FootyMAD's Leicester City match preview

Last updated : 04 March 2005 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Leicester City v Nottingham Forest fixture

Nottm. Forest face a trip to Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Forest will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 25 and win only 7 of the 44 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in April 2003, the Foxes carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005Fri 17 DecNottm. Forest1 - 1Leicester CityCHMP
2002/2003Tue 08 AprLeicester City1 - 0Nottm. ForestCHMP
2002/2003Sat 26 OctNottm. Forest2 - 2Leicester CityCHMP
1998/1999Sun 16 MayNottm. Forest1 - 0Leicester CityPREM
1998/1999Sat 12 DecLeicester City3 - 1Nottm. ForestPREM
1996/1997Sat 28 DecLeicester City2 - 2Nottm. ForestPREM
1996/1997Sat 07 SepNottm. Forest0 - 0Leicester CityPREM

Recent respective form guides

Leicester City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Nottm. Forest have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Forest's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.

Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 41 points from their 33 matches. Nottm. Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 30 points from their 33 games thus far.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Leicester City6222888
Nottm. Forest6231669

FootyMad's prediction ...

Nottm. Forest are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Walkers Stadium with a well-deserved point. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Leicester City Unbeaten in the last 4 home games.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Nottm. Forest Previous 3 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
No win in the 2 most recent games.