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Carlisle visit London Road tomorrow evening, hoping to improve on a reasonable previous return from this fixture. Of the 14 games played, United having won four, drawn four and lost six.
The last time the sides met in Peterborough the spoils were shared in a 1-1 draw. That game coming in Carlisle's League Two championship winning season of 2005-06 in front of just 3,689 spectators, Danny Crow giving the Posh a 56th minute lead before Michael Bridges ensured that honours finished even on that December afternoon with a close range header ten minutes from time.
United's best win at London Road was a 4-1 success in the 1988-89 campaign in the old Division Four, the Carlisle goals that day as 2,537 fans looked on coming from Brent Hetherington (2), John Halpin and a rare Mike Graham strike. Peterborough meanwhile have thumped the Blues twice at home by a five-goal margin over the years, the first a 5-0 win in the old Division Four in 1960-61 and the latter a 6-1 victory in what is now League One in 1995-96.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Oct | Carlisle | 3 - 3 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Dec | Peterborough | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 09 Aug | Carlisle | 1 - 0 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 21 Mar | Peterborough | 0 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Fri 12 Nov | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 10 Apr | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 20 Oct | Peterborough | 0 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Peterborough have only performed averagely to a degree at home recently, winning three, drawing one and losing two of their last six matches at London Road. A generous seven goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Carlisle meanwhile have the very definition of an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats, as well as both scoring and conceding seven goals in that run of six matches away from Brunton Park.
Peterborough are just outside the automatic promotion places, in third, having taken 57 points from 32 games played so far. Carlisle however find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up just 36 points from their 31 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 |
| Peterborough | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle have only an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Peterborough may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Peterborough | No sequences of note |
| Carlisle | No sequences of note |