side’s two defeats in seven games as little evidence that they are a tough side to beat.
Losing twice in seven games was an improvement after a miserable start following League One relegation that saw the Cumbrians suffer 10 defeats in their opening 14 games, with a poor start costing Paul Simpson his job at the end of August.
While wins have been few and far between under Williamson, success on January 1 could take them out of the bottom two if Accrington fail to beat fifth-placed Grimsby Town.
Although Jamie Knight-Lebel was booked for the fifth time in Crewe’s final game of 2024, the defender’s yellow card came after the 19-game deadline, leaving Bell with no player to miss out on New Year’s Day.
Jack Lankester has scored four goals and provided two assists in his previous six appearances for the hosts, making him the main threat for the Railwaymen, although joint-top scorer Shilow Tracey (five goals) could be decisive.
Jon Mellish, whose Boxing Day red card against Morecambe was overturned, was crucial to Carlisle’s success in avoiding relegation by scoring six points against Accrington, setting up Harris in a 2-1 win, and the defender should make his 20th start on 1 January.
League Two’s second-lowest scorer, with 17 goals, will be hoping top scorer Armstrong (three goals) to take over the responsibility after his recent winner on December 29.
Crewe vs Carlisle Player Predictions
Crewe : Marschall; Knight-Lebel, Demetriou, Williams; Cooney, Holicek, Sanders, Tabiner, Conway; Lankester, Tracey
Carlisle: Breeze; Hayden, Barclay, Mellish; Jones, Biggins, Harper, Armour; Harris, Adu-Adjei; Armstrong
SCORE PREDICTION Crewe vs Carlisle :2-1
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