The Analyst: Shakers v Shrimpers

History of the Bury v Southend United fixture

Southend Utd. travel to take on Bury at Gigg Lane on Saturday afternoon,

The last time the two teams met at Bury was back in December 2004, over five years ago, with Southend Utd. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Shakers in a League Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 26 Feb	Southend Utd.	1 - 0	Bury	LGE2
2004/2005	Sat 11 Dec	Bury	0 - 1	Southend Utd.	LGE2
2003/2004	Tue 24 Feb	Bury	1 - 1	Southend Utd.	LGE2
2003/2004	Sat 30 Aug	Southend Utd.	1 - 0	Bury	LGE2
2002/2003	Sat 26 Apr	Southend Utd.	1 - 2	Bury	LGE2
2002/2003	Sat 05 Oct	Bury	1 - 3	Southend Utd.	LGE2
1990/1991	Sat 04 May	Bury	0 - 1	Southend Utd.	LGE1

Recent respective form guides

Bury haven't lost in their last six home matches, but have drawn four of them. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the The Shakers in those games, with 7 conceded.

The Shrimpers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Shrimpers, and 9 goals against.

Bury are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 22 points from 12 games. Southend Utd. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 14 points from their 12 matches.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Bury	6	4	2	0	14	5	14
Southend Utd.	6	3	1	2	8	6	10

The Analyst's prediction ...

Bury are certainly in a good run of form, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the The Shakers. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Bury	Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches.
Southend Utd.	An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games.