Morecambe face a trip to Northwich Victoria at Wincham Park (Witton Albion) on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Shrimps have lost on no less than 6 of the 9 visits.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in September 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Conference match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2003/2004 | Sat 07 Feb | Morecambe | 3 - 0 | Northwich Vic. | CONF |
2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Northwich Vic. | 1 - 1 | Morecambe | CONF |
2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Morecambe | 3 - 1 | Northwich Vic. | CONF |
2002/2003 | Wed 18 Sep | Northwich Vic. | 3 - 2 | Morecambe | CONF |
2001/2002 | Tue 29 Jan | Northwich Vic. | 4 - 3 | Morecambe | CONF |
2001/2002 | Tue 04 Sep | Morecambe | 2 - 1 | Northwich Vic. | CONF |
2000/2001 | Tue 06 Mar | Morecambe | 4 - 0 | Northwich Vic. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Northwich Victoria's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Vics have scored 7, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Morecambe's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Shrimps's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Northwich Vic. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide Conference with a return of just 2 points from their 6 games thus far. Morecambe are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 5 points from 6 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Northwich Vic. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 |
Morecambe | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Morecambe are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Northwich Vic.. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Northwich Vic. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
Morecambe | Not won in previous 4 away matches. |