In the National League game on 26 September 2026, Woking beat Carlisle 2:5. Match numbers: shots on target 5:12, corners 7:5.
Match report
Woking ran through Carlisle United 5-2 at Brunton Park on Saturday afternoon in the National League's tenth round of fixtures. The visitors took control early and never looked back, finishing with three penalty goals to spare. By then, what should have been a routine contest had already settled into a different pattern entirely.
S. Ogie opened the scoring in the seventh minute, and C. Okoli's own goal nine minutes later put Woking ahead. Carlisle pushed forward, and M. Ward pulled one back before half-time, but the visitors answered through J. Marquis in the fifty-sixth minute. And here's the thing — the match really turned when Marquis stepped up for two penalties, converting both in the sixty-ninth and eighty-first minutes.
R. Linney added the fifth in the eighty-third minute, and Carlisle had no answer. The hosts dominated possession but lacked the final pass, while Woking made their chances count. M. Ward was substituted in the sixty-fifth minute after picking up a yellow, and the visitors brought on J. Marquis in stoppage time to close the book. The captain dragged them through it when it mattered.
Both teams registered fifty percent possession, but the shot tally tells a different story. Carlisle managed five shots on target from twelve attempts, while Woking hit the mark twelve times from fourteen. The visitors had fewer corners but were far more efficient, and that is what separates a good performance from a decisive one.
The result lifts Woking to sixteenth place on twelve points, while Carlisle remain nineteenth with ten. We had backed the hosts at forty-nine percent confidence before kick-off, but the match broke on the away side's efficiency. Three goals from three attempts at the spot, and Carlisle's defence simply could not hold the line.
HT⚽7' S. Ogie — Goal⚽9' C. Okoli — Own goal🟨38' M. Azeez — Yellow card⚽47' M. Ward — Goal🟨54' M. Ward — Yellow card⇄54' D. Ajiboye — Substitution⇄55' S. Wearne — Substitution⚽56' J. Marquis — Goal⇄64' R. Galvin — Substitution⇄65' M. Ward — Substitution🟨69' A. Desbois — Yellow card⚽69' J. Marquis — Penalty⇄73' M. Azeez — Substitution⇄74' A. O'Brien — Substitution⇄74' L. Dulson — Substitution⇄75' T. Jenks — Substitution🟨79' C. Harper — Yellow card⚽81' J. Marquis — Penalty⚽83' R. Linney — Goal🟨88' S. Ogie — Yellow card🟨90' R. Linney — Yellow card🟨90+2' C. Okoli — Yellow card⇄90+3' J. Marquis — Substitution
