FM Preview: Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace 18 Dec 2010

Last updated : 17 December 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace fixture

Nottm. Forest prepare to entertain Crystal Palace at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 19 wins out of 29 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was less than a year ago, in March 2010, with Nottm. Forest running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010Tue 23 MarNottm. Forest2-0Crystal PalaceCHMP
2009/2010Sat 24 OctCrystal Palace1 - 1Nottm. ForestCHMP
2008/2009Tue 28 OctCrystal Palace1 - 2Nottm. ForestCHMP
2008/2009Sat 04 OctNottm. Forest0 - 2Crystal PalaceCHMP
2003/2004Sat 13 MarNottm. Forest3 - 2Crystal PalaceCHMP
2003/2004Sat 13 DecCrystal Palace1 - 0Nottm. ForestCHMP
2002/2003Sat 08 FebNottm. Forest2 - 1Crystal PalaceCHMP

Recent respective form guides

Nottingham Forest are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 3 conceded.

In complete contrast to Nottm. Forest, Crystal Palace are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Eagles have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Nottm. Forest see themselves just below half way in the Npower Championship, showing a record of 27 points from their 19 games played so far, Crystal Palace are stuck down in the relegation zone of Npower Championship with a return of just 21 points from their 21 games thus far.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Nottm. Forest6222658
Crystal Palace63129710

FootyMad's prediction ...

Nottm. Forest may be coming up against a decent side in Crystal Palace, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Forest. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Nottm. Forest Unbeaten in the last 9 home games.
Crystal Palace Lost each of the previous 4 away matches.
Not won in previous 4 away matches.
No win in the 2 most recent games.