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Carlisle Utd. play host to Accrington Stanley at Brunton Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 19 of the 25 contests.
The last time the two teams met at Carlisle Utd. was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1960, with Carlisle Utd. running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 07 Dec | Accrington S. | 1 - 2 | Carlisle Utd. | CONF |
| 1960/1961 | Sat 11 Mar | Accrington S. | 1 - 0 | Carlisle Utd. | LGE2 |
| 1960/1961 | Sat 22 Oct | Carlisle Utd. | 3-1 | Accrington S. | LGE2 |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 11 Jan | Carlisle Utd. | 6 - 1 | Accrington S. | D3N |
| 1957/1958 | Wed 11 Dec | Accrington S. | 3 - 2 | Carlisle Utd. | FAC |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 07 Dec | Carlisle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Accrington S. | FAC |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 07 Sep | Accrington S. | 3 - 2 | Carlisle Utd. | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle United have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 14 goals have been scored by the Cumbrians in those games, with 9 conceded.
The Stanley have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Stanley, and 8 goals against.
Carlisle Utd.'s 50 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Accrington S. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide Conference, picking up 52 from their 32 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Carlisle Utd. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Accrington S. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle Utd. are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Accrington S. running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Carlisle Utd. | Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Accrington S. | 5 games since last away draw. 9 games since last defeat. |