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Forest Green prepare to entertain Morecambe at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 4 of the 9 previous games, with the Rovers winning just 3.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Lawn was just last season, in October 2005, the Rovers carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Morecambe | 1 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 18 Feb | Morecambe | 3 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Forest Green | 1-0 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 19 Apr | Morecambe | 3 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Forest Green | 0 - 3 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Apr | Morecambe | 4 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 25 Nov | Forest Green | 1 - 2 | Morecambe | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Shrimps have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Forest Green see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide Conference, showing a record of 38 points from their 32 games played so far, Morecambe find themselves in a respectable 8th position, courtesy of the 49 points they have accumulated from 30 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Both teams are displaying reasonable form at the moment, and for that reason, the Madmen predict the game will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Forest Green | Won 4 successive home games. 9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Morecambe | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |