FootyMAD's Shrewsbury Town match preview

Last updated : 12 March 2004 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Forest Green Rovers v Shrewsbury Town fixture

Forest Green prepare to entertain Shrewsbury Town at The Lawn on Saturday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.



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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004Tue 11 NovShrewsbury Tn.2 - 0Forest 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 15 goals for the Rovers, with 7 goals against.

The Shrews have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Forest Green find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 40 points from their 33 matches. Shrewsbury Tn. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 60 points from 31 games.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Forest Green631211710
Shrewsbury Tn.651011316

FootyMad's prediction ...

Rovers are in quite good form at home, but the FootyMad team thinks on this occassion, Shrewsbury Tn. will prove too strong and win this game comfortably. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Forest Green Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Shrewsbury Tn. 11 games since last defeat.