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Nottm. Forest play host to Colchester United at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The two sides drew on their own previous meeting.
The only previous meeting between Nottm. Forest and Colchester U. at was way back in the black-and-white days of December 1950, when they played out a goalless draw in a Third Division (South) match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Colchester U. | 3 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 1950/1951 | Tue 26 Dec | Colchester U. | 0 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | D3S |
| 1950/1951 | Mon 25 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 0-0 | Colchester U. | D3S |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Forest, with 6 goals against.
The away form of Colchester U. is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. U's have conceded 6 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Nottm. Forest lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League One, picking up 58 points from their 40 games so far. Colchester U. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 65 points from 39 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 14 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Forest's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Colchester U.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Colchester U. | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 7 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |