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The Blues prepare to welcome Oldham to Cumbria tomorrow, looking to continue an impressive record. United being clearly on top historically having won 19 and lost only three of the 30 games played at Brunton Park.
The most recent encounter between the two sides at the home of Carlisle was less than six months ago in March 2007, when the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 draw in a League One match. Chris Taylor opened the scoring for the visitors as early as the 13th minute with the Blues leaving it late to find a leveller when Derek Holmes equalised with three minutes to go in front of 7,951 spectators.
United have beaten the Latics by a three-goal margin at Brunton Park five times, the most recent of those victories though was well over 40 years ago in the 1960-61 season, a campaign served in the old Division Four. The game came on the last day of the season with Carlisle winning 3-0 thanks to goals from George Walker, Barry Brayton and George Whitelaw in front of an attendance of 4,292 people.
Oldham may have only won at the home of the Cumbrians three times but one of those victories was a thumping 5-2 win, again on the last day of the season, but this time in Division Two in the 1984-85 campaign. The score was 1-1 at half-time only for the Blues to capitulate after the break and concede four goals while only scoring one in reply, Paul Gorman and Don O'Riordan being the Cumbrians goalscorers on the day as a paltry crowd of just 2,470 spectators looked on.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 03 Mar | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Oldham | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 27 Aug | Oldham | 0 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 18 Oct | Oldham | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | ASSM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 Nov | Oldham | 3 - 0 | Carlisle | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 22 Oct | Oldham | 3 - 4 | Carlisle | ASSM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 11 Apr | Carlisle | 3 - 1 | Oldham | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 09 Dec | Carlisle | 1 - 0 | Oldham | ASSM |
Recent respective form guides
United's home form was excellent last season, although it did drop off a little towards the end of campaign, Carlisle only losing six of their 23 league games at Brunton Park. Meanwhile Oldham had a better than average record on the road last season, winning eight, drawing eight and losing seven of their quota of matches.
Carlisle started their 2007-08 League One campaign with a 1-1 draw away to newly-promoted Walsall while Oldham got their season underway with a 2-1 win at home to potential promotion rivals Swansea.
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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| Oldham | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Carlisle's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Oldham Ath.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Carlisle | Lost each of their previous two home matches. |
| Oldham | Four games since last away draw. Last drawn game nine outings ago. |