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Exeter City travel to take on Southport at Haig Avenue on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 13 games played, Grecians have recorded 3 wins, and Southport have come away with 6 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Southport was way back in the black-and-white days of January 1977, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1976/1977 | Mon 03 Jan | Southport | 1 - 1 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 30 Oct | Exeter City | 3 - 1 | Southport | LGE2 |
| 1975/1976 | Fri 02 Apr | Southport | 1 - 0 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 1975/1976 | Sat 16 Aug | Exeter City | 2 - 0 | Southport | LGE2 |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 08 Feb | Exeter City | 1 - 0 | Southport | LGE2 |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 02 Nov | Southport | 3 - 0 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 1972/1973 | Sat 17 Feb | Exeter City | 0 - 1 | Southport | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Southport have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 13 to 11.
Exeter City's away form is equally impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Grecians, and 1 goals against.
Southport find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 7 points from their 7 matches. Exeter City are leading the way in the Nationwide Conference, with their 7 games giving them a return of 17 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southport | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
| Exeter City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Exeter City are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to Southport. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southport | 8 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Exeter City | Undefeated in last 7 away games. 12 games since last defeat. |