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Forest Green prepare to entertain Southport at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 4 of the previous 6 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Lawn was less than a year ago, in March 2006, with Southport inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Rovers in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Forest Green | 1-2 | Southport | CONF |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Rovers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
The away form of Southport is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Sandgrounders have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Forest Green are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 22 points from 22 matches. Southport find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 21 games have yielded only 17 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Southport | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Rovers's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Southport. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Forest Green | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Southport | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 8 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |