Forest Green play host to Altrincham at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The two sides drew on their own previous meeting.
The only previous meeting between Forest Green and Altrincham at was back in January 2000, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Conference match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Altrincham | 2 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
1999/2000 | Sat 08 Jan | Forest Green | 1-1 | Altrincham | CONF |
1999/2000 | Sat 18 Dec | Altrincham | 1 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 10.
The away form of Altrincham is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. Robins have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Forest Green are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 23 points from 24 matches. Altrincham find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 27 points from their 25 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Forest Green | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 12 |
Altrincham | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
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 Altrincham. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Forest Green | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
Altrincham | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 12 away matches. 5 games since last defeat. |