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History of the Bury v Carlisle United fixture

Carlisle pack their bags to visit Bury at Gigg Lane on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve on a pretty good previous return from this fixture away to the Shakers. Of the 17 games played between the two sides, the Cumbrians have recorded six wins and five draws, while Bury have only notched up six victories. Last season in League One, in mid-August 2011, the Blues winning 2-0 thanks to goals from James Berrett in the 68th minute and then Liam Noble in stoppage time as 3,640 fans looked on.

The last time the teams met at Gigg Lane before that was in the League Cup first round in August 2007, the Blues winning the game 1-0 thanks to a 12th minute Danny Graham goal in front of 2,213 spectators. As for Football League action United also won 1-0 at Bury in the League Two title winning campaign of 2005-06, Carlisle's only goal that Friday evening being scored by Raphael Nade in the 57th minute as 3,190 fans looked on.

The Cumbrians having now picked up three points at Gigg Lane four times in a row as one of their other four wins, with United never having beaten the Shakers by more than a two-goal margin away from home, came in the 2003-04 Division Three relegation campaign courtesy of a 3-1 victory. The Carlisle goals, on Boxing Day, in only United's third win of the season being netted after the Blues had gone 1-0 behind on the half-hour mark through Chris Porter for the Shakers.

Carlisle came roaring back though, in front of 3,345 fans, with Kevin Gray (41), Brendan McGill (57) and Kevin Henderson (69) guiding the Cumbrians to a rare win in that first half of the season. As for Bury, their best victory over Carlisle is easily a 6-0 win in late February 1993 at fourth tier level, the Shakers scoring all their goals in a horrendous first-half for United as 2,723 spectators looked on, former Blue Ian Stevens netting twice for Bury that Saturday afternoon.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Bury's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just one solitary draw, alongside five defeats, from their last six matches at Gigg Lane. The Shakers have conceded a hefty 11 goals in this period, and managed to convert only three of their own chances. Carlisle's away form on the other hand is excellent after three wins in a row on the road, the Blues in their last six away matches coming away with three points on three occasions, but drawing one and losing two. A generous eight goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Winless Bury currently find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the League One table, with their 11 games contested to date yielding only four draws and seven defeats. Carlisle meanwhile, in 13th place, see themselves just below the half-way point in the division, showing a record of 15 points from their 11 games played so far,

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Carlisle are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest..... Away win

Sequence statistics

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