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Exeter City prepare to entertain Margate at St James Park on Saturday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Margate | 0 - 1 | Exeter City | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Exeter City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 12 to 10.
Margate have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Gate have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Exeter City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide Conference, picking up 44 points from their 27 games so far. Margate find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 26 points from their 26 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Exeter City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| Margate | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Grecians's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Margate. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Exeter City | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Margate | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |