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Nottm. Forest play host to Bristol Rovers at City Ground on Tuesday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Forest have won an impressive 9 of the 12 meetings between the two sides, drawing the other 3.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm. Forest was well over fifteen years ago, back in October 1991, with Nottm. Forest running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Sep | Bristol Rvs. | 2 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Forest score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 3.
Bristol Rvs. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Nottm. Forest are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 69 points from 41 games. Bristol Rvs. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 48 points from their 39 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| Bristol Rvs. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Forest being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Bristol Rvs. | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 9 most recent games. |