Nottm. Forest play host to Swindon Town at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Forest have won an impressive 7 of the 9 meetings between the two sides, drawing the other 2.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm. Forest was back in March 2000, over five years ago, with Nottm. Forest running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a League Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 13 Aug | Swindon Town | 2 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
1999/2000 | Sat 04 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 3-1 | Swindon Town | CHMP |
1999/2000 | Sat 11 Sep | Swindon Town | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
1997/1998 | Fri 26 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 0 | Swindon Town | CHMP |
1997/1998 | Sun 07 Sep | Swindon Town | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
1977/1978 | Sat 07 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 1 | Swindon Town | FAC |
1973/1974 | Tue 02 Oct | Swindon Town | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 5 conceded.
The away form of Swindon Town is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Robins have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest's 44 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Swindon Town are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 38 points from 34 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Nottm. Forest | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
Swindon Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest are not exactly setting the world alight at City Ground at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Swindon Town in this game. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Nottm. Forest | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
Swindon Town | Not won in previous 6 away matches. |