12th Meeting Of City And Carlisle

Last updated : 17 September 2012 By Covsupport News Service

Saturday will be the 12th game between Coventry City and Carlisle United. The Sky Blues have won seven of these matches and drawn twice. They have scored 23 goals to Carlisle United's 13.

This will be Carlisle United's first visit to the Ricoh Arena. In their five previous visits, they have lost on four occasions and won once, a 2-1 win in September 1958.

Apart from a 6-1 win at Carlisle in February 1959,a 2-0 League Cup win at Brunton Park in 2007 and two draws, all the games behind City and Carlisle have been decided by one of the teams scoring one more goal than the other.