FM Preview: Bolton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest 24 Aug 2012

Last updated : 23 August 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Bolton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest fixture

Nottingham Forest travel to take on Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Way on Friday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Forest will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 23 and win only 7 of the 40 games.

The last time the two teams met at Bolton Wanderers was more than a decade ago, in October 2001, the Trotters carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2001/2002 Mon 08 Oct Bolton Wdrs. 1-0 Nottm. Forest League Cup
2000/2001 Sat 17 Mar Nottm. Forest 0 - 2 Bolton Wdrs. League Division One
2000/2001 Tue 17 Oct Bolton Wdrs. 0 - 0 Nottm. Forest League Division One
1999/2000 Wed 27 Oct Nottm. Forest 1 - 1 Bolton Wdrs. League Division One
1999/2000 Sat 25 Sep Bolton Wdrs. 3 - 2 Nottm. Forest League Division One
1995/1996 Sat 02 Dec Bolton Wdrs. 1 - 1 Nottm. Forest Premiership
1995/1996 Sat 21 Oct Nottm. Forest 3 - 2 Bolton Wdrs. Premiership

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Recent respective form guides

Bolton Wanderers are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. While Trotters have scored 8, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.

The Forest have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 4 have been let in at the wrong end.

Bolton Wanderers see themselves just below half way in the npower Championship, showing a record of 3 points from their 2 games played so far,

Nottingham Forest's total of 4 points from their 2 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in npower Championship.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Bolton Wanderers 6 1 3 2 9 12 6
Nottingham Forest 6 3 1 2 6 4 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Nottingham Forest are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Bolton Wanderers No sequences of note
Nottingham Forest 5 games since last defeat.

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