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Nottm. Forest face a trip to Doncaster Rovers at Earth Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Forest have winning an impressive 9 games, and losing 3.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2006, with Nottm. Forest inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Rovers in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 18 Mar | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 26 Oct | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 27 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Mon 11 Aug | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 8 | Nottm. Forest | LGEC |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 09 Mar | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 27 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Doncaster Rovers are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These games have seen the Rovers score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 1.
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 10 goals for the Forest, and 6 goals against.
Doncaster Rvs.'s 30 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Nottm. Forest are leading the way in the Coca-Cola League One, with their 22 games giving them a return of 44 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Doncaster 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: | |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Nottm. Forest | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |