Carlisle United were held to a point in a 1-1 draw against a resolute Yeovil Town at Huish Park.
Tahvon Campbell had given the Glovers the lead within 15 minutes, but Harvey Macadam’s second-half strike secured a point with further opportunities to grab a winner going begging.
United remained unchanged from the 4-2 win against Forest Green Rovers last weekend.
Chris Conn-Clarke had the first opportunity to test the Glovers' defence, receiving a quick throw-in from Cameron Harper in line with the hosts' penalty area, before neatly pirouetting and curling an effort just wide.
Conn-Clarke was getting plenty of joy in pockets of space for United and saw consecutive shots trouble Jed Ward in the Yeovil goal.
Richard Dryden’s side took the lead in the 15th minute when an in-swinging corner appeared to deflect off an unsuspecting Campbell’s head past Gabe Breeze.
Georgie Kelly tested Ward’s reflexes, striding onto a loose ball after Conn-Clark had been tackled and firing a low effort which was saved.
Harper found the chance to fire a pass into Regan Linney, who switched the ball to Conn-Clarke, where he cut in and shot straight at Ward.
Andrew Oluwabori had the United defence panicking when he dispossessed Morgan Feeney before racing in on goal and firing wide.
HALF-TIME: Yeovil Town 1–0 Carlisle United
Conn-Clarke’s whipped free-kick from deep fell to Kelly, whose swept effort was collected by Ward.
Neat interplay from the Blues saw the ball worked into Linney, who twisted and turned before seeing an effort from the edge of the box drift wide.
Conn-Clarke worked the ball out to Linney, who drove into the box and saw his effort deflected wide.
A loose ball fell to Yeovil captain Jake Wannell in the United penalty area, and his low effort was spilt by Breeze, who was alive to smother the rebound.
United were level in the 67th minute with Macadam scoring for his second consecutive game, after being fed by Conn-Clarke and smashing a left-footed strike into the top right corner.
The Blues began to take the game to the hosts with Linney twice coming close, running through on goal and shooting straight at Ward before firing a volley just past the upright.
James Daly outmuscled Archie Davies in the left corner and found Luke McCormick, whose teasing cross was deflected over the bar. Aaron Jarvis nodded the resulting corner over.
George Nurse tried his luck from range, and his effort deflected narrowly past the right upright.
Despite their best efforts, the Blues failed to find a winning goal as the game came to a close.
FULL-TIME: Yeovil Town 1-1 Carlisle United
Teams:
Yeovil Town: Ward, Williams, Wannell, McCormick, Jarvis (Cousin-Dawson 81), Oluwabori (Daly 76), Efete, Greenslade (Pendleton 81), Nurse, Jolliffe (Whittle 94), Campbell
Not used: Gould, Ellison, Ferguson
Carlisle United: Breeze, Davies (Jones 80), Feeney, Hayden, Harper, Grant, Gilliead (Macadam 60), Conn-Clarke, Williams (Luamba 60), Linney, Kelly
Not used: Lewis, Whelan, Wearne, Armstrong
Goals:
Yeovil Town – (Campbell 15)
Carlisle United – (Macadam 67)
Yellow cards:
Yeovil Town – (Greenslade 62) (Cousin-Dawson)
Carlisle United – (Hayden 45)
Red cards:
Yeovil Town – N/A
Carlisle United – N/A
Match officials:
Referee – William Davis
Assistant Referee 1 – Ashley Allen
Assistant Referee 2 – James Tewson
Fourth Official – Brandon Scaife
Attendance:
2933 (459 away)
