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Carlisle welcome the Canaries to Cumbria tomorrow hoping to improve on a reasonable home record over the years, United winning five, drawing three and losing two of the ten games played at Brunton Park between the two sides.
The last time the two teams met in Carlisle was back in September 1992 in the first leg of a Coca-Cola cup second round tie, the game finishing 2-2 in front of 10,328 spectators with Andy Barnsley (pen) and Darren Edmondson scoring for United while Mark Robins and Jeremy Goss were on target for the visitors. The Blues then losing the second leg 2-0 at Carrow Road two weeks later as Chris Sutton bagged a brace.
Of Carlisle's five victories at home to the Canaries, two have come by a three goal margin. The first a 4-1 win in Division Two on the opening day of the 1965-66 season (scorers - Ron Simpson 2 [1 pen], Chris Balderstone and Frank Large, attendance - 11,954). While the second was a 3-0 victory in December 1972, again in Division Two, Stan Bowles getting a hat-trick for the Blues as 9,079 fans looked on.
As for Norwich, both their wins at Brunton Park have been big ones, City hitting four goals without reply in each game. The Canaries, in September 1968, thumping United in a season in which Carlisle didn't get a victory in their first 12 league games, only to then win eight and draw three of their next eleven matches. Then in October 1985 City scored four again at Brunton Park in a campaign in which they won the Division Two title, while United were relegated alongside Middlesbrough and Fulham.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 1992/1993 | Wed 07 Oct | Norwich | 2 - 0 | Carlisle | LGEC |
| 1992/1993 | Tue 22 Sep | Carlisle | 2 - 2 | Norwich | LGEC |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 15 Mar | Norwich | 2 - 1 | Carlisle | CHMP |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 12 Oct | Carlisle | 0 - 4 | Norwich | CHMP |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 18 Dec | Carlisle | 3 - 0 | Norwich | CHMP |
| 1971/1972 | Wed 06 Oct | Norwich | 4 - 1 | Carlisle | LGEC |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 04 Sep | Norwich | 1 - 0 | Carlisle | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three and drawing the other. A generous nine goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Norwich meanwhile have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six away games. The Canaries have a narrow positive goal difference over these matches, with seven goals for and six against.
Carlisle are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone in League One, in 19th, with 11 points picked up from their 11 matches contested to date. Norwich on the other hand lie just outside the play-off positions in the table, in seventh, picking up 16 points from their 11 games played so far.
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 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
| Norwich | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
It's been an indifferent run of form for the Cumbrians of late, and things are not going to improve with the visit of Norwich, who the Footymad panel believe will win this game handsomely. Away win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Carlisle | Unbeaten run of four matches. |
| Norwich | Won last three games. |