Nottm. Forest prepare to entertain Brighton & Hove Albion at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 8 wins out of 11 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was two seasons ago, in September 2004, with Brighton & HA inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Forest in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2004/2005 | Sat 22 Jan | Brighton & HA | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
2004/2005 | Wed 29 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 0-1 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Brighton & HA | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
2002/2003 | Wed 27 Nov | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 2 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
1986/1987 | Wed 08 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LGEC |
1986/1987 | Wed 24 Sep | Brighton & HA | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LGEC |
1982/1983 | Mon 03 Jan | Brighton & HA | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 3 conceded.
The Seagulls have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Seagulls's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Nottm. Forest are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 9 points from the 3 games they have played so far. Brighton & HA's total of 7 points from their 3 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Nottm. Forest | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
Brighton & HA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest may be coming up against a decent side in Brighton & HA, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Forest. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
Brighton & HA | 5 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |