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Nottm. Forest play host to Crystal Palace at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 18 wins out of 27 previous matches.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm. Forest was just over four years ago, in March 2004, as the Forest squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 3-2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Thu 20 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 25 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 14 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 3 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Crystal Palace is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Eagles have hit 5 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 9 games have yielded only 5 points. Crystal Palace are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 9 points from 9 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Nottm. Forest only showing average form at home, the Madmen are expecting them to play out a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | Not won in previous 7 away matches. |