Carlisle United 2-3 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 23 February 2021

Result

Carlisle United 2-3 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Tuesday 23 February 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Carlisle United 2-3 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Carlisle United were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 2-3 in the League Two on Tuesday 23 February 2021. It was 2-2 at half-time.

J. Ogunfaolu-Kayode opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Carlisle United's goals came from J. Ogunfaolu-Kayode (3') and Nick Anderton (27'). Tranmere Rovers scored through K. Woolery (21'), James Vaughan (43') and James Vaughan (88').

Discipline: Carlisle United received no yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Carlisle United were 9th on 43 points from 25 and Tranmere Rovers 6th on 45 points from 28. Carlisle United went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Tranmere Rovers 7th with 74.

Carlisle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Vaughan of Tranmere Rovers (9.3), ahead of Nick Anderton (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Carlisle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Tranmere Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · J. Ogunfaolu-KayodeCarlisle United · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Paul LewisTranmere Rovers
  • 21'Goal · K. WooleryTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Nick AndertonCarlisle United · 2-1
  • 43'Goal · James VaughanTranmere Rovers · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · James VaughanTranmere Rovers · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Carlisle United 4, draws 2, Tranmere Rovers 4.

Team news

Carlisle United line-up (4-3-3)

Paul Farman, George Tanner, Rhys Bennett, Aaron Hayden, Nick Anderton, Joe Riley, Callum Anthony Guy, Jon Mellish, Gime Touré, Joshua Kayode, Omari Patrick

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Davies, Sid Nelson, Peter Clarke, George Ray, C. MacDonald, Paul Lewis, Jay Spearing, Liam Feeney, Kaiyne Woolery, James Vaughan, Danny Lloyd