|
The Blues face a trip to London this weekend, needing to change their fortunes in the nation's capital. United hoping to improve on a record which has seen them lose ten and win only two of the 18 games played at the home of the O's.
Last season in League One the two sides fought out a 1-1 draw at the Matchroom Stadium in mid-February in front of 4,449 spectators. Joe Garner giving Carlisle the lead after 15 minutes only for Orient left-back Matt Lockwood to equalise for the home side two minutes after the interval.
The biggest win for the O's on home soil against the Blues came in the 1987-88 season when they defeated Carlisle 4-1 in the old Fourth Division. United's only goal that day, at what was then Brisbane Road, was scored by Bobby Hutchinson in front of 2,861 fans in a terrible campaign that only saw the Cumbrians saved from relegation to the GM Vauxhall Conference by the financial demise of Newport County.
Carlisle's meagre two wins at Orient have both been by 1-0 scorelines. The first victory coming in the 1973-74 season in the old Division Two with a goal in the opening 45 minutes from Dennis Martin as 7,645 spectators looked on, the Blues eventually pipping Orient to promotion to the top tier of English football by just one point come the end of the campaign. The second win happened 25 years later in the 1999-2000 season when Matthew Pitts secured all three points in the 83rd minute in front of 3,871 fans, in another campiagn of that era which saw the Cumbrians escape relegation by the skin of their teeth.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Carlisle | 1 - 0 | Leyton Orient | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Feb | Leyton Orient | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Carlisle | 3 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Leyton Orient | 0 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Carlisle | 2 - 3 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 12 Apr | Leyton Orient | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 30 Sep | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Leyton Orient have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games while losing three of them. The O's have scored six goals in these matches, but have conceded an alarming seven.
Carlisle have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats from their last six games away from Brunton Park. Only five goals have been registered in this time, with six leaked at the wrong end.
Leyton Orient lie just outside the play-off positions in the League One table, in eighth, picking up 56 points from their 38 games so far. Carlisle meanwhile are just outside the automatic promotion places, in third, having taken 68 points from their 36 games played 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 |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Cumbrians has not been the best over the course of the season, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Leyton Orient. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leyton Orient | Five games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last three. |
| Carlisle | Ten games since last defeat. Undefeated in last four away matches. |