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Carlisle welcome Stockport to Cumbria tomorrow, looking to continue an impressive record against the Hatters at home. United clearly on top over the years, having won 23 and lost only ten of the 41 games at Brunton Park.
Last season in League One County defeated the Blues 2-1 at Brunton Park in late February. Dominic Blizzard giving the visitors the lead on six minutes before Lewis Neal equalised for Carlisle after 53 minutes. Tommy Rowe though getting the winner for the Hatters 20 minutes from time in front of 5,930 spectators.
United's biggest win against the Hatters came when the Blues crushed Stockport 6-0 at home in the League Two championship winning season of 2005-06. Carlisle racing into a 4-0 half-time lead through Karl Hawley, a brace of Derek Holmes goals and a comedy own goal from Wolves-loanee goalkeeper Carl Ikeme.
Hawley then completing a hat-trick late in the game to make the final result 6-0 as 5,664 spectators looked on. That hammering of County being United's biggest margin of victory at home to the Hatters over the years, easily eclipsing a 5-1 victory and two 4-0 successes in previous times.
Stockport meanwhile have had quite a few big wins at Brunton Park over the years in their ten overall victories. County winning 5-0 and 5-1 in Carlisle's first two seasons in the Football League in the late 1920s, and also gaining 4-0, 4-1 and 3-0 wins in other matches in the past.
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| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 18 Aug | Stockport | 1 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 21 Feb | Carlisle | 1 - 2 | Stockport | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 01 Nov | Stockport | 3 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 13 Nov | Carlisle | 0 - 3 | Stockport | ASSM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 06 May | Stockport | 0 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Carlisle | 6 - 0 | Stockport | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 12 Nov | Carlisle | 1 - 0 | Stockport | ASSM |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A healthy total of 12 goals have been scored by the Cumbrians in those games, with six conceded.
In complete contrast to Carlisle, Stockport are having a torrid time on their travels, losing every single one of the last six matches played away from Edgeley Park. The Hatters have conceded a massive 15 goals in these games, and only hit three in reply.
Carlisle find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the League One table having picked up 28 points from their 23 matches played so far. Stockport meanwhile find themselves stuck right down at the bottom of the division. Their 24 games contested to date having yielded only 14 points.
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| Last six games form guide | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Carlisle | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Stockport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle may be coming up against a battling side in Stockport, but the Footymad panel do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Cumbrians. Home Win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Carlisle | Won four successive home games. Six matches since last home draw. |
| Stockport | An overall losing run of ten games. Lost previous 12 league matches. |