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The Blues welcome the Seagulls to Cumbria tomorrow afternoon, looking to continue an home impressive record over the years. The Cumbrians clearly on top, winning 61.54% of the games played between the two sides at Brunton Park.
Last season in League One a 2-0 home win in early March over Brighton was Carlisle's 12th league victory in a row at Brunton Park. Danny Graham and Danny Livesey grabbing a goal each in either half to seal all three points for the Blues in front of 6,793 spectators.
Carlisle's biggest win at home to Brighton came way back in the 1972-73 season when the Blues ran out 5-1 winners in the old Second Division, nine days before Christmas Day 1972. The goals that day coming from a Bobby Owen hat-trick, Les O'Neill and Tot Winstanley, albeit in front of just 5,671 fans inside Brunton Park.
United's biggest defeat meanwhile came in the 1984-85 season, the Cumbrians losing 3-0 on the opening day of the Division Two campaign, Terry Connor, Steve Penney and Danny Wilson bagging the goals for the Seagulls as only 4,721 spectators watched the action unfold.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Mar | Carlisle | 2 - 0 | Brighton | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Brighton | 2 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Dec | Brighton | 1 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Carlisle | 3 - 1 | Brighton | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 21 Apr | Carlisle | 0 - 0 | Brighton | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 04 Nov | Brighton | 4 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 06 May | Brighton | 1 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle's poor home run has seen them win just one and draw two of their last six matches at Brunton Park. While the Cumbrians have scored seven goals, a worringly large ten have been leaked at the other end.
Brighton's away form is none too clever either though, collecting one win and three draws from their last six outings away from the Withdean Stadium. Only five goals have been registered in this time, with seven let in at the wrong end.
Carlisle are hovering perilously just one place above the relegation zone, with 14 points collected from 15 matches played. Brighton meanwhile see themselves just below halfway in the League One table, in 14th, showing a record of 19 points from their 15 games contested to date.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Last six games form guide | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Carlisle | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 |
| Brighton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the Cumbrians at home recently, and the Footymad panel can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Seagulls come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Carlisle | Not won in the 12 most recent games. Failed to win in previous five home matches. |
| Brighton | Not won in previous five away games. |