FM Preview: Grimsby Town v Altrincham 25 Apr 2011

History of the Grimsby Town v Altrincham fixture

Grimsby Town prepare to entertain Altrincham at Blundell Park on Monday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season	Date	Team	Result	Team	Comp
2010/2011	Sat 25 Sep	Altrincham	2 - 2	Grimsby Town	(Conference) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Grimsby Town may have lost only 1 of their last six home games, but the other 5 have resulted in drawn games. The Mighty Mariners's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

The away form of Altrincham is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Robins have hit 4 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Grimsby Town's 62 points from 44 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Altrincham are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 41 points from their 44 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Grimsby Town	6	2	3	1	11	8	9
Altrincham	6	1	2	3	6	10	5

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Attention punters! We see this as an opportunity for the Mighty Mariners to get the show back on the road by taking all the three points available. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team	Sequences
Grimsby Town	Drawn last 3 games at home. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Unbeaten run of 5 matches.
Altrincham	Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 5 most recent games.

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