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Forest Green face a trip to Cambridge United at Trade Recruitment Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. While the majority of previous matches have ended up drawn, a win has yet to be registered by Rovers.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2008, with Cambridge U. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Thu 16 Oct | Forest Green | 2 - 2 | Cambridge U. | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 23 Feb | Cambridge U. | 2 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Sep | Forest Green | 3 - 1 | Cambridge U. | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 27 Feb | Cambridge U. | 1 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Forest Green | 1 - 1 | Cambridge U. | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 07 Jan | Cambridge U. | 2 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 13 Aug | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Cambridge U. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Cambridge United are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the U's, with 5 goals against.
Forest Green have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 10 against.
Cambridge U. are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 76 points from 40 games. Forest Green find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 44 points from their 39 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cambridge U. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the U's. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cambridge U. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Forest Green | 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |