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Nottm. Forest are ready to welcome Bristol City to City Ground on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Forest are clearly on top, having won 21 and lost only 4 of the 39 games.
The previous match played between the two at City Ground was within the last three years, in November 2006, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2-2 draw in an (Associate Members) match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 15 Nov | Bristol City | 2 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Bristol City | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 29 Nov | Nottm. Forest | 2-2 | Bristol City | ASSM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Mar | Bristol City | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 20 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 22 Sep | Bristol City | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Forest have scored 8, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Bristol City's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. The Robins's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Nottm. Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 42 points from their 41 games thus far. Bristol City's 59 points from 41 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at City Ground for the Forest and the Madmen are unable to see past Bristol City claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Bristol City | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |