Salford made it three draws on the bounce against Carlisle at Brunton Park, as they played out a stalemate in their first ever meeting.
Home goals from Olufela Olomola and Stefan Scougall were cancelled-out by visiting strikes from Emmanuel Dieseruvwe and Danny Whitehead.
Hallam Hope made his first start of the season, along with Olomola who returned, as Steven Pressley dropped Ryan Loft and surprisingly, Harry McKirdy.
Graham Alexander made two changes from midweek, bringing in former Blues loanee Martin Smith and Lois Maynard for Rory Gaffney, who dropped to the bench, and Richard Towell, out of the squad all together.
Olomola almost repaid faith within four minutes, after doing well in the penalty area but slashed wide.
Three minutes later ‘Fella,’ the Scunthorpe United loanee did, nodding in a Nathan Thomas cross after the winger beat his man with some effective trickery.
Joey Jones nearly replied instantly when he rattled Adam Collin’s crossbar, with a peach of a long range strike.
Soon after, striker Jake Beesley flashed a header across goal from a pinpoint Ibou Touray cross.
The away equaliser did come just before the half hour mark. Right back Scott Wiseman was found by a searching cross-field long ball, squaring across Dieseruvwe, who beat centre back Byron Webster to nod in.
Almost instantly, Webster then had more misery as he brought down Beesley around the six-yard box. Whitehead slotted into the bottom left-hand corner, despite Collin getting a hand to it at the Warwick Road End.
Although, the lead was another short one. It became four goals in the first 45 minutes when 5ft 7in midfielder Scougall headed in a rebounded Olomola shot – despite Ammies offside appeals.
Half-time: 2-2
Alexander hooked Maynard at the break, with Oscar Threlkeld replacing him at centre back.
Carlisle somehow missed two golden opportunities in the opening exchanges of the second half.
Firstly when Hope failed to score in frying of an open goal from around seven yards, before Scougall broke through one-on-one with goalkeeper Chris Neal and decided to shoot from range, rather than squaring to Hope for an even easier tap-in.
High-earner Adam Rooney then entered the fray for Smith, to make it a more attacking shape for Salford. Meanwhile, Newcastle United loan forward Elias Sørensen replaced Olomola, as both substitutes soon missed guilt-edged chances.
The Cumbrians had the Lion’s share of possession during the closing stages, as Sørensen hit the side netting and Thomas threatened from the right.
Against the run of play, Collin was miraculous forced into a fantastic save to deny Ammies striker Rooney at point-blank range heading into the final few minutes.
Added-time was uneventful, the newly-met sides settled for a point which keeps them both in the bottom half of the table.
Carlisle will travel to Spotland in the Carabao Cup midweek, facing League One Rochale, while Salford welcome Leyton Orient to The Peninsula next Saturday.
Attendance: 4,806 (340)
Home star man: Mike Jones
Away star man: Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
Referee: Paul Marsden
words Nathan Ridley, D3D4 Carlisle United correspondent