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The Cumbrians travel to take on Chester at the Saunders Honda Stadium on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 38 games played United have recorded 12 wins, and Chester have gained 17 victories.
The last time the two teams met in Cheshire was back in April 2000, over five years ago, with United inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat over City in a Division Three encounter. It was the infamous game near the end of the 1999-2000 season that helped United see off relegation as Chester slipped to a 1-0 defeat at home to Peterborough a month later and United stayed up by virtue of a goal difference better than Chester's by a measly two goals. In that match Scott Dobie scored the injury time winner for a United side who had been reduced to nine men following two sendings-off in front of a crowd of 5507 at the then named Deva Stadium.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Apr | Chester City | 0 - 1 | Carlisle Utd. | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 03 Jan | Carlisle Utd. | 4 - 1 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 27 Feb | Chester City | 2 - 1 | Carlisle Utd. | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 19 Sep | Carlisle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 26 Aug | Carlisle Utd. | 3 - 0 | Chester City | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 12 Aug | Chester City | 1 - 2 | Carlisle Utd. | LGEC |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 25 Feb | Chester City | 1 - 1 | Carlisle Utd. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Like United themselves, Chester aren't in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 14 goals have been scored by City in those games, with 11 conceded.
The away form of United however, is much more impressive, with three victories and just one defeat from the last six games on their travels. The Cumbrians have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with seven goals for and five against.
Chester are just outside the promotion places, in fourth, having taken 17 points from ten games. United's total of 17 points from their ten games sees them currently sitting sixth in the League Two table two places behind City on goal difference.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chester City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Carlisle Utd. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An interesting game for the Cumbrians to play at the moment, and one from which I believe will see United grab a valued point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chester City | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Carlisle Utd. | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |