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History of the Milton Keynes Dons v Carlisle United fixture

The Blues travel to Buckinghamshire tomorrow to face an MK Dons side they have only played three away from home in their present form, but they have contested another four matches on the road against the "club" under their old guise as Wimbledon FC over the years. That quartet of games, which featured two draws and two defeats for United, coming in a seven year period in the late 1970s/early 1980s.

Last season in League One, in early April 2011, Carlisle lost out in injury time as they went down to a 3-2 defeat at stadium:mk. Daniel Powell first putting the Dons 1-0 up after 13 minutes before Liam Noble equalised for the Blues on 28 minutes, with James Berrett, in front of 10,795 fans putting United 2-1 up from the penalty spot with 69 minutes on the clock. The home side scoring twice in the final ten minutes to take all three points though when Angelo Balanta levelled on 81 minutes before former Carlisle-loanee Adam Clayton scored the winner as far as four minutes into stoppage time.

In the 2009-10 campaign in League One though, in November 2009, the Cumbrians picked up all three points at stadium:mk against the Dons in another entertaining fixture. Carlisle racing out of the traps and into an early 3-0 lead through Kevan Hurst on five minutes and then a Vincent Pericard brace on 17 and 20 minutes.

The home side made a stirring fightback though and were remarkably level two minutes after half-time, Luke Chadwick netting twice on 35 and 37 minutes before Sam Baldock made it 3-3 after 47 minutes. It proved to be a fruitless rally from the Dons however as, with 9,459 spectators looking on, Joe Anyinsah netted for the Blues with 67 minutes gone to get a goal which would eventually see United win the game 4-3. 

The one other time Carlisle have faced the Dons away came in the 2008-09 season in League One live on SKY Sports, the Blues being defeated 3-1 in early October despite taking the lead through Danny Graham after just four minutes. The home side though fighting back to win in front of 11,194 spectators thanks to a brace of goals from Peter Leven and a header from Miguel Angel Llera.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

MK Dons have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. In this time, the Dons have rattled up an impressive fifteen goals, and conceded only four. In complete contrast to the Dons, Carlisle are having a relatively poor time on their travels of late, attaining just three draws, alongside three defeats from their last six away games. The Cumbrians have conceded a hefty thirteen goals in these games, and only hit three in reply.

MK Dons have picked up a total of 67 points from their 38 games contested to date and that sees them sitting in fifth spot and in the play-off places in the npower League One table. One place lower down the division meanwhile Carlisle's total of 58 points gained from their 37 matches contested to date sees them nestling in sixth place in the table.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The FootyMad panel see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Dons, as the Cumbrians have been none too clever on the road in recent matches...... Home win

Sequence statistics

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