FM Preview: Watford v Nottingham Forest 22 Dec 2012

Last updated : 21 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Watford v Nottingham Forest fixture

Nottingham Forest face a trip to Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Vicarage Road was just last season, in September 2011, with Nottingham Forest inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Hornets in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 11 Feb Nottm. Forest 1 - 1 Watford Championship
2011/2012 Sat 24 Sep Watford 0-1 Nottm. Forest Championship
2010/2011 Sat 05 Feb Nottm. Forest 1 - 0 Watford Championship
2010/2011 Sat 06 Nov Watford 1 - 1 Nottm. Forest Championship
2009/2010 Sat 26 Dec Watford 0 - 0 Nottm. Forest Championship
2009/2010 Tue 18 Aug Nottm. Forest 2 - 4 Watford Championship
2008/2009 Tue 10 Mar Watford 2 - 1 Nottm. Forest Championship

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Recent respective form guides

Watford have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Hornets in those games, with 5 conceded.

Nottingham Forest have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Forest's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.

Watford lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower Championship, picking up 34 points from their 22 games so far.

Nottingham Forest's 33 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Watford 6 3 2 1 14 8 11
Nottingham Forest 6 3 1 2 7 6 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

A creditable return from recent away games for Forest could well see them head back from Vicarage Road with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Watford 4 games since last home draw.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Nottingham Forest Not won in previous 2 away matches.

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