Forest Green play host to Chester City at The Lawn on Tuesday evening, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 2 of the 4 previous games, with the Rovers winning just 1.
The last time the two teams met at Forest Green was back in January 2004, over five years ago, the Rovers carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Conference match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2009/2010 | Tue 29 Sep | Chester City | 1 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
2003/2004 | Sat 17 Jan | Forest Green | 2-1 | Chester City | CONF |
2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Chester City | 1 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Chester City | 0 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Forest Green | 0 - 2 | Chester City | CONF |
2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Forest Green | 0 - 2 | Chester City | CONF |
2001/2002 | Sat 10 Nov | Chester City | 2 - 3 | Forest Green | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Rovers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
The away form of Chester City is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Blues have conceded 15 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 26 points from their 30 games thus far. Chester City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 28 games have yielded only -3 points.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Forest Green | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
Chester City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
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 Chester City. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Forest Green | 7 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
Chester City | Lost each of the previous 6 away matches. Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 5 games. No win in the 11 most recent games. |