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Carlisle face the U's this weekend, looking to continue a relatively impressive record at home against the Essex club. The Cumbrians clearly on top, having won nine, drawn two and lost only four of the 15 games played at Brunton Park.
Last season in League One Colchester won 2-0 in Carlisle as 5,745 spectators looked on. The U's getting a goal in either half, firstly when Danny Livesey put into his own net in the 11th minute before David Perkins wrapped up all three points for the visitors with a close range shot nine minutes from time.
The last time the two teams met in Cumbria before that was over 13 years ago, in October 1996, with Carlisle running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Division Three (fourth tier) match. The goals for the Blues, in that promotion season, coming from David Currie, David Reeves and Owen Archdeacon in front of just 4,089 spectators.
Carlisle have three times defeated Colchester by a 4-0 scoreline at Brunton Park, those wins coming in September 1978, December 1980 and April 1988. The goalscorers and attendances for those victories being, in the old Division Three in 1978, Mike McCartney (pen), Phil Bonnyman, Mick Tait and Jimmy Hamilton, attendance - 4,491.
In 1980, again in the old Division Three, Peter Beardsley (2), Owen Brown and Gordon Staniforth, attendance - 3,196. Then finally in 1988 in the old Division Four, Tony Fyfe (2), Nigel Saddington and John Halpin, the attendance that April evening being a meagre 1,496 as United ended the season second bottom of the entire Football League.
Colchester meanwhile, in their three wins in Cumbria prior to last season, have defeated the Blues 3-1 in 1977-78, 2-1 in 1988-89 and 2-0 in 1992-93. That last victory of those three happening in front of only 3,003 spectators against a United line-up of : O'Hanlon, Burgess, Potts, Walling, McCreery (sub Gabbiadini), Edmondson, Oghani, Davey, Arnold, Proudlock and White.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 02 Feb | Colchester | 2 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 31 Jan | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Colchester | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Colchester | 5 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sun 20 Apr | Carlisle | 0 - 0 | Colchester | ASSM |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 18 Jan | Colchester | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 01 Oct | Carlisle | 3 - 0 | Colchester | LGE2 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 29 Apr | Colchester | 0 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have managed to pick up just two wins and one draw from their last six home games, United losing the other three, A healthy total of 13 goals have been scored by the Cumbrians in these games, with ten conceded.
Colchester have a less than average recent record on the road, seeing them win just one and draw two of their last six matches away from the Weston Homes Community Stadium. While the U's have only scored five goals in those games, a massive 14 have hit the back of the wrong net - half of those goals conceded coming in a 7-0 FA Cup hammering at Preston.
Carlisle's 41 points earned from 35 games played sees them lie just inside the top half of the League One table, in 12th position. Colchester meanwhile are sitting in the play-off places, in fourth, having taken 63 points from their 34 games contested to date.
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| Last six games form guide | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Carlisle | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Colchester | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Carlisle's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Colchester... Away win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Carlisle | Six games since last home draw. Not won in the two most recent matches. |
| Colchester | No win in the two most recent games. |