At half-time in the League One play-off semi-final the Cumbrians hold a 2-1 advantage, but, whilst not a scoreline Leeds United players or fans would have preferred, there are several good reasons to be optimistic about the Whites emerging victorious at Brunton Park later this week:
- Leeds have already proven themselves to be better than their opponents after accumulating 91 points to Carlisle's 80 over 46 league games
- Leeds won more than half of their away fixtures during the season, a record matched only by champions Swansea City
- Leeds scored 8 goals more than their opponents, and conceded 8 goals fewer, finishing the season with a 16 goal advantage
- Leeds are the best supported team in the whole of the Football League, with an average attendance of 25,720. Carlisle managed just 7,835 and were unable to sell their full allocation of tickets for the Elland Road game, bringing only 1,008 supporters
- Leeds have won 6 out of the last 8 games, Carlisle have won just 2 in the same period
- Leeds managed to score in 87% of their fixtures, the best record in the division
- Leeds forward Dougie Freedman has hit 3 goals in 2 games against Carlisle, finding the net on average every 60 minutes against them. Thursday's game could last 120 minutes...do the maths!
Marching on Together...we're gonna see you WIN!
