Yeovil Town Match Stats Preview

Last updated : 12 October 2007 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Yeovil Town v Carlisle United fixture

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.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007Sat 10 FebCarlisle1 - 4YeovilLGE1
2006/2007Sat 12 AugYeovil2 - 1CarlisleLGE1
2003/2004Sat 17 JanCarlisle2 - 0YeovilLGE2
2003/2004Sat 16 AugYeovil3 - 0CarlisleLGE2

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.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Last six games form guidePWDLFAP
Yeovil6123265
Carlisle632115811

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:
YeovilNot won in the four most recent games.
Failed to win in previous three home matches.
CarlisleSix games since last defeat.