This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Bury and Exeter City at 15:00 on 8th October 2011 in the League One.

History of the Bury v Exeter City fixture

Bury prepare to entertain Exeter City at Gigg Lane on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 11 wins out of 16 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Gigg Lane was less than a year ago, in November 2010, with Bury running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a F.A. Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Bury's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Shakers have scored 7, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.

Exeter City's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Grecians have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.

Bury find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 11 points from their 11 matches.

Exeter City are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower League One with a return of just 8 points from their 11 games thus far.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Attention punters! We see this as an opportunity for the Shakers to get the show back on the road by taking all the three points available. Home Win

Sequence statistics

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