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Morecambe prepare to entertain Forest Green Rovers at Christie Park on Tuesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 4 of the previous 6 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Christie Park was just last season, in April 2004, as they swept to an impressive 4-0 win in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Forest Green | 0 - 3 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Apr | Morecambe | 4-0 | Forest Green | CONF |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Morecambe have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Shrimps in those games, with 7 conceded.
Forest Green have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Rovers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Morecambe's total of 67 points from their 40 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide Conference. Forest Green are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide Conference with a return of just 32 points from their 40 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Morecambe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| Forest Green | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Shrimps being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Morecambe | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Forest Green | Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |