Carlisle United are 9/2 to come out fighting with a sorely-needed win at Bristol Rovers today.
After seven straight League One defeats, those odds for a United victory are offered by Betfair.
With Carlisle now 1/250 for relegation, other bookies are offering relatively lengthy prices for a positive United result at the Memorial Stadium today.
Bet365 price a United win at 4/1 with Coral offering 17/4.
Mid-table Bristol Rovers are odds-on to deepen United's misery this afternoon.
Matt Taylor's Pirates are 7/10 for the points with BetMGM and 8/13 with BoyleSports.
The draw is 3/1.
Experienced frontman Chris Martin is 9/2 favourite to get the opening goal for the home side today.
Jevani Brown is 11/2, while for Carlisle, Luke Armstrong has the shortest first-scorer price of 9/1.
Other United odds for the opener include Jack Diamond at 12/1, Dan Butterworth 14/1 and Jordan Gibson at 18/1.
An opener from young Ukrainian forward Anton Dudik, meanwhile, is 12/1.
Longer shots in the Blues ranks include Harrison Neal at 33/1, Jon Mellish at 40/1 and Ben Barclay at 66/1.
Bristol Rovers chalked up a 1-0 win at Brunton Park in November and are 13/2 to repeat that scoreline today.
Carlisle's last win at Rovers' home ground came back in August 2008 when Danny Carlton (two) and Marc Bridge-Wilkinson fired John Ward's side to a 3-2 victory in League One.
A similar high-scoring win by the same scoreline this afternoon for the visitors is 50/1.
A 1-0 away win is 14/1, a 2-1 Carlisle triumph is 16/1 and a 1-1 draw is priced 13/2 - while a second consecutive 4-0 thrashing for the Blues is 28/1.
The home side to win by a margin of four or more goals is 13/1, while Carlisle are 9/2 to keep a clean sheet after a club record run of 26 league games without a shut-out.
Source: Oddschecker.
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