FootyMAD's Eastbourne Borough match preview

Last updated : 30 October 2009 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Forest Green Rovers v Eastbourne Borough fixture

Forest Green prepare to entertain Eastbourne Borough at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. Rovers lost the only previous game contested between the two teams.

The only previous meeting between Forest Green and Eastbourne B. at was less than a year ago, in January 2009, with Eastbourne B. inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Rovers in a (Conference) Premier match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009Sat 17 JanForest Green1-2Eastbourne B.CONF
2008/2009Tue 02 SepEastbourne B.1 - 0Forest GreenCONF

Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Rovers have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.

Eastbourne B.'s away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 11 points from their 17 games thus far. Eastbourne B. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 16 points from their 17 matches.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Forest Green62139147
Eastbourne B.61145104

FootyMad's prediction ...

Forest Green are in pretty poor form at home recently, and the FootyMad are looking no further than a solitary point from this game. No-score draw

Sequence statistics:
Forest Green Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Eastbourne B. Lost each of the previous 4 away matches.
Not won in previous 4 away matches.
An overall losing run of 4 games.
No win in the 5 most recent games.