FootyMAD's Farnborough Town match preview

Last updated : 05 March 2004 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Forest Green Rovers v Farnborough Town fixture

Forest Green prepare to entertain Farnborough Town at The Lawn on Saturday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the Rovers.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Lawn was less than a year ago, in March 2003, with Forest Green running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Conference match.

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

Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004Tue 07 OctFarnborough T.1 - 3Forest GreenCONF
2002/2003Sat 08 MarForest Green3-1Farnborough T.CONF
2002/2003Tue 24 SepFarnborough T.0 - 3Forest GreenCONF
2001/2002Sat 15 DecFarnborough T.3 - 0Forest GreenCONF
2001/2002Wed 22 AugForest Green1 - 0Farnborough T.CONF
1998/1999Sat 05 DecForest Green0 - 0Farnborough T.CONF
1998/1999Tue 18 AugFarnborough T.2 - 2Forest GreenCONF

Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Rovers, with 6 goals against.

Farnborough T. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Boro have hit 9 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Forest Green find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 36 points from their 31 matches. Farnborough T. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide Conference with a return of just 27 points from their 33 games thus far.

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

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Forest Green622213108
Farnborough T.621312107

FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Farnborough T. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Rovers in a close run game. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Forest Green Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Farnborough T. Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 4 most recent games.