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The Blues face a mammoth trip to Dorset this weekend, having come away from the south coast resort with little in previous meetings, managing to conjure up just two wins from the previous eight games at Dean Court.
One of those two victories was the most recent encounter between these two sides though, that coming last season in November 2006, with Carlisle inflicting a narrow 1-0 defeat on the Cherries in a League One match. A fifth minute Karl Hawley penalty being enough for United to grab their first somewhat belated away win of the campaign in front of 5,682 spectators at the Fitness First Stadium.
The Cherries's biggest win over the Cumbrians at home came in their Bournemouth and Boscombe days back in the 1962-63 season when they won 5-1. The Blues were only 1-0 down at the interval but the Dorset side netted four times after the break, Carlisle's only goal, in front of 8,899 spectators, coming when Les Dagger knifed in to score.
Apart from last year, the only time United haven't lost at Bournemouth was two seasons later in February 1965 when they hammered the Cherries 4-0 on the way to the Division Three title. The Cumbrians's goals that day coming courtesy of a John Evans brace, Frank Large and a Bournemouth own goal as 6,841 fans at Dean Court looked on.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Mon 09 Apr | Carlisle | 3 - 1 | Bournemouth | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 18 Nov | Bournemouth | 0 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Dec | Bournemouth | 2 - 1 | Carlisle | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Bournemouth | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Bournemouth | 3 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 28 Mar | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Bournemouth | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 22 Nov | Bournemouth | 3 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bournemouth have only collected one win and three draws from their last six home games played, that one success coming against Walsall in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. A generous six goals have been both scored and conceded in this run of matches.
Carlisle's away form is slightly better than average in their last six games on the road, United coming away with three points on three occasions, but drawing one and losing two. Just the same as the Cherries, six goals have been scored and conceded by the Blues in this period.
Bournemouth are stuck down in the League One relegation zone with a return of just five points from their seven games played thus far. Meanwhile Carlisle's total of eleven points from their seven games contested sees them sitting in the final play-off place in the League One table.
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| Last six games form guide | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bournemouth | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bournemouth | Not won in last three matches. |
| Carlisle | No win in the three most recent games. Four matches since previous away draw. |