FootyMAD's Forest Green Rovers match preview

Last updated : 15 August 2008 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Forest Green Rovers v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town face a trip to Forest Green Rovers at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. 60.00% of the past meetings have resulted in a defeat for Reds.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2008, the Rovers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a (Conference) Premier match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008Sun 10 FebForest Green1 - 0Crawley TownCONF
2007/2008Sat 22 SepCrawley Town3 - 0Forest GreenCONF
2006/2007Sat 03 FebCrawley Town3 - 1Forest GreenCONF
2006/2007Sat 21 OctForest Green1 - 0Crawley TownCONF
2005/2006Sat 18 MarCrawley Town1 - 0Forest GreenCONF
2005/2006Tue 20 SepForest Green2 - 2Crawley TownCONF
2004/2005Tue 28 DecForest Green1 - 1Crawley TownCONF

Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Crawley Town have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Reds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.

Forest Green see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 1 points from their 2 games played so far, Crawley Town's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Forest Green6132886
Crawley Town640210812

FootyMad's prediction ...

Crawley Town 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:
Forest Green Failed to win in previous 3 home matches.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Crawley Town 3 successive away victories.
12 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 7 outings ago.