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The Blues welcome the Seagulls to Cumbria looking to continue a useful home record over the years. United having won nine, drawn one and lost five of the 15 games played between the two sides at Brunton Park.
Last season in League One though the Cumbrians went down 2-0 to Brighton in a home game that again was played in mid-September. Nicky Forster bagging a goal in either half for the Albion as 5,368 spectators watched United fail to make the most of their chances.
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 | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 10 Apr | Brighton & HA | 1 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 12 Sep | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Brighton & HA | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 14 Feb | Brighton & HA | 0 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 15 Nov | Carlisle | 3 - 1 | Brighton & HA | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Mar | Carlisle | 2 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Brighton & HA | 2 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Dec | Brighton & HA | 1 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle are in average form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six Brunton Park fixtures. A total of eight goals have been scored by the Cumbrians in these games, with five conceded.
Brighton meanwhile have exactly the same recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. Only four goals have been registered in this time though, with five leaked at the wrong end.
Carlisle are in second place in the Npower League One table at the moment, and have accumulated 12 points from the six games they have played so far. Brighton on the other hand lie just outside the play-off positions in the division, in eighth, picking up ten points from their five 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 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle are not exactly setting the world alight at Brunton Park at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Brighton in this game.... Home Win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Carlisle Utd. | Unbeaten run of five matches. |
| Brighton & HA | Last drawn game five outings ago. Lost last two matches away from home. |