Since hiring Michael Carrick, as many as 16 points have been collected from eight matches from the former Manchester United and England midfielder, his fifth win coming by a 4-1 scoreline over Wigan Athletic on Boxing Day. The one negative of Carrick's reign is a lack of clean sheets, with just one shutout coming at Blackpool during the early stages of his reign. Although at least three goals have been scored in each of the visitors' last three games, I expect Thursday's match to be a close affair due to the nature of the encounters between these two teams. Eight of the last nine encounters between these two teams have seen less than 2.5 goals scored.



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自从聘请迈克尔·卡里克以来，这位前曼联和英格兰中场在8场比赛中获得了16分，他的第五场胜利是在节礼日以4-1的比分击败维冈竞技。卡里克执教期间唯一的缺点就是没有零封对手，在他执教的早期，只有一次在布莱克浦被对手零封。尽管客队在过去的三场比赛中每场都至少打入3球，但我预计周四的比赛将是一场势均力敌的比赛，因为这两支球队之间的交锋性质不同。这两支球队最近9次交锋中，有8次进球数少于2.5球。