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Forest Green face a trip to Burton Albion at Eton Park on Saturday afternoon, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having come through the challenge on 2 of the previous 3 occassions.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2004, with Forest Green inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Brewers in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 20 Nov | Forest Green | 3 - 2 | Burton Albion | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Burton Albion | 2 - 3 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 11 Oct | Forest Green | 1 - 1 | Burton Albion | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Feb | Forest Green | 2 - 0 | Burton Albion | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 03 Sep | Burton Albion | 2 - 3 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 06 Dec | Burton Albion | 4 - 1 | Forest Green | SPL |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 11 Oct | Forest Green | 1 - 3 | Burton Albion | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Burton Albion have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Brewers in those games, with 6 conceded.
Forest Green have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Rovers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Burton Albion see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide Conference, showing a record of 35 points from their 29 games played so far, Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide Conference with a return of just 24 points from their 30 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Burton Albion | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Brewers, as the Rovers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Burton Albion | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Forest Green | Not won in previous 2 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |