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Nottm. Forest play host to Bristol Rovers at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Forest have won an impressive 9 of the 12 meetings between the two sides, drawing the other 3.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm. Forest was well over fifteen years ago, back in October 1991, with Nottm. Forest running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Sep | Bristol Rvs. | 2 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 1991/1992 | Wed 30 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 2-0 | Bristol Rvs. | LGEC |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 30 Apr | Bristol Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Tue 18 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 6 - 0 | Bristol Rvs. | FAC |
| 1976/1977 | Tue 11 Jan | Bristol Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | FAC |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 08 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | FAC |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 04 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 2 | Bristol Rvs. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Forest have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 4.
Bristol Rvs. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Nottm. Forest are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 45 points from the 26 games they have played so far. Bristol Rvs. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 30 points from their 24 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Bristol Rvs. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest may be coming up against a decent side in Bristol Rvs., but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Forest. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bristol Rvs. | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |