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Carlisle face a trip to Oldham tomorrow evening, needing to turn round their fortunes at Boundary Park. The Blues hoping to better a record which has seen them lose 20, draw eight and win only seven of the 35 games played there.
Last season the Cumbrians lost 2-0 at Boundary Park in a mid-September League One fixture in front of just 4,268 fans. A goal in either half from Keigan Parker on 13 minutes and Pawel Abbott seven minutes after the break ensuring that all three points went the way of the Latics.
Meanwhile in 2008-09 in League One the two sides fought out a 0-0 draw at Boundary Park inbetween Christmas and New Year. The match, watched by 6,254 spectators, saw both sides have chances to win the game, although defences were generally on top throughout the 90 minutes.
Oldham's biggest win over the Blues at Boundary Park was a thumping 6-0 victory, with 9,325 fans in attendance, way back in the Division Three North season of 1938-39. Meanwhile, Carlisle's biggest margin of victory at the home of Latics has twice been by a two goal difference.
The first win being by a 2-0 scoreline in the post-war campaign of 1946-47, again in Division Three North, with the United goalscorers being Ivor Broadis and Jim Moir as 7,696 spectators looked on. The second victory being a 4-2 success in the same division in 1952-53, the scorers for the Blues that day, in front of a bumper 20,397 fans, being Jimmy Whitehouse with a brace, and Robert Harrison and Alan Ashman with single strikes.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 29 Jan | Carlisle | 2 - 2 | Oldham | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Apr | Carlisle | 1 - 2 | Oldham | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Oldham | 2 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Tue 11 Aug | Carlisle | 1 - 0 | Oldham | LGEC |
| 2008/2009 | Fri 10 Apr | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Oldham | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 28 Dec | Oldham | 0 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 29 Jan | Oldham | 2 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Oldham have only performed averagely at home recently, winning three, drawing one and losing two of their last six matches at Boundary Park. A generous ten goals have been both scored and conceded in this period, although six of those goals in the against column did come in a 6-0 thrashing at home to Southampton.
The away form of Carlisle is pretty dire at the moment, United chalking up just one victory, with five defeats, from their last six games on the road. The Cumbrians have conceded nine goals in these matches, and netted just two in reply.
Oldham's total of 45 points picked up from their 29 games played so far sees them sitting in the play-off places, in sixth spot, in the Npower League One table. Carlisle meanwhile find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having gained 35 points from their 27 matches contested 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 |
| Oldham | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Cumbrians are in poor form away from home, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Oldham...... Home win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Oldham | Drawn each of their last two games. Unbeaten in last three home matches. |
| Carlisle | Lost last three away games. An overall losing run of four matches. No win in the five most recent games. |