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Forest Green are ready to welcome Northwich Victoria to The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 5 of the previous 7 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Lawn was within the last three years, in October 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 1-3 winners in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 05 Apr | Northwich Vic. | 2 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Forest Green | 1-3 | Northwich Vic. | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Northwich Vic. | 0 - 4 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Forest Green | 0 - 0 | Northwich Vic. | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Northwich Vic. | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Northwich Vic. | 2 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Apr | Forest Green | 2 - 0 | Northwich Vic. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The Rovers's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Northwich Vic. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Vics have hit 5 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Forest Green are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 18 points from 19 matches. Northwich Vic. see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide Conference, showing a record of 25 points from their 18 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Northwich Vic. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is certainly an intriguing match for the Rovers, and one in which the FootyMad team are tentatively suggesting a drawn game. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Forest Green | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Northwich Vic. | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |