The game between Darlington and Forest Green Rovers in the (Conference) Premier on 3rd December 2011 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

History of the Darlington v Forest Green Rovers fixture

Darlington prepare to entertain Forest Green Rovers at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Quakers won the only previous game contested between the two.

The only previous meeting between Darlington and Forest Green Rovers at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren was just last season, in September 2010, with Darlington running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Darlington have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These games have seen the Quakers score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 2.

The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Rovers, and 6 goals against.

Darlington see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 31 points from their 22 games played so far,

Forest Green Rovers's 33 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Darlington are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Forest Green Rovers will prove too much for the homesters. Away win

Sequence statistics

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