This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Rushden & Diamonds and Forest Green Rovers at 19:45 on Friday, 23rd January 2009 in the (Conference) Premier.
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Rushden & D. prepare to entertain Forest Green Rovers at Nene Park on Friday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Diamonds are clearly on top, with a 60.00% success rate in the fixture.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Nene Park was just last season, in October 2007, with Forest Green inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Diamonds 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: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Feb | Forest Green | 0 - 0 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Sep | Rushden & D. | 0 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Rushden & Diamonds have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
Forest Green have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Rovers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Rushden & D.'s 38 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 26 points from their 26 games thus far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rushden & D. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Diamonds's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Forest Green. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rushden & D. | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Forest Green | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |
