|
Carlisle welcome Rochdale to Cumbria on Tuesday evening looking to improve on a good record at home to the Spotland outfit. United winning 29, drawing 9 and losing 13 of the 51 games played between the two sides at Brunton Park over the years.
The last time the teams met in Cumbria was in United's League Two championship winning season of 2005-06. Carlisle winning 2-1 on New Year's Eve in front of 6,897 fans despite Rochdale taking the lead in only the second minute through Blair Sturrock. Two goals in the last half an hour of the game from Danny Livesey and Michael Bridges though ensuring that the three points went the way of the Blues.
United have seven times scored five goals or more at home to Rochdale, and have even hit the seven goal mark on three occasions. The best of those wins being a 7-0 victory in 1953-54 in the old Third Division North. The Carlisle goalscorers that August afternoon, as 8,378 spectators looked on, being Jimmy Wham Whitehouse (2), Ian Atkinson (2), Bobby Johnston, Jimmy Drury and Alan Ashman.
Rochdale meanwhile have never won by more than a two goal margin at Brunton Park, which they have done three times with one of them being a 3-1 FA Cup extra-time win in November 1959. Their last victory in Carlisle actually being a 2-0 win in the 2002-03 season at fourth tier level when Clive Platt and former Blues manager Paul Simpson hit the back of the United net in the first-half in front of 4,501 fans.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 07 Oct | Rochdale | 2 - 2 | Carlisle | ASSM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 02 May | Rochdale | 0 - 2 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Carlisle | 2 - 1 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Rochdale | 2 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Carlisle | 2 - 0 | Rochdale | ASSM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | Carlisle | 3 - 2 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | Rochdale | 0 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have an excellent recent home record, winning five and losing just one of their last six games at Brunton Park. In this time the Cumbrians have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded seven.
In complete contrast to United, Rochdale are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just one victory and one draw from their last six matches played on the road. While the 'Dale have scored five goals in those games, eight have hit the back of the wrong net.
Carlisle lie just outside the play-off positions in the Npower League One table, in eighth, picking up 26 points from their 17 games played so far. Rochdale meanwhile find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the division having picked up 20 points from their 16 matches contested to date.
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 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 |
| Rochdale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
It's good news for Carlisle fans, because, with them being in such great nick at home, the Footymad panel just cannot see any further than an emphatic home win for the Cumbrians. Home win
| Sequence statistics | |
| Carlisle | Won four successive home games. Seven matches since last home draw. Not drawn a game in their last five. |
| Rochdale | No win in the four most recent matches. Lost each of the previous four away games. Not won in previous five away matches. |