Aldershot Town vs Forest Green Prediction
Forest Green to feast on struggling Aldershot
Preview
Ag man, this one looks like a braai where one team brought the meat and the other brought... well, nothing! Let me break it down for you proper.
Aldershot are sitting in 20th place with just 13 points from 17 games - that's worse than a bok trying to climb a tree, boet! They've managed only 3 wins all season and their recent form is shocking. Looking at their last 10 games: 1 win, 3 draws, and 6 losses. The worrying part? They haven't kept a single clean sheet in their last 10 matches. ZERO! They're conceding 2.2 goals per game on average - that's like leaving your front door wide open in Johannesburg!
Recent results show they're getting hammered by decent teams: lost 1-0 to Boreham Wood (2nd place), lost 2-1 to Scunthorpe (4th place), got beaten 1-2 at home by Tamworth, and even lost 3-0 to Southend. Their only win in ages was 3-2 against Dorking Wanderers in the FA Cup, but that was against lower opposition.
Now look at Forest Green - sitting pretty in 5th place with 32 points. That's 19 points more than Aldershot! They've won 9 games already this season and recently beat Boreham Wood 2-1 at home. That's a massive result against the 2nd place team, showing these guys can play.
Forest Green's away form is solid too - 33% win rate on their travels, scoring 1.5 goals per game. They've got 3 clean sheets in their last 10 matches, which is 3 more than Aldershot have managed!
Head-to-head doesn't help Aldershot either - they've NEVER beaten Forest Green at home in 5 attempts (0 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses). Recent meetings have been close though - 1-1 and 3-3 draws - but that was when Aldershot weren't this terrible.
The stats paint a clear picture: Forest Green are flying high while Aldershot are crashing and burning. With Aldershot's defense leaking goals like a sieve and Forest Green proving they can beat top teams, this looks like a straightforward away win to me.