Carlisle United must upset the odds if they are to chalk up a first win at Blackpool since 1987 today.

The Blues are as long as 6/1 with bookmakers to get the better of Neil Critchley's side at Bloomfield Road.

Not since a Sherpa Van Trophy 1-0 win some 36 years ago have United come out on top at Blackpool's ground.

Nine visits later, they are 6/1 with Coral and Betfair, and 11/2 with BoyleSports for the points.

The eighth-placed home side are odds-on to see off Paul Simpson's side as the Blues boss returns to his former club.

A Blackpool win is 1/2 with Bet365 and 4/9 with BetFred.

The draw is 10/3.

Experienced goalscorer Jordan Rhodes has 11 goals to his name already this season and the Blackpool frontman is 4/1 favourite to find the net first today.

Luke Plange, Carlisle's scorer in their 5-1 defeat at Reading, is 12/1 to strike first this afternoon for the Cumbrians.

Jordan Gibson, Carlisle's top scorer, is 20/1 while Blackpool-born Sam Lavelle is 50/1.

Other Blackpool first scorer prices include Jake Beesley at 11/2 and ex-Celtic man Karamoko Dembele at 10/1.

Carlisle are 16/1 to pick up a 1-0 victory beside the seaside, while a similar result in the Tangerines' favour is 6/1.

A 2-2 draw, the result on the last meeting at Bloomfield Road back in 2016, is priced 18/1.

A 2-1 Blues win - the score when United last won a league game at the ground back in 1986 thanks to a Malcolm Poskett double - is 20/1.

Source: Oddschecker.