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Nottm. Forest face a trip to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in September 2008, the The Owls carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 27 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 30 Sep | Sheff. Wed. | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 17 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Sheff. Wed. | 0 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 31 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 21 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield Wednesday have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the The Owls, with 3 goals against.
In complete contrast to Sheff. Wed., Nottm. Forest are having a torrid time on their travels, losing just 1 from the last six, but amazingly drawing the other 5. Forest have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Sheff. Wed. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 8 points from their 5 games so far. Nottm. Forest find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 5 points from their 5 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Owls, as the Forest have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Wed. | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Nottm. Forest | Previous 5 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 7 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |