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Nottm. Forest face a trip to Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having come through the challenge on 4 of the previous 6 occassions.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2003, with Crewe Alex. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 24 Nov | Crewe Alex. | 0 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 13 Mar | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 26 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While The Railwaymen have scored 5, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Nottm. Forest's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. While the Forest have hit 4 goals, 7 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Crewe Alex. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 45 points from their 39 matches. Nottm. Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 38 points from their 38 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nottm. Forest are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Crewe Alex.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 7 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 14 most recent games. |
| Nottm. Forest | 4 games since last away draw. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |