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Forest Green are ready to welcome Southport to The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Rovers are clearly on top, beating their opponents 4 times from 7 games.
The previous match played between the two at The Lawn was more than three years back, in December 2006, with Southport inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Rovers in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 27 Jan | Southport | 1 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Forest Green | 1-2 | Southport | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Forest Green | 1 - 2 | Southport | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 07 Oct | Southport | 3 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Southport | 2 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Forest Green | 0 - 2 | Southport | CONF |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Apr | Southport | 5 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
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 10 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Sandgrounders have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. Those games have seen the Sandgrounders pummel 15 goals, and let in 7.
Forest Green's 8 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Southport lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 10 from their 5 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Southport | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers are in quite good form at home, but the FootyMad team thinks on this occasion, Southport will prove too strong and win this game comfortably. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Forest Green | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Southport | Undefeated in last 9 away games. 5 games since last defeat. |