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Nottm. Forest are ready to welcome Burnley to City Ground on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Forest are clearly on top, having won 27 and lost only 8 of the 46 games.
The previous match played between the two at City Ground was more than three years back, in April 2005, the Forest carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 1-0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 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 |
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 12 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 6 conceded.
Burnley have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Clarets have hit 4 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 4 points from their 4 matches. Burnley are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 2 points from their 4 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| Burnley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest may be coming up against a decent side in Burnley, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Forest. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Burnley | 4 games since last defeat. |