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Forest Green prepare to entertain Oxford United 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 Oxford Utd. at was just last season, in October 2006, where Oxford Utd. annihilated the Rovers 1-5 in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Oxford Utd. | 1 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Mar | Oxford Utd. | 0 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Fri 06 Oct | Forest Green | 1-5 | Oxford Utd. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Oxford Utd. is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! U's have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Forest Green find themselves in a respectable 8th position, courtesy of the 51 points they have accumulated from 32 games. Oxford Utd.'s 43 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Oxford Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Forest Green only showing average form at home, the Madmen are expecting them to play out a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Forest Green | Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Oxford Utd. | Lost each of the previous 8 away matches. Not won in previous 8 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |