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Doncaster Rvs. travel to take on Carlisle United at Brunton Park Stadium on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Rovers have won 7 of the 26 games compared to the host's 11 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Carlisle Utd. was back in March 1997, over five years ago, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1996/1997 | Sat 29 Mar | Carlisle Utd. | 0 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 17 Aug | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 1 | Carlisle Utd. | LD3 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 04 Feb | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 0 | Carlisle Utd. | LD3 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 26 Nov | Carlisle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 11 Dec | Carlisle Utd. | 4 - 2 | Doncaster Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 21 Aug | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 0 | Carlisle Utd. | LD3 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 27 Mar | Carlisle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Carlisle United's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Cumbrians have scored 5, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.
Doncaster Rvs.'s away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Carlisle Utd. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 19 games have yielded only 5 points. Doncaster Rvs. are holding the final promotion place in the Nationwide League Division Three, and have accumulated 37 points from the 19 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Carlisle Utd. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Doncaster Rvs. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Carlisle Utd. | 9 games since last home draw. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 12 outings ago. |