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Nottm. Forest travel to take on Bristol Rovers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Forest will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 6 and win only 2 of the 10 games.
The last time the two teams met at Bristol Rvs. was way back in the black-and-white days of April 1977, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1991/1992 | Wed 30 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Bristol Rvs. | LGEC |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 30 Apr | Bristol Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Tue 18 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 6 - 0 | Bristol Rvs. | FAC |
| 1976/1977 | Tue 11 Jan | Bristol Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | FAC |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 08 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 1 | Bristol Rvs. | FAC |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 04 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 2 | Bristol Rvs. | CHMP |
| 1975/1976 | Sat 24 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 0 | Bristol Rvs. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol Rovers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Pirates in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Forest have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Forest, and 8 goals against.
Bristol Rvs.'s 5 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Nottm. Forest find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 2 points from their 3 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol Rvs. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Bristol Rvs. is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol Rvs. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. |
| Nottm. Forest | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 5 most recent games. |