Wrexham travel to take on Southport at Haig Avenue on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 37 games played, Dragons have recorded 8 wins, and Southport have come away with 17 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Southport was way back in the black-and-white days of December 1973, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Third Division match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2010/2011 | Sat 23 Oct | Wrexham | 1 - 2 | Southport | FAC |
2010/2011 | Tue 21 Sep | Wrexham | 2 - 1 | Southport | CONF |
2008/2009 | Tue 09 Dec | Wrexham | 1 - 2 | Southport | CNFC |
1973/1974 | Sat 29 Dec | Southport | 0 - 2 | Wrexham | LGE1 |
1973/1974 | Sat 08 Sep | Wrexham | 3 - 2 | Southport | LGE1 |
1966/1967 | Mon 03 Apr | Wrexham | 1 - 1 | Southport | LGE2 |
1966/1967 | Mon 26 Dec | Southport | 1 - 0 | Wrexham | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Southport's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Sandgrounders have scored 9, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.
Wrexham's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Dragons, and 6 goals against.
Southport are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 18 points from their 20 games thus far. Wrexham lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 33 from their 21 games so far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Southport | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
Wrexham | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Wrexham are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Southport | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
Wrexham | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |