The game between Ebbsfleet United and Forest Green Rovers in the (Conference) Premier on 27th August 2011 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

Footymad preview History of the Ebbsfleet United v Forest Green Rovers fixture

Ebbsfleet United prepare to entertain Forest Green Rovers at Stonebridge Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 3 of the 9 previous games, with the The Fleet winning just 2.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Stonebridge Road was just last season, in January 2010, as the The Fleet squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 4-3 in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2009/2010 Sat 23 Jan Ebbsfleet Utd. 4-3 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 12 Sep Forest Green 0 - 0 Ebbsfleet Utd. (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Thu 26 Mar Ebbsfleet Utd. 0 - 1 Forest Green Shield (Conference Cup)
2008/2009 Tue 09 Dec Ebbsfleet Utd. 0 - 1 Forest Green (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 06 Sep Forest Green 1 - 4 Ebbsfleet Utd. (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Tue 22 Apr Forest Green 2 - 2 Ebbsfleet Utd. (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Sat 03 Nov Ebbsfleet Utd. 0 - 2 Forest Green (Conference) Premier

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Ebbsfleet United are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.

Forest Green Rovers have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Rovers, and 4 goals against.

Ebbsfleet United are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 2 points from their 4 games thus far.

Forest Green Rovers's 5 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Ebbsfleet United 6 2 2 2 9 8 8
Forest Green Rovers 6 1 3 2 9 7 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Stonebridge Road for the The Fleet and the Madmen are unable to see past Forest Green Rovers claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Ebbsfleet United Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Drawn each of their last 2 games.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Forest Green Rovers No sequences of note

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