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The Blues welcome the Glovers to Cumbria tomorrow, with high hopes of improving on their useful record against the opposition at Brunton Park, having managed to conjure up a win from two of the three games played.
Last season in League One United left it late to defeat Yeovil 2-1 in front of 6,483 spectators. The visitiors going 1-0 up through Marcus Stewart on 38 minutes before Peter Murphy with 13 minutes left, and then Scott Dobie in injury time ensured that the Blues managed to grab all three points.
In the 2006-07 campaign in League One a promotion chasing Yeovil side hammered Carlisle 4-1 in this fixture in front of 7,112 spectators. That despite things looking rosy for United as they led 1-0 at the break, thanks to a Joe Garner strike in the 43rd minute, and the Glovers had already had to use all their three substitutes due to injury.
In the classic game of two halves though, Yeovil coasted to victory after the interval as Leon Best, on loan from Southampton at the time put in a stellar performance for the visitors. Best scoring twice himself on 72 and 90 minutes having already set up Wayne Gray for a 49th minute leveller. Chris Cohen then putting the icing on the cake for the Glovers when he netted deep into injury time to make the final scoreline 4-1.
The only other match between the two sides at Brunton Park being a 2-0 win for Carlisle in Yeovil's first, and, what at the time was United's last, season in the Football League, that being the 2003-04 campaign. The Blues, with 5,455 fans looking on, claiming victory thanks to a goal either side of the break from Paul Simpson and Craig Farrell respectively.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Apr | Carlisle | 2 - 1 | Yeovil | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 13 Oct | Yeovil | 2 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Carlisle | 1 - 4 | Yeovil | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 12 Aug | Yeovil | 2 - 1 | Carlisle | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Jan | Carlisle | 2 - 0 | Yeovil | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Yeovil | 3 - 0 | Carlisle | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle have not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six competitive matches at Brunton Park. A generous eight goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Yeovil have a slightly better than average recent record on the road, winning and losing three each of the last six competitive away games. In some high-scoring fixtures the Glovers have netted a healthy nine goals, but a bumper 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
After just three league games Carlisle are currently third in the table with two wins and a draw from their opening trio of fixtures, Yeovil meanwhile are also unbeaten in sixth, starting with one win and two draws.
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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Yeovil | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Carlisle only showing average form at home, the Madmen are expecting them to play out a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Carlisle | Not won in last two matches. |
| Yeovil | Nine games since previous away draw. |