FM Preview: Norwich City v Nottingham Forest 15 Apr 2011

Last updated : 14 April 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Norwich City v Nottingham Forest fixture

Nottingham Forest pack their bags to visit Norwich City at Carrow Road on Friday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 31 games played, Forest have recorded 8 wins, and Norwich City have come away with 14 victories.

The previous match played between the two at Carrow Road was within the last three years, in December 2008, with Nottingham Forest inflicting a narrow 2-3 defeat upon the Canaries in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 28 Aug Nottm. Forest 1 - 1 Norwich City Championship
2008/2009 Sun 28 Dec Norwich City 2-3 Nottm. Forest Championship
2008/2009 Sat 22 Nov Nottm. Forest 1 - 2 Norwich City Championship
2003/2004 Fri 26 Dec Norwich City 1 - 0 Nottm. Forest League Division One
2003/2004 Sat 30 Aug Nottm. Forest 2 - 0 Norwich City League Division One
2002/2003 Sat 22 Mar Nottm. Forest 4 - 0 Norwich City League Division One
2002/2003 Tue 29 Oct Norwich City 0 - 0 Nottm. Forest League Division One

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Recent respective form guides

Norwich City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Canaries, with 5 goals against.

In complete contrast to Norwich City, Nottingham Forest are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Forest have hit 5 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Norwich City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 71 points from 41 games.

Nottingham Forest lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 63 from their 41 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Norwich City 6 3 2 1 15 9 11
Nottingham Forest 6 1 1 4 9 13 4

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Forest are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Norwich City. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Norwich City Unbeaten in the last 7 home games.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Nottingham Forest Lost each of the previous 3 away matches.
Not won in previous 7 away matches.
Last drawn game 5 outings ago.

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