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Morecambe prepare to entertain Forest Green Rovers at Christie Park on Saturday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Shrimps are clearly on top, with a 60.00% success rate in the fixture.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Christie Park was just last season, in September 2002, as they swept to an impressive 4-0 win in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 25 Nov | Forest Green | 1 - 2 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Sep | Morecambe | 4-0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 08 Apr | Morecambe | 2 - 0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Sep | Forest Green | 3 - 1 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 21 Apr | Morecambe | 0 - 2 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 18 Nov | Forest Green | 0 - 3 | Morecambe | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Morecambe have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Morecambe lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide Conference, picking up 56 points from their 37 games so far. Forest Green find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 45 points from their 37 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Morecambe | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your number one FootyMad panel have studied this game long and hard, and cannot separate the two. A draw for the Shrimps. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Morecambe | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 10 . |
| Forest Green | 6 games since last away draw. |