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Nottm. Forest prepare to entertain Gillingham at City Ground at lunchtime on Sunday, looking to continue an impressive record. The Forest are clearly on top, with a 57.14% success rate in the fixture.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was just last season, in February 2004, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Gillingham | 2 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | Gillingham | 2 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 25 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 0-0 | Gillingham | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 04 Mar | Gillingham | 1 - 4 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 18 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 1 | Gillingham | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Gillingham | 3 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Gillingham | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. Forest have conceded a disappointing 8 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.
Gillingham's away form is none too clever either, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Nottm. Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 43 points from their 45 games thus far. Gillingham are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 49 points from 45 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Gillingham | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at City Ground for the Forest and the Madmen are unable to see past Gillingham claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Gillingham | Not won in previous 4 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |