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Carlisle welcome Huddersfield to Cumbria this evening, holding the advantage on previous meetings between the two sides at Brunton Park. Of the 22 games played, United have won ten, nine have been drawn and Town have been victorious only three times.
Last season in League One Carlisle, on Boxing Day 2008, picked up their best ever Brunton Park victory over Huddersfield as they defeated the Terriers 3-0. Danny Graham in the first-half, then Michael Bridges and Graham Kavanagh after the break scoring the goals for the Blues in front of 7,883 spectators.
Other games between the two clubs have otherwise been relatively tight affairs, and with that in mind, United's second biggest home win over the Terriers has five times been by the scoreline of two goals to nil. Perhaps the most memorable of those matches being the Football League Trophy Northern Section semi-final second leg game at Brunton Park in the 1993-94 season when the Cumbrians just came up short as they attempted to overturn a 4-1 deficit from the first leg at Leeds Road.
The best of Town's three successes on the road at the home of United came in the 1969-70 campaign in the old Division Two. Huddersfield winning 2-0 that early October afternoon as 9,721 fans looked on, the Terriers doing the double over the Blues that season on the way to winning the title. Carlisle did gain a modicum of revenge in the League Cup second round that year though when they defeated Town 2-0 at home, United eventually making it all the way to the semi-final stage before succumbing to West Brom.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 06 Feb | Huddersfield | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Mon 13 Apr | Huddersfield | 1 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Fri 26 Dec | Carlisle | 3 - 0 | Huddersfield | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 12 Feb | Carlisle | 2 - 1 | Huddersfield | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | Huddersfield | 0 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Mar | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Huddersfield | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Oct | Huddersfield | 2 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have been playing quite well at home recently, winning three, drawing two, and losing just one of their last six matches at Brunton Park. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Cumbrians, with only five against.
Huddersfield have the very definition of an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six games away from the Galpharm Stadium. Only five goals have been registered in this time, with seven leaked at the wrong end.
Carlisle's 37 points from 29 games played sees them lie just inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Huddersfield meanwhile sit four points outside the play-off positions in League One, in seventh, picking up 48 from their 29 games contested to date.
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| Last six games form guide | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Carlisle | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Huddersfield | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Cumbrians go into their game against Huddersfield in confident mood, but the FootyMad panel sees them coming down to earth, with the visitors narrowly taking all three points. Away win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Carlisle | No sequences of note. |
| Huddersfield | Drawn each of the last three games. |