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Brentford play host to Morecambe at Griffin Park on Tuesday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Bees won the only previous game contested between the two.
The only previous meeting between Brentford and Morecambe at was back in November 2001, over five years ago, the Bees carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 17 Nov | Brentford | 1-0 | Morecambe | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Brentford's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Bees have scored 5, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Morecambe's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Shrimps have hit 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Brentford find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 17 matches. Morecambe's 24 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brentford | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Griffin Park for the Bees and the Madmen are unable to see past Morecambe claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brentford | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Morecambe | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 4 games since last defeat. |