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Carlisle welcome the Addicks tomorrow, holding a slight advantage on games between the two sides at Brunton Park. Of the 15 matches played the Blues have won six, Charlton three, and the other six games have ended level.
Athletic and the Cumbrians last played each other in the 1985-86 Division Two campaign, at Brunton Park, both clubs heading in opposite directions at the end of the season as the Addicks were promoted and the Blues were relegated. Wes Saunders bagging a brace for United in the penultimate game of the campaign as Carlisle went 2-0 up by the half-hour mark.
An own-goal by Jim Tolmie that started somewhere near the halfway line and ended up in the back of the Carlisle net, began the slide to defeat though. That own goal from hell giving Charlton a stake in the game, and firing them up for an eventual 3-2 win through strikes from Mark Stuart and Mark Aizlewood.
Of United's six home wins against the Addicks, three have been by a three goal margin, the highest scoring one of those being a 5-2 victory in the old Division Two in 1971-72. The Carlisle goals, in front of 9,724 spectators, coming through a Bobby Owen hat-trick, Bob Hatton and Chris Balderstone, while the Charlton strikes were a Tot Winstanley own goal and a finish from the slightly amusingly named Dick Plumb.
All Charlton's three wins at Brunton Park have come by a one goal margin, with the Jim Tolmie game no doubt the most well remembered, the other two victories both being 2-1 successes in 1980-81, one of those coming in the League Cup. So the Addicks will not only be looking for their fourth win in Carlisle tomorrow but they will also be hoping to improve on a record which has seen them concede a hefty 29 goals in 15 games at Brunton Park.
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| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 19 Sep | Charlton | 1 - 0 | Carlisle | LGEC |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 03 May | Carlisle | 2 - 3 | Charlton | CHMP |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 30 Nov | Charlton | 3 - 0 | Carlisle | CHMP |
| 1984/1985 | Fri 03 May | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Charlton | CHMP |
| 1984/1985 | Fri 30 Nov | Charlton | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 17 Mar | Carlisle | 3 - 0 | Charlton | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 06 Sep | Charlton | 1 - 0 | Carlisle | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three and drawing the other one. The Cumbrians have scored eight goals in these games, but have also conceded an alarming ten.
Charlton have a pretty good recent record on the road, collecting two wins and three draws from their last six games played away from the Valley. The Addicks have a narrow positive goal difference over these matches, with nine goals for and seven against.
Carlisle find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 14 points from their 14 matches contested to date. Charlton meanwhile sit in second behind Leeds in the League One table, and have accumulated 29 points from the 14 games they have played so far.
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| Last six games form guide | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Carlisle | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Charlton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
It's been an indifferent run of form for the Cumbrians of late, and things are not going to improve with the visit of Charlton, who the Footymad panel believe will win this game handsomely. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Carlisle | Four games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last four. |
| Charlton | Six games since last defeat. Not won in previous four away matches. |