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Last updated : 02 February 2007 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Bury v Milton Keynes Dons fixture

Milton Keynes travel to take on Bury at Gigg Lane on Saturday afternoon, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having come through the challenge on 2 of the previous 3 occasions.

The last time the two teams met at Bury was amazingly over twenty years ago, in May 1983, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Fourth Division match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007Sat 05 AugMilton Keynes2 - 1BuryLGE2
1982/1983Sat 14 MayBury1 - 3WimbledonLGE2
1982/1983Sat 01 JanWimbledon2 - 1BuryLGE2
1980/1981Sat 02 MayWimbledon2 - 4BuryLGE2
1980/1981Sat 29 NovBury1 - 0WimbledonLGE2
1979/1980Tue 26 FebWimbledon0 - 1BuryLGE1
1979/1980Sat 29 SepBury1 - 2WimbledonLGE1

Recent respective form guides

Bury have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Milton Keynes's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The The Dons's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.

Bury find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 37 points from their 30 matches. Milton Keynes are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 55 points from 30 games.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Bury60428114
Milton Keynes62138107

FootyMad's prediction ...

Milton Keynes 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

Sequence statistics:
Bury Drawn last 3 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 4 home matches.
Not won in the 8 most recent games.
Milton Keynes Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.