FootyMAD's Forest Green Rovers match preview

Last updated : 27 December 2004 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Forest Green Rovers v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town travel to take on Forest Green Rovers at The Lawn on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Reds lost the only previous game played between the two.

The only previous meeting between Forest Green and Crawley Town at was back in January 1998, over five years ago, as the Rovers edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a (Southern) Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005Sat 25 SepCrawley Town4 - 2Forest GreenCONF
1997/1998Sat 31 JanForest Green3 - 2Crawley TownSPL
1997/1998Sat 04 OctCrawley Town2 - 2Forest GreenSPL

Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. While Rovers have scored 6, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.

The away form of Crawley Town is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Reds have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide Conference with a return of just 19 points from their 23 games thus far. Crawley Town's 34 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Forest Green6231769
Crawley Town631211910

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Crawley Town on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Forest Green. No-score draw

Sequence statistics:
Forest Green Unbeaten in the last 4 home games.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Crawley Town 7 games since last away draw.
No win in the 2 most recent games.