The Cumbrians face a mammoth trip to Somerset tomorrow looking to break their duck at Huish Park against the hosts in their limited meetings in the past. Both of the previous encounters having resulted in Yeovil victories.
The most recent game between the two sides in Somerset was last season when the Glovers carved out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League One match. Chris Cohen opened the scoring for the home side on 16 minutes with ex-Yeovil man Kevin Gall equalising for United seven minutes later. Ishmael Welsh made sure of all three points for the home side though, in front of 4,709 spectators, with a strike three minutes before the interval.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Carlisle | 1 - 4 | Yeovil | LGE1 |
2006/2007 | Sat 12 Aug | Yeovil | 2 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
2003/2004 | Sat 17 Jan | Carlisle | 2 - 0 | Yeovil | LGE2 |
2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Yeovil | 3 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Yeovil are not in the best of form at home this season, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their six games played at Huish Park. Only three goals have been registered in this time with five hitting the back of the wrong net.
The away form of Carlisle however is much more impressive, with three victories and just one loss from their last six matches on the road. The games have constituted a decent return of ten goals for the Cumbrians and six against.
Yeovil's 14 points from ten games sees them lie inside the top half of the table in eleventh position, two points off the play-off spots. Carlisle are in third just one point outside the automatic promotion places, having taken 18 points from ten games.
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Last six games form guide | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Yeovil | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
Carlisle | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Cumbrians's decent recent efforts out on the road recently should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Yeovil, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Yeovil | Not won in the four most recent games. Failed to win in previous three home matches. |
Carlisle | Six games since last defeat. |