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Carlisle face a trip to Lincoln City at Sincil Bank Stadium on Saturday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Cumbrians will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 17 and win only 5 of the 30 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2002, with Carlisle inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Red Imps in a League Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 04 Feb | Carlisle | 1 - 4 | Lincoln City | LD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 16 Nov | Carlisle | 2 - 1 | Lincoln City | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 17 Aug | Lincoln City | 0 - 1 | Carlisle | LD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Mar | Lincoln City | 3 - 1 | Carlisle | LD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 22 Sep | Carlisle | 2 - 2 | Lincoln City | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 02 May | Lincoln City | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 02 Dec | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Lincoln City | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Lincoln City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Red Imps in those games, with 5 conceded.
The away form of Carlisle is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Cumbrians have hit 5 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Lincoln City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division Three, picking up 24 points from their 16 games so far. Carlisle find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 16 games have yielded only 5 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Lincoln City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cumbrians are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Lincoln City. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Lincoln City | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Carlisle | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 9 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |