Forest Green prepare to entertain York City at The Lawn on Saturday afternoon, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. In the past, this fixture has usually spelled defeat for the Rovers.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Lawn was less than a year ago, in March 2009, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a (Conference) Premier match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2009/2010 | Sat 15 Aug | York City | 2 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
2008/2009 | Tue 21 Apr | York City | 2 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
2008/2009 | Tue 17 Mar | Forest Green | 1-1 | York City | CONF |
2007/2008 | Tue 18 Mar | Forest Green | 1 - 2 | York City | CONF |
2007/2008 | Fri 24 Aug | York City | 0 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
2006/2007 | Sat 03 Mar | York City | 0 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
2006/2007 | Sat 02 Dec | Forest Green | 0 - 1 | York City | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Forest Green Rovers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
York City have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. These low-scoring games have seen just 4 goals scored and conceded.
Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 27 points from their 32 games thus far. York City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 60 points from 32 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Forest Green | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
York City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Forest Green are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with York City running out comfortable winners. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Forest Green | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
York City | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |