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Carlisle play host to Swindon tomorrow afternoon holding the advantage on previous meetings between the two sides. Of the 18 games played at Brunton Park the Cumbrians have won eight and drawn seven, while Town have been victorious three times.
One of those away wins for Swindon did come last season in League One though in late November. Charlie Austin, as early as the third minute of the match, scoring one of many goals for himself over the season as the Robins took all three points in front of 4,339 spectators.
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.
Swindon have only won two other times at Brunton Park in 18 attempts, both of them coming in promotion campaigns for the Wiltshire outfit. The most recent was in 1995-96 in the third tier when they won 1-0 thanks to Ed Murray, 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 | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 20 Feb | Swindon | 2 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 21 Nov | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Swindon | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Apr | Carlisle | 1 - 1 | Swindon | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 06 Dec | Swindon | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Mar | Swindon | 2 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 04 Dec | Carlisle | 3 - 0 | Swindon | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 11 Nov | Swindon | 3 - 1 | Carlisle | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, while drawing one and losing the other three. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period at nine to eight.
Swindon meanwhile have a slightly poor recent record on the road, seeing them win just one, draw two and lose three of their last six matches away from the County Ground. A generous eleven goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Carlisle are just outside the automatic promotion places, in third, having taken eight points from their four games contested to date. Swindon on the other hand are hovering perilously just above the League One relegation zone, in 20th, with only two points picked up from four matches.
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 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Swindon | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle are not exactly setting the world alight at Brunton Park at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Swindon Town in this game...... Home Win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Carlisle | Unbeaten run of three matches. Four games since last home draw. |
| Swindon | No sequences of note |