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Swindon Town face a trip to Southend United at Roots Hall on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 30 and win only 13 of the 55 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2008, the Shrimpers carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 29 Aug | Swindon Town | 2 - 1 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 17 Mar | Swindon Town | 3 - 0 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Oct | Southend Utd. | 2 - 1 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Mon 24 Mar | Swindon Town | 0 - 1 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Dec | Southend Utd. | 2 - 1 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 27 Jan | Southend Utd. | 2 - 0 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Swindon Town | 1 - 2 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Southend United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Shrimpers's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
The Robins 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. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Southend Utd. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 30 points from their 27 matches. Swindon Town's total of 47 points from their 25 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southend Utd. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Swindon Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Swindon Town are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southend Utd. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Swindon Town | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |