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The Blues welcome the Seagulls to Cumbria tomorrow afternoon, looking to continue an home impressive record over the years. The Cumbrians clearly on top, winning 58.33% of the games played between the two sides at Brunton Park.
Last season in League One United defeated the Albion 3-1 at home in late September 2006. Karl Hawley and Kevin Gray put Carlisle 2-0 up after just 31 minutes, with Simon Hackney then increasing the lead on 82 minutes in front of 7,704 spectators. Alex Revell then grabbing a late consolation goal for the travelling Seagulls with three minutes to go in the game.
Carlisle's biggest win at home to Brighton came way back in the 1972-73 season when the Blues ran out 5-1 winners in the old Second Division, nine days before Christmas Day 1972. The goals that day coming from a Bobby Owen hat-trick, Les O'Neill and Tot Winstanley, albeit in front of just 5,671 fans inside Brunton Park.
United's biggest defeat meanwhile came in the 1984-85 season, the Cumbrians losing 3-0 on the opening day of the Division Two campaign, Terry Connor, Steve Penney and Danny Wilson bagging the goals for the Seagulls as just 4,721 spectators watched the action unfold.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Brighton & HA | 2 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Dec | Brighton & HA | 1 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Carlisle | 3 - 1 | Brighton & HA | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 21 Apr | Carlisle | 0 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 04 Nov | Brighton & HA | 4 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 06 May | Brighton & HA | 1 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 09 Oct | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Brighton & HA | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games, that run actually extending to eleven in a row at Brunton Park. These six high-scoring matches have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Cumbrians, with six against.
In complete contrast to Carlisle, Brighton are having a torrid time on their travels as of late, collecting just one solitary point from their last eighteen available away from the Withdean Stadium. The Seagulls have conceded ten goals in these games, and only netted three in reply.
Carlisle are just outside the automatic promotion places, in third, having taken 61 points from 33 games. Brighton's 49 points from 33 matches played sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in tenth 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
It's good news for Carlisle fans, because, with them being in such great nick at home, the Footymad panel just cannot see any further than an emphatic home win for the Cumbrians. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Carlisle | Won their latest four matches. Won eight successive home games. Ten matches since last home draw. |
| Brighton & HA | Six games since last defeat. Lost last two away matches. Not won in previous six away games. |