FM Preview: Forest Green Rovers v Lincoln City 17 Dec 2011

Last updated : 16 December 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Forest Green Rovers v Lincoln City fixture

Forest Green Rovers prepare to entertain Lincoln City at The Lawn 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 Sat 24 Sep Lincoln City 1 - 1 Forest Green (Conference) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 6 conceded.

The away form of Lincoln City is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Red Imps have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Forest Green Rovers's 37 points from 24 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Lincoln City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 23 points from their 24 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Forest Green Rovers 6 3 3 0 12 4 12
Lincoln City 6 2 1 3 7 7 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Lincoln City is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Rovers in a close run game. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Forest Green Rovers Unbeaten in the last 4 home games.
Unbeaten run of 7 matches.
Lincoln City 5 games since last away draw.

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