FootyMAD's Walsall match preview

History of the Walsall v Nottingham Forest fixture

Nottm. Forest pack their bags to visit Walsall at Banks's Stadium on Tuesday evening,

The previous match played between the two at Banks's Stadium was within the last three years, in August 2005, as the Saddlers edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006	Sat 10 Dec	Nottm. Forest	1 - 1	Walsall	LGE1
2005/2006	Tue 09 Aug	Walsall	3 - 2	Nottm. Forest	LGE1
2003/2004	Sat 14 Feb	Nottm. Forest	3 - 3	Walsall	CHMP
2003/2004	Tue 04 Nov	Walsall	4 - 1	Nottm. Forest	CHMP
2002/2003	Wed 01 Jan	Nottm. Forest	1 - 1	Walsall	CHMP
2002/2003	Wed 02 Oct	Nottm. Forest	1 - 2	Walsall	LGEC
2002/2003	Sat 24 Aug	Walsall	2 - 1	Nottm. Forest	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Walsall have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Saddlers in those games, with 5 conceded.

The Forest have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Those games have seen the Forest pummel 11 goals, and let in 4.

Walsall's 24 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Nottm. Forest are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 30 points from 16 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Walsall	6	3	3	0	8	2	12
Nottm. Forest	6	4	2	0	12	3	14

FootyMad's prediction ...

Forest's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Walsall, believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Walsall	Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches.
Nottm. Forest	Not won in previous 2 away matches. 7 games since last defeat.