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Carlisle play host to Swindon tomorrow evening holding the advantage on previous meetings between the two sides. Of the 15 games played at Brunton Park the Cumbrians have won seven times while Town have been victorious twice.
The last time the two teams met in Carlisle was more than a decade ago, in August 1995, with Swindon narrowly winning 1-0 in a Division Two (third tier) encounter. Edwin Murray scored the only goal of the game for the visitors, in front of 6,325 spectators, in a season that ended with both sides leaving the division through opposite ends of the table.
United's biggest win at home to the Robins came in the old Division Two promotion campaign of 1973-74 when Carlisle thumped Town 5-1 at Brunton Park. Frank Clarke hammered home four goals, one from the penalty spot, while Joe Laidlaw scored the other as 6,544 fans looked on, Dave Syrett netting a consolation goal for the visitors.
As already mentioned Swindon have only won twice at Brunton Park in fifteen attempts, those being the last two games between the sides in Cumbria, and both of them coming in promotion campaigns for the Wiltshire outfit. The most recent has already been detailed above while the victory for the Robins before that came in the old Third Division in 1986-87. United crashing to a 3-0 defeat, amazingly in front of only 2,082 spectators, the Town goals coming from Tim Parkin, Bryan Wade and a Mark Jones penalty.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 11 Nov | Swindon | 3 - 1 | Carlisle | FAC |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 03 Feb | Swindon | 2 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 26 Aug | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Swindon | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 02 May | Carlisle | 0 - 3 | Swindon | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 29 Nov | Swindon | 2 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 10 Jan | Swindon | 3 - 1 | Carlisle | FAC |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 07 Jan | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Swindon | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one, the only reversal coming in a dire 3-0 home Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat to Stockport. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Cumbrians with seven goals against.
Swindon have an average recent record on the road as of late, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from their last six games away from the County Ground. The Robins having scored eight goals in these games while conceding nine.
Carlisle sit in the play-off places, in fourth and two points off the top of the table, having taken 29 points from 16 games. Meanwhile Swindon's 23 points from 16 games sees them lie just inside the top half of the table, in eleventh position.
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 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Swindon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Cumbrians are in a rich vein of form at home in the league as of late, but FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Carlisle | Not won in the five most recent games. Failed to win in previous two home matches. |
| Swindon | Six games since last away draw. Last drawn game five outings ago. |