This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Southport and Eastbourne Borough at 15:00 on 2nd April 2011 in the (Conference) Premier.

Footymad preview History of the Southport v Eastbourne Borough fixture

Southport prepare to entertain Eastbourne Borough 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

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 05 Mar Eastbourne B. 4 - 1 Southport (Conference) Premier

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Southport have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 14 goals have been scored by the Sandgrounders in those games, with 9 conceded.

The away form of Eastbourne Borough is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the have hit 4 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Southport are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 41 points from 39 matches.

Eastbourne Borough are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 29 points from their 39 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Southport 6 1 3 2 9 13 6
Eastbourne Borough 6 1 0 5 7 11 3

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Attention punters! We see this as an opportunity for the Sandgrounders to get the show back on the road by taking all the three points available. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Southport Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Eastbourne Borough Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 5 games.
No win in the 5 most recent games.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here