FM Preview: Southend United v Stevenage 22 Apr 2011

Last updated : 21 April 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Southend United v Stevenage fixture

Stevenage face a trip to Southend United at Roots Hall on Friday 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 Tue 23 Nov Stevenage 1 - 1 Southend Utd. League Two
2001/2002 Mon 15 Oct Stevenage B. 1 - 4 Southend Utd. (Associate Members)

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Recent respective form guides

Southend United are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Shrimpers, with 4 goals against.

Stevenage's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Boro, and 5 goals against.

Southend United see themselves just below half way in the Npower League Two, showing a record of 56 points from their 42 games played so far,

Stevenage's total of 65 points from their 42 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Npower League Two.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Southend United 6 2 2 2 11 6 8
Stevenage 6 4 2 0 14 6 14

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Although Stevenage have been far from successful in recent away games, we can see nothing other than an easy victory for them against Southend United. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Southend United Unbeaten in the last 7 home games.
Stevenage Undefeated in last 5 away games.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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