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History of the Carlisle United v Huddersfield Town fixture

Carlisle welcome Huddersfield to Cumbria tomorrow, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two sides at Brunton Park. Of the 24 games played, the Blues have won ten, drawn nine and lost five against the Terriers.

Earlier this season however in the Carling Cup first round, United went down 1-0 at home to Town as 3,475 fans looked on. Jordan Rhodes scoring the only goal of the game as late as the 89th minute after Blues loanee-defender James Chester had slipped to the turf in front of the Paddock side of the ground.

As for league action last season, the Terriers defeated the Cumbrians 2-1 on a mid-February Tuesday evening at Brunton Park with 5,236 people in attendance. Lee Novak opening the scoring in only the sixth minute before Jordan Rhodes made it 2-0 to the visitors after 56 minutes. Joe Anyinsah's 90th minute strike therefore proving to be nothing more than a consolation goal for the Blues.

Two years ago though 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 five 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.

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Recent respective form guides

Carlisle have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A healthy total of 13 goals have been scored by the Cumbrians in those games, but a hefty nine have also been conceded.

The Terriers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on three occasions, but drawing one and losing two. The matches have constituted a decent return of ten goals for Town, and seven goals against.

Carlisle see themselves just below half-way in the Npower League One table, in 14th, showing a record of 27 points from their 19 games played so far. Huddersfield meanwhile are just outside the automatic promotion places, in fourth, having taken 32 points from their 21 games contested to date.

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Carlisle are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Huddersfield will prove too much for the homesters. Away win