FM Preview: Braintree Town v Forest Green Rovers 18 Dec 2012

Last updated : 17 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

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

Forest Green Rovers face a trip to Braintree Town at Cressing Road on Tuesday evening, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. Rovers won the only previous game contested between the two teams.

The only previous meeting between Braintree Town and Forest Green Rovers at Cressing Road was just last season, in November 2011, where Forest Green Rovers annihilated the Rovers 1-5 in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 19 Nov Braintree Tn. 1-5 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2011/2012 Tue 23 Aug Forest Green 0 - 2 Braintree Tn. (Conference) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Braintree Town's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Iron have scored 8, a worringly large 16 have been leaked at the other end.

Forest Green Rovers's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Rovers, and 8 goals against.

Braintree Town are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 23 points from their 20 games thus far.

Forest Green Rovers's total of 38 points from their 21 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Braintree Town 6 2 0 4 5 15 6
Forest Green Rovers 6 3 2 1 11 7 11

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Forest Green Rovers 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

Team Sequences
Braintree Town Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 7 .
Forest Green Rovers Undefeated in last 3 away games.
6 games since last defeat.

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