FM Preview: Watford v Nottingham Forest 24 Sep 2011

Last updated : 23 September 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Watford v Nottingham Forest fixture

Nottingham Forest face a trip to Watford at Vicarage Road Stadium at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 21 games played, Forest have recorded 5 wins, and Watford have come away with 6 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2010, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
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
2008/2009 Sat 23 Aug Nottm. Forest 3 - 2 Watford Championship
2004/2005 Tue 08 Mar Watford 0 - 2 Nottm. Forest Championship

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Recent respective form guides

Watford's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Hornets have scored 5, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.

Nottingham Forest's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Forest's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.

Watford find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 7 points from their 7 matches.

Nottingham Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 5 points from their 7 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Watford 6 1 4 1 6 8 7
Nottingham Forest 6 1 1 4 13 16 4

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Nottingham Forest on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Watford. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Watford Failed to win in previous 4 home matches.
Unbeaten run of 5 matches.
Nottingham Forest 12 games since last away draw.
An overall losing run of 4 games.
No win in the 4 most recent games.

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