FM Preview: Kettering Town v Forest Green Rovers 23 Apr 2011

Last updated : 22 April 2011 By Footymad Previewer

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

Forest Green Rovers face a trip to Kettering Town at Rockingham Road Ground on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 3 of the 6 previous games, with the hosts winning just 2.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2010, 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
2010/2011 Sat 25 Sep Forest Green 0 - 2 Kettering Tn. (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 20 Mar Kettering Tn. 0-2 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 08 Aug Forest Green 1 - 2 Kettering Tn. (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 20 Dec Forest Green 0 - 2 Kettering Tn. (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 09 Aug Kettering Tn. 1 - 1 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2002/2003 Tue 08 Apr Kettering Tn. 2 - 3 Forest Green Conference
2002/2003 Sat 28 Sep Forest Green 1 - 0 Kettering Tn. Conference

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Recent respective form guides

Kettering Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 11 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Forest Green Rovers have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.

Kettering Town see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 52 points from their 44 games played so far,

Forest Green Rovers are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 45 points from 43 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Kettering Town 6 1 3 2 7 12 6
Forest Green Rovers 6 2 3 1 7 4 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Forest Green Rovers on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Kettering Town. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Kettering Town Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Forest Green Rovers 6 games since last defeat.

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