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Forest Green face a trip to Exeter City at St James' Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The two previous games have resulted in one drawn game and one defeat for the Rovers.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2003, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 21 Sep | Forest Green | 2 - 3 | Exeter City | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Dec | Exeter City | 2 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | Forest Green | 2 - 5 | Exeter City | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 26 Nov | Exeter City | 2 - 1 | Forest Green | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 17 Nov | Forest Green | 0 - 0 | Exeter City | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Exeter City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. In this time, Grecians have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 5.
Forest Green have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Rovers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Exeter City's 40 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide Conference with a return of just 22 points from their 27 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Exeter City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Grecians, as the Rovers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Exeter City | 11 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Forest Green | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |