Nottm. Forest face a trip to Preston North End at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Forest will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 25 and win only 9 of the 44 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2008, the North End carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2009/2010 | Sat 19 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 0 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Tue 03 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Tue 16 Sep | Preston N.E. | 2 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
2004/2005 | Wed 23 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Preston N.E. | 3 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
2003/2004 | Mon 12 Apr | Preston N.E. | 2 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
2003/2004 | Wed 01 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Preston North End have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the North End in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Nottm. Forest is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Forest have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Preston N.E. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 44 points from their 35 games played so far, Nottm. Forest are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 64 points from 35 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Preston N.E. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
Nottm. Forest | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the Forest out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Preston N.E.. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Preston N.E. | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
Nottm. Forest | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |