CARLISLE United were condemned to their third game without a win by Northampton Town on Tuesday night.

Here are all the WhoScored stats from the Blues' away-day defeat.

Jon Brady's Northampton secured a comeback victory at Sixfields against the Blues after two goals in three minutes from the Cobblers cancelled out Jack Armer's opener.

In the dying embers of the game Tobi Sho-Silva thought he had rescued Carlisle a point but his goal was ruled out for offside.

When the stats are analysed, the Blues' shortcomings become apparent.

In the first-half, Paul Simpson's side struggled to get themselves into the game, with hosts pressing for an opener.

In this first 45 minutes, Northampton recorded 5 shots to Carlisle's 1, with League Two's joint top-scorer Sam Hoskins looking to bag his 14th of the season.

The Cobblers also dominated possession, seeing 62.2% of the ball.

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Paul Simpson's side were restricted to just 38.8% possesssion in this first-half and found it difficult to use the ball when they had it.

In the limited periods when the Blues saw the ball, they had a pass success rate of 46%, which compared to the hosts' 66%, shows that Simmo's side struggled to get going in the encounter and use the ball when they had it.

Whilst struggling to get into the game, Carlisle's defence ensured that the Blues remained in the contest, with the United back-five, winning 11 defensive aerial duels and 6 successful tackles. 

After half-time, a flurry from Paul Simpson's side saw them take the lead through Jack Armer as a penalty box melee. 

However, after this opener from the visitors, defence errors cost the blues with Sam Sherring equalsing from a corner and Louis Appere capitalising on an attempted pass back to Carlisle keeper Tomas Holy.

After losing their lead and subsequently going behind in the space of three minutes. Carlisle began to grow into the game.

Between Louis Appere's eventual winner and the full-time whistle, the Blues had more possession, a higher pass success rate and more corners than the Cobblers. 

However, Paul Simpson's side were unable to break down a stubborn Northampton defence.

In the end, Carlisle's slow start to the game and defence errors after taking the lead proved to be the difference against Jon Brady's side.

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