Carlisle United v Lincoln City (a): Team News From Brunton Park

The Imps take on Carlisle United at Brunton Park in League One this afternoon. This match will be refereed by Sebastian Stockbridge. The kick-off is at 15:00, and team news will be provided below once we have it. Refresh the page at 14:00 for team news from both sides and have a go at our quiz about the last time Carlisle United hosted The Imps while you wait: QUIZ HERE! (quiz link open in new tab).

Get involved on the forum: Match Thread: Carlisle United v Lincoln City

Carlisle United XI: 40. Lewis, 18. Ellis, 3. Armer, 26. Barclay, 5. Lavelle (c), 33. Neal, 7. Gibson, 22. Mellish, 19. Robinson, 35. Armstrong, 11. Butterworth.

Substitutes: 13. Breeze (GK), 32. Emmanuel, 34. Gregan, 10. McCalmont, 27. Diamond, 9. Kelly, 24. Maguire.

Lincoln City XI: 12. Wright, 23. Roughan, 15. O’Connor (c), 25. Mitchell, 2. Sørensen, 7. Hackett-Fairchild, 28. Moylan, 10. Bishop, 6. Erhahon, 18. House, 9. Taylor.

Substitutes: 22. Eyoma, 5. Jackson, 16. Burroughs, 34. Draper, 17. Duffy, 27. Makama.

Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge.
Assistant Referee: Graeme Fyvie.
Assistant Referee: Simon Clayton.
Fourth Official: Conor Brown.

Pre-match views from the Match Thread:

clanfordimp: “They are 13 points from safety so are probably down, just unfortunate that they have just had a couple of decent results against Stevenage and Peterborough but prior to that they had lost their previous 12 out of 13 games!

A win isn’t imperative but we are playing a team bottom of the league and with Oxford at home to Fleetwood and Stevenage having a slightly trickier trip to Charlton we really could do with the 3 points to keep the pressure up on those two.

Should have that bit better balance to the team today and if we show half the form of the Barnsley, Cambridge and Bristol games we should come away with a victory.

That’s the theory.”

hulloutpost: “It’s not as important as not losing to Oxford but looking at our fixtures and the run-ins of our competitors, I would personally say that a win rather than a draw is extremely important today.

A defeat would be highly damaging and at this stage of the season as games run out clubs are playing roulette – two bad results and you’re a ‘gonna’ (sic).”

gijsbert_bos: “They are down and only playing for pride and to get a bit of momentum for next season. Seems they’ve enjoyed causing a couple of upsets to promotion contenders the last couple of games, but if we play the way we can now that Erhahon is back, we should have too much for them.”

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