FM Preview: Forest Green Rovers v Tamworth 09 Oct 2012

Last updated : 08 October 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Forest Green Rovers v Tamworth fixture

Forest Green Rovers prepare to entertain Tamworth at The New Lawn on Tuesday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Rovers are clearly on top, beating their opponents 5 times from 8 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at The New Lawn was less than a year ago, in December 2011, with Forest Green Rovers running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Tue 06 Dec Forest Green 3-1 Tamworth (Conference) Premier
2011/2012 Tue 20 Sep Tamworth 0 - 1 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 30 Apr Tamworth 2 - 1 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 26 Feb Forest Green 4 - 0 Tamworth (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Mon 05 Apr Forest Green 3 - 4 Tamworth (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Mon 28 Dec Tamworth 0 - 0 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2006/2007 Sat 20 Jan Forest Green 2 - 0 Tamworth Conference

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Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Rovers, with 5 goals against.

Tamworth's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Lambs, and 8 goals against.

Forest Green Rovers are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 27 points from 13 games.

Tamworth lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 19 from their 13 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Forest Green Rovers 6 3 1 2 9 6 10
Tamworth 6 3 0 3 9 9 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Rovers are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Forest Green Rovers Unbeaten in the last 10 home games.
Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Tamworth 10 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 12 outings ago.

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