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Carlisle play host to Southampton tomorrow afternoon, aiming to maintain a very good home record against their opponents. The Cumbrians having claimed victory from four of the six games played at Brunton Park against the Saints.
Last season in League One though honours finished even in a 1-1 draw in late September as 7,000 fans looked on. Scott Dobie giving Carlisle the lead in the 69th minute at the Warwick Road End only for Radhi Jaidi to level matters four minutes into injury time after a mistake from Blues goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley.
The last time before that that the two teams met in Cumbria was back in early October 1983 at a time when the second round of the League Cup was played over two legs. United going out of the competition despite winning the opener at home 2-0 thanks to a Malcolm Poskett brace in front of 8,570 spectators, the Blues though then going on to lose the second leg at the Dell 3-0 after extra-time three weeks later.
While Carlisle have gained their other three victories at home to the Saints by a one-goal margin, that goal difference is completely wiped out and one more by Southampton's only ever win at Brunton Park, that being a 6-0 hammering of United in the old second division in January 1977. The game, watched by 9,617 fans, seeing the goals for the Saints scored by Nick Holmes (2), Peter Osgood, David Peach (pen), Ted MacDougall and Mick Channon.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 24 Apr | Southampton | 3 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sun 28 Mar | Carlisle | 1 - 4 | Southampton | ASSM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 26 Sep | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Southampton | LGE1 |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 25 Oct | Southampton | 3 - 0 | Carlisle | LGEC |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 04 Oct | Carlisle | 2 - 0 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 22 Jan | Carlisle | 0 - 6 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 21 Aug | Southampton | 1 - 2 | Carlisle | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 17 goals for the Cumbrians, with seven goals against.
Southampton have a pretty average recent record on the road meanwhile, picking up two good wins, drawing one, but losing three, from their last six away matches. Only five goals have been registered in this time, with seven leaked at the wrong end.
Carlisle lie just outside the play-off positions in League One, in eighth, picking up 23 points from their 15 games played so far. Southampton's total of 24 points from their 15 games contested to date on the other hand sees them sitting in the play-off places in the table, in sixth.
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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 |
| Southampton | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Southampton will prove too much for the homesters..... Away win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Carlisle | Won three successive home games. Six matches since last home draw. |
| Southampton | Won each of the previous four games. Last drawn match eight outings ago. |