FM Preview: Forest Green Rovers v Fleetwood Town 28 Jan 2012

Last updated : 27 January 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Forest Green Rovers v Fleetwood Town fixture

Fleetwood Town face a trip to Forest Green Rovers at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The lost the only previous game played between the two.

The only previous meeting between Forest Green Rovers and Fleetwood Town at The Lawn was just last season, in January 2011, the Rovers carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 08 Oct Fleetwood Tn. 0 - 0 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 29 Jan Fleetwood Tn. 2 - 0 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 08 Jan Forest Green 1-0 Fleetwood Tn. (Conference) Premier

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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. The Rovers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.

The away form of Fleetwood Town however, is much more impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. Those games have seen the pummel 14 goals, and let in 4.

Forest Green Rovers's 42 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.

Fleetwood Town are leading the way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, with their 29 games giving them a return of 66 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Forest Green Rovers 6 1 2 3 2 5 5
Fleetwood Town 6 4 1 1 17 9 13

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Fleetwood Town are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to Forest Green Rovers. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Forest Green Rovers No sequences of note
Fleetwood Town 5 successive away victories.
7 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 6 outings ago.

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