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Forest Green are ready to welcome Southport to The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, aiming to maintain a near-perfect record against their opponents. The Rovers have claimed victory from 4 of the previous 5 games.
The previous match played between the two at The Lawn was more than three years back, in August 2002, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Fri 07 Oct | Southport | 3 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Southport | 2 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Forest Green | 0-2 | Southport | CONF |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Apr | Southport | 5 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 22 Sep | Forest Green | 2 - 1 | Southport | CONF |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 28 Apr | Forest Green | 2 - 0 | Southport | CONF |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Feb | Southport | 1 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
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 5 goals against.
Southport have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Sandgrounders have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Forest Green are currently lying in 18th place in Nationwide Conference having mustered a points tally of 31 from their 32 matches played. Southport find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 29 games have yielded only 23 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 |
| Southport | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Southport 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 | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Southport | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |