Nottm. Forest play host to Swansea City at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Forest are clearly on top, having won 13 and lost only 5 of the 24 games.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm. Forest was amazingly over twenty years ago, in December 1982, the Forest carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a First Division match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Swansea City | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
1982/1983 | Sat 14 May | Swansea City | 0 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | PREM |
1982/1983 | Sat 11 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 2-1 | Swansea City | PREM |
1981/1982 | Sat 08 May | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 2 | Swansea City | PREM |
1981/1982 | Sat 12 Dec | Swansea City | 1 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | PREM |
1956/1957 | Sat 29 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 3 | Swansea Tn. | CHMP |
1956/1957 | Sat 01 Sep | Swansea Tn. | 1 - 4 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest 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 Forest in those games, with 3 conceded.
The away form of Swansea City is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. While the Swans have hit 5 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest's 41 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Swansea City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 52 points from 31 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Nottm. Forest | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Both teams are displaying reasonable form at the moment, and for that reason, the Madmen predict the game will end in stalemate. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Nottm. Forest | Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
Swansea City | Not won in previous 6 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |