FootyMAD's Doncaster Rovers match preview

Last updated : 24 November 2008 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Doncaster Rovers v Nottingham Forest fixture

Nottm. Forest face a trip to Doncaster Rovers at Keepmoat Stadium on Tuesday evening, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Forest have winning 56.25% of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2008, the Rovers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008Fri 28 MarDoncaster Rvs.1 - 0Nottm. ForestLGE1
2007/2008Sat 20 OctNottm. Forest0 - 0Doncaster Rvs.LGE1
2006/2007Tue 06 MarNottm. Forest0 - 1Doncaster Rvs.LGE1
2006/2007Sat 23 DecDoncaster Rvs.1 - 0Nottm. ForestLGE1
2005/2006Sat 18 MarDoncaster Rvs.1 - 2Nottm. ForestLGE1
2005/2006Mon 26 DecNottm. Forest4 - 0Doncaster Rvs.LGE1
2004/2005Tue 26 OctDoncaster Rvs.0 - 2Nottm. ForestLGEC

Recent respective form guides

Doncaster Rovers's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Rovers have conceded a disappointing 5 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 1 of their own chances.

Nottm. Forest's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Forest's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Doncaster Rvs. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 13 points from their 18 games thus far. Nottm. Forest find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 18 games have yielded only 12 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Doncaster Rvs.6123245
Nottm. Forest6132786

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Nottm. Forest on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Doncaster Rvs.. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Doncaster Rvs. No sequences of note
Nottm. Forest Previous 2 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 4 most recent games.