FM Preview: Braintree Town v Forest Green Rovers 19 Nov 2011

Last updated : 18 November 2011 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 St on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

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

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Recent respective form guides

Braintree Town have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Iron in those games, with 7 conceded.

Forest Green Rovers have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.

Braintree Town's 30 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Forest Green Rovers see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 26 points from their 19 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Braintree Town 6 1 2 3 16 17 5
Forest Green Rovers 6 3 0 3 8 7 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

With Forest Green Rovers only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Cressing Road St will be a good result. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Braintree Town Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Forest Green Rovers 4 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 7 outings ago.

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