FM Preview: Forest Green Rovers v Braintree Town 23 Aug 2011

Last updated : 22 August 2011 By Footymad Previewer

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

Forest Green Rovers prepare to entertain Braintree Town at The Lawn on Tuesday evening, 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
No previous matches found

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Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers have lost only 1 of the last six at home, but 4 of these games have been drawn. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.

Braintree Town have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Iron, and 4 goals against.

Forest Green Rovers lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 5 points from their 3 games so far.

Braintree Town's 4 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Forest Green Rovers 6 1 3 2 10 7 6
Braintree Town 6 3 1 2 11 5 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at The Lawn for the Rovers and the Madmen are unable to see past Braintree Town claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Forest Green Rovers Drawn last 3 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 3 home matches.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Braintree Town Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.

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