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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.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1977/1978 | Tue 25 Apr | Grimsby Town | 2-0 | Southport | LGE2 |
| 1977/1978 | Tue 27 Sep | Southport | 2 - 2 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 16 Feb | Grimsby Town | 2 - 1 | Southport | LGE1 |
| 1973/1974 | Fri 12 Oct | Southport | 0 - 1 | Grimsby Town | LGE1 |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 12 Feb | Southport | 1 - 0 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 23 Oct | Grimsby Town | 0 - 1 | Southport | LGE2 |
| 1970/1971 | Sat 26 Sep | Grimsby Town | 1 - 2 | Southport | LGE2 |
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.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Grimsby Town | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Southport | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
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. |