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Nottm. Forest face a trip to Swansea City at Liberty Stadium 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2008, with Swansea City running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 07 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 1 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 16 Aug | Swansea City | 3 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 29 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 18 Aug | Swansea City | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 20 Jan | Swansea City | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 2 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Swansea City are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Swans in those games, with 3 conceded.
The Forest have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The Forest's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Swansea City's total of 32 points from their 20 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Nottm. Forest are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 33 points from 20 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Swansea City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the Swans. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Swansea City | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. |
| Nottm. Forest | Previous 4 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. 13 games since last defeat. |