FootyMAD Forest Green Rovers match preview

Last updated : 22 August 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Forest Green Rovers v Accrington Stanley fixture

Accrington face a trip to Forest Green Rovers at The Lawn on Saturday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.



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Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Rovers, with 8 goals against.

The Reds have had a decent run of form away from home recently, remaining unbeaten in their last six, winning five and drawing the one. These six games have produced a glut of goals, with the Reds scoring 16 and conceding 4.

Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide Conference with a return of just 1 points from their 3 games thus far. Accrington find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 3 points from their 3 matches.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Forest Green622211118
Accrington651014316

FootyMad's prediction ...

Accrington are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Forest Green. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Forest Green Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Accrington 3 successive away victories.
4 games since last away draw.
18 games since last defeat.