Carlisle United v Barrow: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Carlisle United host Barrow in front of the live Sky Sports TV cameras on Saturday lunchtime as they set their sights on a first victory of the 2024/25 campaign.

Paul Simpson's side were hammered 4-1 by Gillingham in last weekend's League Two curtain-raiser before bowing out of the EFL Cup at the hands of Stoke City in midweek.

Barrow meanwhile, have won both of their fixtures over the last week, notching a narrow 1-0 league triumph over Crewe Alexandra before following that up with a 3-2 EFL Cup victory against Port Vale.

How to watch Carlisle United v Barrow and TV channel

Carlisle United v Barrow will be shown on Sky Sports+.

Carlisle United v Barrow kick-off time, date and venue

Carlisle United v Barrow is set to kick off at 12:30 (BST) on Saturday 17th August and will be played at Brunton Park in Carlisle.

Carlisle United v Barrow stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Carlisle United have gone 12 league matches without tasting defeat against Barrow and will be keen to extend that record yet further on Saturday.

The Cumbrians have won eight of those fixtures, including 5-1 and 1-0 successes last season, with the other four encounters ending all-square.

Barrow did however prevail in the Football League Trophy last term, a 2-0 home victory which represented their first triumph of any kind in this fixture since 1960.

Carlisle United v Barrow head-to-head record (H2H)

Carlisle United wins	27
Draws	18
Barrow wins	22

* H2H stats refer to all competitions

Carlisle United v Barrow team news

Carlisle United team news

The hosts should be boosted by the availability of frontman Georgie Kelly after he suffered an injury in Wednesday's cup loss against Stoke City.

The former Bohemians man has been ravaged by injuries since joining in January, but he is expected to be deemed fit enough to feature this weekend.

Barrow team news

The visitors have no fresh injury concerns following their midweek EFL Cup victory over Port Vale, but are still expected to make changes to the side after boss Pete Wild handed opportunities to a number of fringe players for the clash against the Valiants.