Forest Green face a trip to Mansfield Town at Field Mill on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2008/2009 | Sat 22 Nov | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Mansfield Town | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Mansfield Town have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 3 to 2.
Forest Green have an average recent record on the road, losing just 1 from the last six, but amazingly drawing the other 5. While the Rovers have hit 9 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Mansfield Town's 47 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Forest Green are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 37 points from 35 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Mansfield Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Forest Green | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Stags, as the Rovers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Mansfield Town | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
Forest Green | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 9 away matches. Drawn each of the last 5 games. No win in the 6 most recent games. |