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The Blues face a trip to Macclesfield in Cheshire on Sunday afternoon, with the fixture having been moved from the Saturday due to the Silkmen's Fans United day, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Half the previous contests have ended with a drawn game, but unfortunately the other half have ended in a defeat for the Cumbrians.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in February 2004, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Carlisle | 2 - 0 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Macclesfield | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 18 Oct | Carlisle | 0 - 1 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 18 Mar | Carlisle | 1 - 0 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Macclesfield | 2 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 01 Apr | Carlisle | 3 - 2 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 03 Nov | Macclesfield | 1 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Macclesfield are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time the Silkmen have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded just four.
The Cumbrians have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with three victories and just one loss from the last six. Those games have seen the Blues bag a bumper 13 goals, and let in only four.
Macclesfield are currently lying in 19th place in the League Two table having mustered a points tally of 32 from their 28 matches played. United are currently occupying a heady second spot in the division, gaining 51 points from their 29 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Cumbrians's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Macclesfield, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Macclesfield | Unbeaten in the last eleven home games. |
| Carlisle | Four games since last away draw. Four games since last defeat. |