This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Eastbourne Borough and Thurrock at 15:00 on 11th February 2012 in the (Conference) South.

Footymad preview History of the Eastbourne Borough v Thurrock fixture

Eastbourne Borough play host to Thurrock at on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the .

The last time the two teams met at Eastbourne Borough was just over four years ago, in November 2007, the carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a (Conference) South match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Tue 20 Sep Thurrock 1 - 4 Eastbourne B. (Conference) South
2007/2008 Sat 05 Apr Thurrock 3 - 2 Eastbourne B. (Conference) South
2007/2008 Sat 17 Nov Eastbourne B. 1-0 Thurrock (Conference) South
2006/2007 Sat 14 Oct Eastbourne B. 3 - 1 Thurrock (Conference) South
2006/2007 Mon 14 Aug Thurrock 2 - 4 Eastbourne B. (Conference) South
2005/2006 Sat 14 Jan Thurrock 1 - 0 Eastbourne B. (Conference) South
2005/2006 Tue 16 Aug Eastbourne B. 0 - 0 Thurrock (Conference) South

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Recent respective form guides

Eastbourne Borough's disastrous home run has meant they have managed only 2 draws from the last six matches. While have scored 6, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.

Thurrock's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Fleet have hit 5 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Eastbourne Borough are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 27 points from 26 matches.

Thurrock find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 27 games have yielded only 16 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Eastbourne Borough 6 0 2 4 5 15 2
Thurrock 6 0 3 3 2 13 3

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Its been a distinctly poor show from Eastbourne Borough at home in recent games, and, though we cannot see a run starting here, we do think the will at least gain a draw. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Eastbourne Borough Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 8 home matches.
Latest 4 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 8 most recent games.
Thurrock Not won in previous 5 away matches.
No win in the 10 most recent games.

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