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Nottm. Forest play host to Brentford at City Ground at lunchtime on Saturday, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 6 wins out of 9 previous matches.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm. Forest was amazingly over twenty years ago, in December 1982, with Nottm. Forest running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1982/1983 | Wed 01 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 2-0 | Brentford | LGEC |
| 1953/1954 | Sat 20 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Brentford | CHMP |
| 1953/1954 | Sat 31 Oct | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1952/1953 | Sat 24 Jan | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1952/1953 | Sat 13 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 0 | Brentford | CHMP |
| 1951/1952 | Sat 26 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Brentford | CHMP |
| 1951/1952 | Sat 22 Sep | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
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.
Brentford have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Bees have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 5 matches. Brentford are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 11 points from 6 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| Brentford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Nottm. Forest's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Brentford. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Brentford | Not won in previous 3 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |