History of the Carlisle United v Notts. County fixture
The Blues and the Magpies have only faced each other twelve times at Brunton Park over the years. United winning six, drawing one and losing five of those matches. Last season in League One seeing one of Carlisle's defeats on the opening day of the 2011-12 campaign. The Magpies winning 3-0, as 5,941 fans looked on, with all their goals coming in the first-half via Jeff Hughes, a Francois Zoko own goal and Lee Hughes,
In the 2010-11 season in League One Carlisle claimed one of their six overall victories though in a tight 1-0 win in which the visitors probably had the better of the play during the game. It was Gary Madine's 68th minute goal that counted though as the Blues took all three points in front of 5,599 spectators on an early October Saturday afternoon.
Just over five years ago in Cumbria, Carlisle defeated County 2-1 in mid-April in front of 10,735 spectators on the way to winning the League Two title in the 2005-06 season. Steve Scoffham scoring on 25 minutes for the visitors before Michael Bridges netted in injury time in either half to earn United a valuable three points.
Carlisle's best victory at home to the Magpies came in the old Division Two in front of 1973-74 as 10,209 fans looked on, the Cumbrians winning 3-0 thanks to a brace of goals from Joe Laidlaw and an own goal from David McVay. County's best victory at Brunton Park on the other hand, bar last season, was by the same scoreline in a 1986-87 first round FA Cup replay defeat watched by 3,742 spectators in which Ian McParland (2) and Richard Young scored for the visitors.
Recent encounters between the teams
| Season | Date | Team | Result | Team | Comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/2012 | Sat 03 Mar | Notts County | 2 - 0 | Carlisle | League One |
| 2011/2012 | Sat 06 Aug | Carlisle | 0 - 3 | Notts County | League One |
| 2010/2011 | Sat 22 Jan | Notts County | 0 - 1 | Carlisle | League One |
| 2010/2011 | Sat 09 Oct | Carlisle | 1 - 0 | Notts County | League One |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 17 Apr | Carlisle | 2 - 1 | Notts County | League Two |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Oct | Notts County | 0 - 0 | Carlisle | League Two |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Mar | Notts County | 3 - 1 | Carlisle | League Division Two |
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Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have only collected one win, three draws and two defeats from their last six home games played. While the Cumbrians have scored five goals in those matches, a worringly large nine have been leaked at the other end. The away form of Notts County however, is much more impressive, unbeaten in their last six games on the road, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of ten goals for the Magpies, and six goals against.
Carlisle's 15 points earned from their ten games played sees them lie just inside the top half of the League One table, in 12th position. Notts County meanwhile, in seventh place, lie just outside the play-off spots in the division, picking up 18 from their 11 games contested to date.
Current overall team form
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| Notts County | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
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FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Brunton Park for the Cumbrians and the Madmen are unable to see past Notts County claiming victory in a close match.......Away win
Sequence statistics
| Team | Sequences |
|---|---|
| Carlisle | Been beaten last two home matches. Not won n previous five home games. Not drawn a match in their last four. |
| Notts County | Last three away games finished all-square. An overall losing run of two matches. No win in the three most recent games. |
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