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Nottm. Forest travel to take on Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Forest will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 11 and win only 2 of the 18 games.
The last time the two teams met at Cardiff City was just over four years ago, in January 2005, with Cardiff City running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 03 Jan | Cardiff City | 3 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 31 Jan | Cardiff City | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 23 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 23 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 27 Nov | Cardiff City | 0 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Bluebirds have scored 9 and conceded 2 during this period.
Nottm. Forest's away form is equally impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. Those games have seen the Forest pummel 13 goals, and let in 5.
Cardiff City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 48 points from 28 games. Nottm. Forest find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 33 points from their 29 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest are certainly at their peak on the road, though your FootyMad panel sees this as a stern test, and one from which they may have to settle for a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Unbeaten run of 12 matches. |
| Nottm. Forest | Undefeated in last 10 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |