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Morecambe pack their bags to visit Chester City at The Saunders Honda Stadium on Friday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Shrimps will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 20.00% success rate in the fixture.
The previous match played between the two at The Saunders Honda Stadium was more than three years back, in March 2004, the Blues carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Mar | Chester City | 2 - 1 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 11 Nov | Morecambe | 0 - 1 | Chester City | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Feb | Morecambe | 1 - 1 | Chester City | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Morecambe | 3 - 2 | Chester City | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 03 Sep | Chester City | 2 - 1 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | Chester City | 1 - 1 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Oct | Morecambe | 0 - 3 | Chester City | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Chester City remain unbeaten in their last six home games, though five of those have been draws. These games have seen the Blues score just 6 goals, though they have conceded 2.
The away form of Morecambe however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Shrimps, and 2 goals against.
Chester City are currently occupying 2nd spot in their division, gaining 8 points from their 4 games. Morecambe's 5 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chester City | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An interesting game for the Shrimps to play at the moment, and one from which I believe will see Morecambe take away one point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chester City | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Morecambe | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 5 games since last defeat. |