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Forest Green face a trip to Rushden & Diamonds at Nene Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 6 games played, Rovers have recorded 1 wins, and Rushden & D. have come away with 3 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2009, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a (Conference) Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Apr | Forest Green | 4 - 0 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 2008/2009 | Fri 23 Jan | Rushden & D. | 2 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Apr | Forest Green | 0 - 1 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Fri 12 Oct | Rushden & D. | 1 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Forest Green | 0 - 2 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Rushden & D. | 2 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 24 Feb | Forest Green | 2 - 0 | Rushden & D. | FAT |
Recent respective form guides
Rushden & Diamonds are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 8.
The away form of Forest Green is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Rovers have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Rushden & D. see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 5 points from their 4 games played so far, Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 0 points from their 4 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rushden & D. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Diamonds, as the Rovers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rushden & D. | 11 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Forest Green | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 6 games. No win in the 6 most recent games. |