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Carlisle travel to Essex tomorrow night, needing to turn around their fortunes away to Colchester, the Blues hoping to improve on a record which has seen them lose eleven and win only two of the 17 games played.
Last season in League One Colchester picked up their biggest ever win at home to Carlisle, that being a 5-0 thumping in late October in front of 5,152 spectators at the Weston Community Homes Stadium. David Perkins, Mark Yeates with two, Dean Hammond and Akanni-Sunday Wasiu scoring the goals for the U's that day.
The last time the two sides met in Colchester before that was more than a decade ago, in January 1997, when the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 draw in a Division Three (fourth tier) match. Owen Archdeacon bagging a 34th minute equaliser for Carlisle that Saturday, in front of 3,588 spectators, in what would turn out to be a promotion winning season for the Cumbrians.
One of United's two victories in Essex over the years was also in a promotion campaign, the time a 1-0 success on the Division Three (fourth tier) title-winning day in late April 1995 as Dean Walling scored a second-half winner with 3,333 fans looking on. Carlisle's other victory at the old Layer Road was in yet another title-winning season, this time a 1-0 win on the opening day of the 1964-65 old Division Three campaign, that man Hugh McIlmoyle scoring a first-half goal in front of 4,420 spectators.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 31 Jan | Carlisle | 0 - 2 | Colchester | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Colchester | 5 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sun 20 Apr | Carlisle | 0 - 0 | Colchester | ASSM |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 18 Jan | Colchester | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 01 Oct | Carlisle | 3 - 0 | Colchester | LGE2 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 29 Apr | Colchester | 0 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 15 Oct | Carlisle | 0 - 0 | Colchester | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period at nine to eight.
Carlisle have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Cumbrians have scored seven goals in these games, but conceded nine.
Colchester are currently in the League One play-off places, in fourth, having taken 49 points from their 27 games contested to date. Carlisle's 33 points gained from 26 games played on the other hand sees them lie just inside the top half of the table, in 12th 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 |
| Colchester | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 7 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Carlisle have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Colchester, with their good home form, may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Colchester | Six games since last home draw. |
| Carlisle | Five matches since last defeat. Five games since last away draw. |