FM Preview: Southend United v Morecambe 18 Sep 2010

Last updated : 17 September 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Southend United v Morecambe fixture

Morecambe face a trip to Southend United at Roots Hall on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.



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Recent respective form guides

Southend United have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 8.

The away form of Morecambe is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Shrimps have hit 5 goals, 18 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Southend Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Npower League Two, showing a record of 7 points from their 6 games played so far, Morecambe find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 6 games have yielded only 3 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Southend Utd.6213787
Morecambe60245132

FootyMad's prediction ...

Shrimps are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Southend Utd.. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Southend Utd. No sequences of note
Morecambe Lost each of the previous 5 away matches.
Not won in previous 5 away matches.
No win in the 7 most recent games.