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Carlisle travel to Devon to take on Exeter tomorrow, needing to turn around their fortunes at St James Park. The Blues hoping to improve on a record there of four wins, seven draws and twelve defeats in 23 games.
Last season though United did get three points from a seesaw match on a January Tuesday evening. The Blues going 2-0 up in the first-half in front of 4,106 spectators thanks to a brace of goals from Joe Anyinsah, only for City to fight back late on when the late Adam Stansfield netted in the 79th minute, then Ryan Harley levelled in the final minute of the match.
The game wasn't over though and somehow Carlisle still grabbed a victory only sixty seconds later when Richard Offiong, for his only ever United goal, side-footed into an empty net after Gary Madine's initial shot had bounced back off the inside of the Grecians far-post.
You have to go back to the old Third Division in September 1979 to find Carlisle's last win at St James Park before that though, that being a 2-1 success thanks to goals from Phil Bonnyman and Paul Bannon. United's best win of their four in Devon being a 3-1 victory 20 years earlier, in September 1959, in the old Fourth Division, the Carlisle goals that day coming from a George Walker brace and Matthew Murray.
Exeter meanwhile, in 23 games against United at St James Park, have only scored three or more goals at home to Carlisle three times. Their best victory in Devon against the Blues being a 4-0 win way back in 1961-62 in the old Fourth Division, in a game watched by 3,278 fans. United though, despite that defeat, still being promoted in fourth place at the end of the season.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 26 Jan | Exeter | 2 - 3 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 22 Aug | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Exeter | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Apr | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Exeter | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Oct | Exeter | 0 - 0 | Carlisle | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Exeter | 1 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Exeter | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Feb | Carlisle | 1 - 0 | Exeter | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Exeter have collected two wins, three draws and one defeat from their last six home matches at St James Park. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period at ten to nine.
The away form of Carlisle however is more impressive, with three victories, two draws and one loss from their last six matches on the road. The games have constituted a decent return of nine goals for the Cumbrians, and only four against.
Exeter's 16 points gained from 11 games played sees them lie just inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Carlisle meanwhile are in second place in Npower League One, and have accumulated 19 points from the 11 games they have played so far.
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 |
| Exeter | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Exeter City, believes the FootyMad team..... Away win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Exeter | Not drawn a match in their last five. Unbeaten in the last four home games. |
| Carlisle | Four matches since last away draw. |