FootyMAD Sunderland match preview

History of the Nottingham Forest v Sunderland fixture

Nottm Forest play host to Sunderland at City Ground on Saturday evening, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Forest have the slight edge, having won 20 of the 41 games compared to Sunderland's 11 wins.

The last time the two teams met at Nottm Forest was back in March 1998, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1997/1998	Wed 04 Mar	Nottm Forest	0-3	Sunderland	LD1
1997/1998	Sat 08 Nov	Sunderland	1 - 1	Nottm Forest	LD1
1996/1997	Sat 22 Mar	Sunderland	1 - 1	Nottm Forest	PREM
1996/1997	Wed 21 Aug	Nottm Forest	1 - 4	Sunderland	PREM
1993/1994	Sun 08 May	Nottm Forest	2 - 2	Sunderland	LD1
1993/1994	Sat 27 Nov	Sunderland	2 - 3	Nottm Forest	LD1
1990/1991	Sat 16 Feb	Sunderland	1 - 0	Nottm Forest	DIV1

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.

The away form of Sunderland is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Black Cats have conceded 13 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.



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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Nottm Forest	6	1	3	2	11	11	6
Sunderland	6	0	0	6	1	13	0

FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Sunderland is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Forest in a close run game. Home Win

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.
Sunderland	Lost each of the previous 6 away matches. Not won in previous 15 away matches. An overall losing run of 13 games. No win in the 18 most recent games.