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Forest Green face a trip to Rushden & Diamonds at Nene Park on Friday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the Rovers.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2006, with Rushden & D. running out comfortable 2 - 0 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: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Forest Green | 0 - 2 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Rushden & D. | 2 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 24 Feb | Forest Green | 2 - 0 | Rushden & D. | FAT |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Feb | Forest Green | 0 - 0 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Sep | Rushden & D. | 0 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 15 Feb | Rushden & D. | 3 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Jan | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Rushden & Diamonds will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Only 3 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 in the wrong end.
Forest Green's away form is none too clever either, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 8 against.
Rushden & D. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 15 matches. Forest Green lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 27 from their 15 games so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rushden & D. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers have been performing with great credit on their travels, and the Madmen see no reason why they should not return from Nene Park with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rushden & D. | Drawn last 4 games at home. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. |
| Forest Green | Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |