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Accrington S. play host to Brentford at Fraser Eagle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. Out of their two previous meetings, the The Reds have drawn one game and lost the other.
The last time the two teams met at Accrington S. was way back in the black-and-white days of March 1960, with Brentford inflicting a narrow 3-4 defeat upon the The Reds in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1959/1960 | Fri 11 Mar | Accrington S. | 3-4 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 24 Oct | Brentford | 3 - 0 | Accrington S. | LGE1 |
| 1958/1959 | Sat 31 Jan | Brentford | 2 - 1 | Accrington S. | LGE1 |
| 1958/1959 | Fri 12 Sep | Accrington S. | 1 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Accrington Stanley's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While The Reds have scored 7, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Brentford's away form is none too clever either, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. While the Bees have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Accrington S. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 33 points from their 27 games played so far, Brentford's 35 points from 26 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Accrington S. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 |
| Brentford | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Fraser Eagle Stadium for the The Reds and the Madmen are unable to see past Brentford claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Accrington S. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Brentford | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |