Carlisle United are odds-on to make it a Brunton Park return to forget for Keith Curle tonight.

Curle's former club are backed by bookmakers to continue their promotion push at the expense of Hartlepool United.

Carlisle are as short as 11/20 for victory with Betfair, with odds of 3/5 (Bet365) and 4/7 (William Hill) on offer by other bookies.

Third-bottom Hartlepool have not won in six visits to Brunton Park, and are 6/1 with Bet365 to end that sequence tonight.

BoyleSports offer 5/1 for an away win with SkyBet pricing Pools at 17/4.

The last two Brunton Park meetings between the clubs have been draws, and another draw this evening is 3/1.

United's Kristian Dennis - who is aiming to score in his fourth consecutive appearance - is favourite to open the scoring at odds of 15/4 with Paddy Power.

Omari Patrick, who scored twice in the away game against the Monkey Hangers this season - is 5/1.

Other Carlisle first scorer odds include Owen Moxon (7/1), Callum Guy (18/1), Jon Mellish (18/1) and Paul Huntington (22/1).

For Pools, Jack Hamilton is 9/1 and Josh Umerah 10/1.

A 1-0 home win is 11/2 while a 2-0 away victory is 37/1.

A repeat of last season's 0-0 draw is 10/1 while a second consecutive 3-1 win against Pools for Carlisle is 14/1.

Source: Oddschecker/Paddy Power.