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Nottm. Forest prepare to entertain Crystal Palace at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Forest are clearly on top, having won 16 and lost only 5 of the 25 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was just last season, in February 2003, the Forest carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 2-1 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Thu 20 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 25 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 14 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 3 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 28 Aug | Crystal Palace | 2 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Forest have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Crystal Palace's away form is none too clever either, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Eagles, and 7 goals against.
Nottm. Forest are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 38 points from 35 matches. Crystal Palace's 51 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the Forest at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Eagles come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Crystal Palace | 11 games since last away draw. |