The game between Eastbourne Borough and Oxford United in the (Conference) Premier on Tuesday, 3rd March 2009 at 19:45 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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Oxford Utd. pack their bags to visit Eastbourne Borough at on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The only previous meeting between the two sides yielded a draw.
The only previous meeting between Eastbourne B. and Oxford Utd. at was more than three years back, in November 2005, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 16 Aug | Oxford Utd. | 6 - 3 | Eastbourne B. | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 16 Nov | Oxford Utd. | 3 - 0 | Eastbourne B. | FAC |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 05 Nov | Eastbourne B. | 1 - 1 | Oxford Utd. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Eastbourne Borough have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the in those games, with 6 conceded.
The U's have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the U's, and 4 goals against.
Eastbourne B. see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 43 points from their 32 games played so far, Oxford Utd.'s 50 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Eastbourne B. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Oxford Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
U's's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Eastbourne B., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Eastbourne B. | 6 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Oxford Utd. | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |
