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Nottm. Forest face a trip to Northampton Town at Sixfields on Friday evening, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. Most of the previous games have been drawn, but the remainder have resulted in a win for Forest.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2006, with Nottm. Forest inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Cobblers in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 12 Aug | Northampton | 0 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town 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 Cobblers, with 3 goals against.
Nottm. Forest have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Northampton's 54 points from 38 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Nottm. Forest are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 59 points from 36 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Northampton may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Unbeaten in the last 11 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Nottm. Forest | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |