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Nottm. Forest are ready to welcome Scunthorpe United to City Ground on Wednesday evening, determined to stop the rot against their opponents, having lost out to their rivals on 2 of the previous 3 occasions.
The previous match played between the two at City Ground was within the last three years, in October 2006, where Scunthorpe U. annihilated the Forest 0-4 in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Mar | Scunthorpe U. | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 07 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 0-4 | Scunthorpe U. | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 16 Dec | Scunthorpe U. | 3 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 25 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | LGEC |
| 1967/1968 | Wed 13 Sep | Scunthorpe U. | 0 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Forest have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Scunthorpe U.'s away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. While the Iron have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 10 points from their 9 matches. Scunthorpe U. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 11 points from their 9 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Scunthorpe U. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at City Ground for the Forest and the Madmen are unable to see past Scunthorpe U. claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Scunthorpe U. | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 6 games since last defeat. |