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Forest Green prepare to entertain Halifax Town at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 2 of the 5 previous games, with the Rovers winning just 1.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Lawn was less than a year ago, in April 2007, with Forest Green running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Apr | Forest Green | 2-0 | Halifax Town | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Halifax Town | 2 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 28 Jan | Halifax Town | 1 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 Aug | Forest Green | 2 - 2 | Halifax Town | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Dec | Forest Green | 0 - 0 | Halifax Town | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | Halifax Town | 4 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 09 Mar | Halifax Town | 0 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Shaymen have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Shaymen, and 9 goals against.
Forest Green find themselves in a respectable 8th position, courtesy of the 55 points they have accumulated from 35 games. Halifax Town find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 43 points from their 34 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Halifax Town | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Forest Green's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Halifax Town. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Forest Green | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
| Halifax Town | Undefeated in last 6 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |