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Plymouth Arg. travel to take on Southend United at Roots Hall on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Pilgrims will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 18 and win only 5 of the 30 games.
The last time the two teams met at Southend Utd. was just over four years ago, in November 2001, with Plymouth Arg. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Shrimpers in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Plymouth Arg. | 0 - 0 | Southend Utd. | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 20 Nov | Southend Utd. | 0 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 24 Apr | Plymouth Arg. | 3 - 3 | Southend Utd. | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Sep | Southend Utd. | 2 - 2 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 04 Dec | Plymouth Arg. | 3 - 1 | Southend Utd. | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 07 Aug | Southend Utd. | 2 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 17 Apr | Plymouth Arg. | 0 - 3 | Southend Utd. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Southend United's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Shrimpers have scored 6, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Plymouth Arg.'s away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Pilgrims's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Southend Utd. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 17 games have yielded only 11 points. Plymouth Arg. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 26 from their 17 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southend Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Plymouth Arg. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Plymouth Arg. 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
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| Southend Utd. | No sequences of note |
| Plymouth Arg. | Undefeated in last 4 away games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |