🚨🚨| 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎: Michael Oliver will be on VAR for the premier league match between Liverpool and Brighton on sunday.

All the whinging glass half-fulls are out again. Picking holes where they can. Have a night off from being a twitter football manager. We won 6-3 away. That's it really. Goodnight Reds. #LFC #YNWA

ℹ️//TODAY//FIXTURE//NL1 @BirtleyTFC v @CarlisleCityFC Comp: Northern League Division One Venue: The Arrowmark Home Improvements Stadium, DH3 2QW Kick Off: 7:45pm Birtley Town 5th | WDWWWW - They are unbeaten in five in league action, winning four, after a 4-0 home victory over Newcastle Blue Star last Friday night. Goals from Charlie Aitken(2), Owen Lancaster & Regan Paterson gave them the points as Alfie Gordon claimed his third league clean sheet of the season. Paterson has scored in successive games, after netting in the Hoops’ Durham Challenge Cup win. Three league wins on the bounce - their longest winning run of the season in league action. At home in league action they have won 6/9 games, with three defeats completing their currently draw-less NL1 record at the Arrowmark. They are one of only five Division One sides yet to record a home league draw. Easington Colliery, North Shields, Thornaby & Penrith are the others. They have the lowest average time for goals scored - 37.3 minutes 71.4% of their league goals have come in the first half, with the last fifteen minutes of the half the most fruitful with twelve goals (34.3%). Carlisle City 15th | WLDDLW - Claimed Cumbrian bragging rights with a 4-2 win at Penrith in the Vase on Saturday. Goals from Rob McCartney, Kelvin James & Callum Birdsall(2) set up a Second Round tie away at Division One peers Shildon. McCartney has now scored in all three of City’s Vase ties this season. They return to league action winless in their last four league games; their last league outing was a 2-0 home loss to Horden CW. They have won 1/6 league games on the road, with two draws and three losses rounding out their current NL1 away record. They have only scored two of their 22 league goals inside the first half an hour. ⏪THIS SEASON// No previous league meeting this season. 🔙LAST SEASON// A Jordan Palmer goal midway through the second half was enough to give City a 1-0 win in the corresponding league fixture between the sides last season. Palmer’s decisive goal came on 68 minutes at the Arrowmark. 🔮OUR PREDICTION// Birtley's excellent recent form, good home record and fast-starting attack make them clear favourites under the lights. City arrive buoyed by Vase success, but their league form and away record have been far less convincing. With the hosts scoring heavily before half-time and City often taking time to get going, the game could be decided early. Hoops 3-1 City Comments, Likes & Reposts are very much appreciated. If you really like our work you could buy us a ko-fi, link in bio! ⚽️