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Morecambe prepare to entertain Forest Green Rovers at Christie Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 6 of the previous 8 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Christie Park was less than a year ago, in February 2006, as the Shrimps squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 18 Feb | Morecambe | 3-2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 19 Apr | Morecambe | 3 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Forest Green | 0 - 3 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Apr | Morecambe | 4 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 25 Nov | Forest Green | 1 - 2 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Morecambe | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Morecambe have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
Forest Green have an average recent record on the road, losing just 1 from the last six, but amazingly drawing the other 5. The Rovers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Morecambe lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide Conference, picking up 32 points from their 19 games so far. Forest Green find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 21 points from their 20 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Morecambe | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Forest Green is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Shrimps in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Morecambe | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Forest Green | Previous 5 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 20 away matches. 7 games since last defeat. |