FM Preview: Grimsby Town v Southport 28 Apr 2012

Last updated : 27 April 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Grimsby Town v Southport fixture

Grimsby Town prepare to entertain Southport at Blundell Park at lunchtime on Saturday, looking to continue an impressive record. The Mighty Mariners are clearly on top, having won 11 and lost only 4 of the 17 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Blundell Park was just last season, in October 2010, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Fri 17 Feb Southport 1 - 2 Grimsby Town (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Tue 01 Feb Southport 2 - 2 Grimsby Town (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 16 Oct Grimsby Town 1-1 Southport (Conference) Premier
1977/1978 Tue 25 Apr Grimsby Town 2 - 0 Southport Fourth Division
1977/1978 Tue 27 Sep Southport 2 - 2 Grimsby Town Fourth Division
1973/1974 Sat 16 Feb Grimsby Town 2 - 1 Southport Third Division
1973/1974 Fri 12 Oct Southport 0 - 1 Grimsby Town Third Division

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Recent respective form guides

Grimsby Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.

The away form of Southport however, is much more impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Sandgrounders, and 8 goals against.

Grimsby Town's 70 points from 45 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Southport lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 73 from their 45 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Grimsby Town 6 1 4 1 6 5 7
Southport 6 0 4 2 9 11 4

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Your FootyMad panel thinks that Grimsby Town's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Southport. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Grimsby Town Drawn each of their last 2 games.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Southport Previous 3 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
Drawn each of the last 3 games.
No win in the 6 most recent games.

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