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Forest Green prepare to entertain Salisbury City at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, determined to stop the rot against their opponents, having lost out to their rivals on 2 of the previous 3 occasions.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Lawn was just last season, in August 2008, with Salisbury City inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Rovers in a (Conference) Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 27 Jan | Salisbury City | 2 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 12 Aug | Forest Green | 1-2 | Salisbury City | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 02 Feb | Salisbury City | 0 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Thu 13 Sep | Forest Green | 0 - 3 | Salisbury City | CONF |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 10 Apr | Forest Green | 3 - 2 | Salisbury City | SPL |
| 1997/1998 | Thu 01 Jan | Salisbury City | 0 - 2 | Forest Green | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Rovers have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Salisbury City's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Whites's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 16 points from their 23 games thus far. Salisbury City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 23 points from their 24 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Forest Green | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Salisbury City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at The Lawn for the Rovers and the Madmen are unable to see past Salisbury City claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Forest Green | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Salisbury City | 15 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 15 outings ago. |