The game between Kettering Town and Southport in the (Conference) Premier on 30th April 2011 at 17:15 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

History of the Kettering Town v Southport fixture

Southport pack their bags to visit Kettering Town at Rockingham Road Ground at tea-time on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sandgrounders will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The previous match played between the two at Rockingham Road Ground was more than three years back, in February 2008, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 5-2 thriller, in a (Conference) North match.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Kettering Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 11 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Southport have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Sandgrounders have hit 7 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Kettering Town see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 55 points from their 45 games played so far,

Southport are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 46 points from 45 matches.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Poppies, as the Sandgrounders have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

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