FM Preview: Forest Green Rovers v Grimsby Town 07 Oct 2010

Last updated : 06 October 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Forest Green Rovers v Grimsby Town fixture

Grimsby Town face a trip to Forest Green Rovers at The Lawn on Thursday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.



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Recent respective form guides

Forest Green Rovers have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Grimsby Town's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Mighty Mariners'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 10 points from their 13 games thus far. Grimsby Town's 21 points from 13 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Forest Green60155161
Grimsby Town6222878

FootyMad's prediction ...

Its been an indifferent run of form for the Mighty Mariners of late away from home, but your FootyMad panel sees things improving, starting here at The Lawn with Grimsby Town coasting to victory. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Forest Green Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 5 home matches.
Not won in the 9 most recent games.
Grimsby Town Previous 2 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 4 away matches.
5 games since last defeat.