The game between Southport and Braintree Town in the (Conference) Premier on 24th September 2011 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

History of the Southport v Braintree Town fixture

Southport prepare to entertain Braintree Town at Haig Avenue on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Southport have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Braintree Town have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Southport's 15 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

Braintree Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 19 from their 10 games so far.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Haig Avenue for the Sandgrounders and the Madmen are unable to see past Braintree Town claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics

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