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Carlisle travel to North Lincolnshire tomorrow hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 28 games played at Scunthorpe, the Blues have won six and the Iron 13, with nine draws along the way.
Last time the sides met at Glanford Park was on the final day of the 2006-07 season in which Scunthorpe won the League One title. The home side running out comfortable 3-0 winners that Saturday afternoon, in front of 8,720 spectators, thanks to goals from Matt Sparrow and two players with Carlisle connections, in Cleveland Taylor and Jermaine Beckford.
None of Carlisle's six wins at either Glanford Park or the Old Show Ground have been by more than one goal, perhaps the most well-known of those victories being in a 3-2 success in the Division Four title-winning campaign of 1994-95. Ian Juryeff and Stephen Thornber had put the Iron 2-0 up in the first-half, as 3,217 fans looked on, only for the Blues to somehow grab all three points with three goals in the last five minutes, courtesy of Tony Gallimore and a Jeff Thorpe brace.
Scunthorpe's best margin of victory over the Blues has twice been by a 4-0 scoreline, once in Division Three North in 1955-56 and once in the Fourth Division in the 1991-92 season. That campaign in the early 90's seeing the Blues propping up the Football League as they were saved from relegation by the demise of Aldershot and Maidstone United, meanwhile the Iron finished their season by losing on penalties to Blackpool in the Fourth Division play-off final at Wembley.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 May | Scunthorpe | 3 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Scunthorpe | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 23 Mar | Scunthorpe | 2 - 3 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 21 Oct | Carlisle | 1 - 4 | Scunthorpe | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 11 Mar | Carlisle | 1 - 2 | Scunthorpe | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 23 Dec | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Scunthorpe | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Scunthorpe | 0 - 0 | Carlisle | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
In their last six competitive home games Scunthorpe have a good record of won three, drawn two and lost just one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period at eleven to nine.
Carlisle's last six games on the road have seen the Blues come away with three points on three occasions, but draw one and lose two. While the Cumbrians have scored six goals in those matches, ten have hit the back of the wrong net.
Scunthorpe are currently fourth in League One at this early stage of the season, having taken nine points from their opening five games. Carlisle meanwhile are sitting in second having accumulated 13 points from the five matches they have played so far.
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| Last six games form guide | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Scunthorpe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle are not doing too bad on their travels, but the Footymad panel believe that Scunthorpe's home form will result in the match ending honours even.. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Scunthorpe | Won their latest four matches Four games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last seven. |
| Carlisle | Last drawn game four outings ago. Not won in previous two away matches. |