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Nottm. Forest travel to take on Northampton Town at Sixfields on Saturday afternoon, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. 4 out of the 5 previous games have been drawn by Forest.
The last time the two teams met at Northampton was way back in the black-and-white days of March 1966, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a First Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1965/1966 | Sat 12 Mar | Northampton | 3 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | PREM |
| 1965/1966 | Sat 22 Jan | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | FAC |
| 1965/1966 | Sat 18 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 1 | Northampton | PREM |
| 1950/1951 | Wed 25 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Northampton | D3S |
| 1950/1951 | Sat 02 Sep | Northampton | 2 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | D3S |
| 1949/1950 | Wed 14 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Northampton | D3S |
| 1949/1950 | Thu 08 Sep | Northampton | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | D3S |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The Forest have had a decent run of form away from home recently, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Forest, and 3 goals against.
Northampton find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 1 points from their 2 matches. Nottm. Forest are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 6 points from the 2 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Northampton. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | 4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Nottm. Forest | 5 games since last defeat. |