FM Preview: Nottingham Forest v Burnley 12 Apr 2011

Last updated : 11 April 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Nottingham Forest v Burnley fixture

Nottingham Forest are ready to welcome Burnley to City Ground on Tuesday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Forest are clearly on top, having won 27 and lost only 9 of the 47 games.

The previous match played between the two at City Ground was within the last three years, in September 2008, with Burnley inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Forest in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 07 Aug Burnley 1 - 0 Nottm. Forest Championship
2008/2009 Sat 14 Mar Burnley 5 - 0 Nottm. Forest Championship
2008/2009 Sat 13 Sep Nottm. Forest 1-2 Burnley Championship
2004/2005 Sat 23 Apr Nottm. Forest 1 - 0 Burnley Championship
2004/2005 Sat 13 Nov Burnley 1 - 0 Nottm. Forest Championship
2003/2004 Wed 17 Mar Nottm. Forest 1 - 1 Burnley League Division One
2003/2004 Tue 16 Sep Burnley 0 - 3 Nottm. Forest League Division One

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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 generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Burnley have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Clarets have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Nottingham Forest lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 60 points from their 40 games so far.

Burnley's 57 points from 39 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Nottingham Forest 6 0 1 5 7 14 1
Burnley 6 1 1 4 4 13 4

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Its been a distinctly poor show from Nottingham Forest at home in recent games, and, though we cannot see a run starting here, we do think the Forest will at least gain a draw. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Nottingham Forest Failed to win in previous 4 home matches.
Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 9 most recent games.
Burnley Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 3 games.
No win in the 5 most recent games.

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