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Exeter City pack their bags to visit Rushden & Diamonds at Nene Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Both of the previous encounters have resulted in a drawn game.
The previous match played between the two at Nene Park was more than three years back, in March 2003, the Diamonds carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 20 Feb | Exeter City | 0 - 0 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 29 Mar | Rushden & D. | 1 - 0 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Exeter City | 3 - 1 | Rushden & D. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Oct | Exeter City | 1 - 1 | Rushden & D. | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Mar | Rushden & D. | 2 - 1 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 25 Sep | Exeter City | 1 - 1 | Rushden & D. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Rushden & Diamonds are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Diamonds in those games, with 5 conceded.
Exeter City have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Grecians's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Rushden & D.'s 41 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Exeter City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 55 points from 32 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rushden & D. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Exeter City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Grecians could well see them head back from Nene Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rushden & D. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Exeter City | 8 games since last away draw. 6 games since last defeat. |