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Forest Green prepare to entertain Burton Albion 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 5 of the previous 7 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Lawn was less than a year ago, in March 2008, with Forest Green running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 27 Sep | Burton Albion | 4 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Mon 31 Mar | Forest Green | 3-1 | Burton Albion | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Dec | Burton Albion | 1 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Mon 12 Mar | Burton Albion | 1 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 10 Oct | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Burton Albion | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Apr | Burton Albion | 1 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 13 Dec | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Burton Albion | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Brewers 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. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.
Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 19 points from their 19 games thus far. Burton Albion are leading the way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, with their 21 games giving them a return of 43 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| Burton Albion | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Forest Green are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Burton Albion will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Forest Green | Won 3 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Burton Albion | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |