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 six defeats out of 23 previous matches on home turf.
Last season in League One though United did lose 1-0 at home to the O's in late April in front of 4,685 spectators inside Brunton Park. Frenchman Jonathan Tehoue scoring the only goal of the game for the visitors with 36 minutes on the clock.
In 2009-10 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 4,536 spectators, already 3-0 down thanks to O's goals from Charlie Daniels, Scott McGleish 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 five of Orient's six 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/2012 | Sat 27 Aug | Leyton Orient | 1 - 2 | Carlisle | League One |
| 2010/2011 | Mon 25 Apr | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Leyton Orient | League One |
| 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 |
For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle are unbeaten in their last six home games, and have both won three and drawn three of them. An entertaining total of 14 goals have been scored by the Cumbrians in those matches, with 11 conceded. Leyton Orient's away form is equally impressive though, tasting just one defeat in their last six matches on the road, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of ten goals for the O's, and only four goals against.
Carlisle, in seventh place, lie just outside the play-off positions in the npower League One table at the moment on goal difference from Stevenage, picking up 38 points from their 24 games played so far. Leyton Orient meanwhile, in 15th spot, see themselves just below the half-way mark in the division, showing a record of 31 points from their 24 games contested to date.
Current overall team form
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is certainly an intriguing match for the Cumbrians, and one in which the FootyMad team are tentatively suggesting a drawn game...... No-score draw
Sequence statistics
| Team | Sequences |
|---|---|
| Carlisle | Not lost in last seven home games. Overall unbeaten run of five matches. |
| Leyton Orient | Five games since last away draw. Last drawn match eight outings ago. |
For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here