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Nottm Forest play host to Cardiff City at City Ground on Saturday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Forest are clearly on top, winning 53.33% of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm Forest was amazingly over twenty years ago, in April 1977, with Cardiff inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Forest in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1976/1977 | Sat 23 Apr | Nottm Forest | 0-1 | Cardiff | DIV2 |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 27 Nov | Cardiff | 0 - 3 | Nottm Forest | DIV2 |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 22 Feb | Nottm Forest | 0 - 0 | Cardiff | DIV2 |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 16 Nov | Cardiff | 2 - 1 | Nottm Forest | DIV2 |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 20 Apr | Nottm Forest | 2 - 1 | Cardiff | DIV2 |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 08 Dec | Cardiff | 1 - 1 | Nottm Forest | DIV2 |
| 1972/1973 | Sat 11 Nov | Cardiff | 2 - 1 | Nottm Forest | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Forest, with 6 goals against.
Cardiff have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Bluebirds, and 5 goals against.
Nottm Forest's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Cardiff are currently lying in 19th place in Nationwide League Division One having mustered a points tally of 1 from their 2 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm Forest | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| Cardiff | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Both teams are displaying reasonable form at the moment, and for that reason, the Madmen predict the game will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm Forest | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Cardiff | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |