FM Preview: Forest Green Rovers v Woking 25 Aug 2012

Last updated : 24 August 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Forest Green Rovers v Woking fixture

Forest Green Rovers are ready to welcome Woking to The New Lawn on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 5 of the 11 previous games, with the Rovers winning just 3.

The previous match played between the two at The New Lawn was more than three years back, in April 2009, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2009/2010 Sat 12 Dec Woking 1 - 0 Forest Green Trophy
2008/2009 Sat 11 Apr Forest Green 0-2 Woking (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Tue 13 Jan Woking 2 - 2 Forest Green Shield (Conference Cup)
2008/2009 Sat 23 Aug Woking 0 - 1 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Fri 21 Mar Forest Green 2 - 1 Woking (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Mon 04 Feb Woking 1 - 0 Forest Green Shield (Conference Cup)
2007/2008 Sat 01 Sep Woking 1 - 1 Forest Green (Conference) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Rovers, with 5 goals against.

Woking'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 Cardinals, and 7 goals against.

Forest Green Rovers's 5 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Woking lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 6 from their 3 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Forest Green Rovers 6 2 2 2 6 5 8
Woking 6 4 1 1 12 9 13

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Forest Green Rovers are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Woking will prove too much for the homesters. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Forest Green Rovers Unbeaten in the last 5 home games.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Woking 8 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 5 outings ago.

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