FootyMAD's Burton Albion match preview

History of the Morecambe v Burton Albion fixture

Morecambe prepare to entertain Burton Albion at Christie Park on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. All the previous meetings between the two have been won by the Shrimps.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Christie Park was less than a year ago, in February 2006, with Morecambe running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Conference match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006	Sat 04 Feb	Morecambe	3-1	Burton Albion	CONF
2005/2006	Tue 20 Sep	Burton Albion	0 - 4	Morecambe	CONF
2004/2005	Tue 12 Apr	Morecambe	3 - 0	Burton Albion	CONF
2004/2005	Sat 26 Feb	Burton Albion	1 - 0	Morecambe	FAT
2004/2005	Tue 07 Dec	Burton Albion	1 - 3	Morecambe	CONF
2003/2004	Sat 03 Jan	Burton Albion	0 - 1	Morecambe	CONF
2003/2004	Sat 30 Aug	Morecambe	2 - 1	Burton Albion	CONF

Recent respective form guides

Morecambe are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Shrimps, with 4 goals against.

The Brewers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Brewers's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.



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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Morecambe	6	4	1	1	13	5	13
Burton Albion	6	2	3	1	5	6	9

FootyMad's prediction ...

Morecambe are starting to turn Christie Park into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occassion. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Morecambe	Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Burton Albion	5 games since last defeat.