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Nottm. Forest prepare to entertain Crewe Alexandra at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The fixture has produced 3 draws, with 4 wins being posted by Forest.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was less than a year ago, in May 2007, when they played out a goalless draw in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 May | Nottm. Forest | 0-0 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 4 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Apr | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Forest, with 2 goals against.
In complete contrast to Nottm. Forest, Crewe Alex. are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the The Railwaymen have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 27 points from 15 games. Crewe Alex.'s 23 points from 16 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest may be coming up against a decent side in Crewe Alex., 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 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Crewe Alex. | Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |