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Nottm. Forest prepare to entertain Burnley at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Forest are clearly on top, having won 26 and lost only 8 of the 45 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was just last season, in March 2004, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 13 Nov | Burnley | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 17 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 1-1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 16 Sep | Burnley | 0 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Burnley | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Feb | Burnley | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While Forest have scored 4, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Burnley is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Clarets have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Nottm. Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 40 points from their 43 games thus far. Burnley see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 56 points from their 43 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Burnley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at City Ground for the Forest and the Madmen are unable to see past Burnley claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Not won in the 8 most recent games. |
| Burnley | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 7 away matches. |