FM Preview: Bath City v Grimsby Town 05 Nov 2011

Last updated : 04 November 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Bath City v Grimsby Town fixture

Grimsby Town face a trip to Bath City at Twerton Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Mighty Mariners lost the only previous game played between the two.

The only previous meeting between Bath City and Grimsby Town at Twerton Park was less than a year ago, in March 2011, the Stripes & City carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 16 Apr Grimsby Town 2 - 2 Bath City (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 19 Mar Bath City 2-1 Grimsby Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 07 Nov Grimsby Town 0 - 2 Bath City F.A. Cup
1952/1953 Sat 06 Dec Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Bath City F.A. Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Bath City's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Stripes & City have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

Grimsby Town's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Mighty Mariners have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Bath City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 18 games have yielded only 7 points.

Grimsby Town see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 20 points from their 18 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Bath City 6 2 1 3 10 13 7
Grimsby Town 6 2 0 4 13 10 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Grimsby Town on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Bath City. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Bath City Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Grimsby Town Lost each of the previous 3 away matches.
Not won in previous 5 away matches.
Last drawn game 8 outings ago.

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