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History of the Carlisle United v Leyton Orient fixture

United welcome the East Londoners to Cumbria tomorrow, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 15 wins and only five defeats out of 22 previous matches on home turf.

Last season in League One however came one of the only two draws ever between the two teams at Brunton Park. Joe Anyinsah on 14 minutes and then Ian Harte on 42 minutes racing the Blues into a 2-0 half-time lead as 4,687 fans looked on, before the visitors struck twice in the second-half through Ryan Jarvis after 59 minutes and then a Danny Livesey own goal with 77 minutes on the clock to leave the final scoreline at 2-2.

In the 2008-09 campaign in League One though Carlisle lost 3-1 at home to Orient in early March 2009. United, in front of only 4,536 spectators, already 3-0 down thanks to O's goals from Charlie Daniels, Scott McGleish and and Simon Church before Scott Dobie grabbed a late consolation effort for the Blues in the 78th minute.

With Geraint Williams in charge of the East Londoners for that game we have to go back to the manager before to find another win for Orient at Brunton Park. That coming in 2005-06 when they won 3-2 under ex-boss Martin Ling, but Ling's first game as O's manager was the 1-0 home win over United in late September 2003, in one of a wretched run of 12 league defeats on the bounce for a Conference-bound Carlisle side.

Jabo Ibehre once more scoring against the Blues in the 66th minute to take all three points back down to London. Incidentally four of Orient's five victories at Brunton Park have all been by a narrow one goal margin. Their last win before 2003 coming as far back as the 1987-88 campaign in the old Division Four.

All Cumbrians will prefer to remember the 6-1 hammering of Orient in January 2002 though, a day when United were 4-0 up after just 17 minutes and 5-0 to the good at half-time, veteran frontman Ian Stevens bagging a hat-trick - with Steve Soley, Richie Foran and Brendan McGill the other goalscorers, in front of a paltry crowd in the darkest Michael Knighton days of just 2,955 spectators at an echoey Brunton Park.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season	Date	Team	Result	Team	Comp
2010/2011	Tue 12 Apr	Leyton Orient	0 - 0	Carlisle	League One
2009/2010	Sat 30 Jan	Carlisle	2 - 2	Leyton Orient	League One
2009/2010	Sat 29 Aug	Leyton Orient	2 - 2	Carlisle	League One
2008/2009	Tue 10 Mar	Carlisle	1 - 3	Leyton Orient	League One
2008/2009	Sat 23 Aug	Leyton Orient	0 - 0	Carlisle	League One
2007/2008	Sat 22 Mar	Leyton Orient	0 - 3	Carlisle	League One
2007/2008	Sat 15 Dec	Carlisle	1 - 0	Leyton Orient	League One

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Carlisle have been playing quite well at home of late, winning three, drawing two and losing just one of their last six matches at Brunton Park. A total of nine goals have been scored by the Cumbrians in those games, with five conceded. Leyton Orient meanwhile have a less than average recent record on the road, winning two of their last six away matches, but losing the other four. While the O's have netted six goals in those games, a hefty twelve have hit the back of the wrong net.

Carlisle United's 59 points from their 43 games contested to date sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in tenth position. Leyton Orient on the other hand are two places higher in Npower League One, as they currently sit in eighth after picking up 64 points from their 43 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Carlisle	6	3	1	2	10	7	10
Leyton Orient	6	2	1	3	6	8	7

For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here

FootyMad's prediction ...

With both sides not in the best of form the Footymad panel cannot see a run for either side starting here, and we think the game will end all square........ No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team	Sequences
Carlisle	Unbeaten run of three matches. Unbeaten in last four home games.
Leyton Orient	Lost last three away matches.

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