FM Preview: Grimsby Town v Southport 16 Oct 2010

Last updated : 15 October 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Grimsby Town v Southport fixture

Grimsby Town play host to Southport at Blundell Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 11 wins out of 16 previous matches.

The last time the two teams met at Grimsby Town was way back in the black-and-white days of April 1978, with Grimsby Town running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Fourth Division match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1977/1978Tue 25 AprGrimsby Town2-0SouthportLGE2
1977/1978Tue 27 SepSouthport2 - 2Grimsby TownLGE2
1973/1974Sat 16 FebGrimsby Town2 - 1SouthportLGE1
1973/1974Fri 12 OctSouthport0 - 1Grimsby TownLGE1
1971/1972Sat 12 FebSouthport1 - 0Grimsby TownLGE2
1971/1972Sat 23 OctGrimsby Town0 - 1SouthportLGE2
1970/1971Sat 26 SepGrimsby Town1 - 2SouthportLGE2

Recent respective form guides

Grimsby Town are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Mighty Mariners in those games, with 6 conceded.

The away form of Southport is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Sandgrounders have conceded 6 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.

Grimsby Town find themselves in a respectable 8th position, courtesy of the 22 points they have accumulated from 15 games. Southport find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 16 points from their 15 matches.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Grimsby Town62311199
Southport6114584

FootyMad's prediction ...

With the Mighty Mariners being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Grimsby Town 7 games since last home draw.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Southport Lost each of the previous 4 away matches.
Not won in previous 6 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.