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The Cumbrians face a trip to West Yorkshire tomorrow afternoon hoping to improve on a record of one win, two draws and four defeats in their seven matches played at Elland Road over the years.
Last season in League One Carlisle lost the regular fixture at Elland Road 3-2, but won 2-1 in the first leg of the play-off semi-finals. Scott Dobie gave the Blues the lead in the first-half in the normal season game, but four goals in 19 minutes early after the interval gave Leeds all three points in front of 28,530 spectators. Dougie Freedman (2) and Jonny Howson scoring for the home side while Danny Graham netted for Carlisle.
In the play-off game the Cumbrians took a 2-0 goal lead after 50 minutes thanks to strikes from Graham again and Marc Bridge-Wilkinson. Leeds though grabbed a vital late goal five minutes 30 seconds into injury time when Dougie Freedman scored, the extra play on top of the allotted four minutes coming after home substitute Andy Hughes seemed to stamp on the head of Carlisle's Evan Horwood.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Sep | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Leeds | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Thu 15 May | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Leeds | D2PO |
| 2007/2008 | Mo 12 May | Leeds | 1 - 2 | Carlisle | D2PO |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Apr | Leeds | 3 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 03 Nov | Carlisle | 3 - 1 | Leeds | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 26 Apr | Leeds | 2 - 0 | Carlisle | CHMP |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 23 Nov | Carlisle | 1 - 2 | Leeds | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leeds have not in the best of form at home in their last six matches at Elland Road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats from those games. A total of 11 goals having been scored by the Whites, with seven conceded.
Carlisle meanwhile have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just one and draw two of their last six matches away from Brunton Park. The Cumbrians letting in six goals in these games, and only hitting three in reply.
Leeds's 36 points from 23 games played sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in ninth position. Carlisle on the other hand find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 25 points from their 23 matches contested to date.
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 |
| Leeds | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the FootyMad panel can see them coming away from Elland Road with a well-deserved point. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leeds | Failed to win in previous two home matches. |
| Carlisle | Not won in previous three away matches. |