Bristol Rvs. face a trip to Bury at Gigg Lane on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Pirates will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them taste defeat on 12 occasions, and draw 7, from the 21 games played.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2005, the The Shakers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Two match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Bristol Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Bury | LGE2 |
2005/2006 | Tue 27 Sep | Bury | 1 - 0 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE2 |
2004/2005 | Sat 12 Mar | Bury | 1 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE2 |
2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | Bristol Rvs. | 2 - 2 | Bury | LGE2 |
2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Bury | 0 - 0 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE2 |
2003/2004 | Sat 15 Nov | Bristol Rvs. | 1 - 2 | Bury | LGE2 |
2002/2003 | Tue 04 Mar | Bury | 0 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Bury are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The The Shakers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The Pirates 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. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Bury lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 26 points from their 17 games so far. Bristol Rvs. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 22 points from their 17 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Bury | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 13 |
Bristol Rvs. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Pirates could well see them head back from Gigg Lane with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Bury | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
Bristol Rvs. | 6 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |