Morecambe face a trip to Forest Green Rovers at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 4 of the 9 previous games, with the hosts winning just 3.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2005, the Rovers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Conference match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Morecambe | 1 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
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 |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Shrimps have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Forest Green see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide Conference, showing a record of 38 points from their 32 games played so far, Morecambe find themselves in a respectable 8th position, courtesy of the 49 points they have accumulated from 30 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Forest Green | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
Morecambe | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is a game in which both sides are showing indifferent form, so the Madmen are expecting the Shrimps to come away from it with a creditable draw. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Forest Green | Won 4 successive home games. 9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
Morecambe | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |