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Nottm. Forest prepare to entertain Bradford City at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 14 wins out of 20 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was just last season, in February 2004, the Forest carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 2-1 | Bradford City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Bradford City | 1 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Bradford City | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 16 Nov | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 0 | Bradford City | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 26 Feb | Bradford City | 2 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Thu 20 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Bradford City | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 11 Apr | Bradford City | 0 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 4 conceded.
Bradford City have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Bantams's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Nottm. Forest's 20 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Bradford City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League One, picking up 23 from their 15 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Bradford City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest are starting to turn City Ground into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occassion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bradford City | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |