FM Preview: Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace 10 Dec 2011

Last updated : 09 December 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace fixture

Crystal Palace face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 20 out of 30 times.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2010, with Nottingham Forest running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 07 May Crystal Palace 0 - 3 Nottm. Forest Championship
2010/2011 Sat 18 Dec Nottm. Forest 3-0 Crystal Palace Championship
2009/2010 Tue 23 Mar Nottm. Forest 2 - 0 Crystal Palace Championship
2009/2010 Sat 24 Oct Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Nottm. Forest Championship
2008/2009 Tue 28 Oct Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Nottm. Forest Championship
2008/2009 Sat 04 Oct Nottm. Forest 0 - 2 Crystal Palace Championship
2003/2004 Sat 13 Mar Nottm. Forest 3 - 2 Crystal Palace League Division One

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Recent respective form guides

Nottingham Forest have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While Forest have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Eagles's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Nottingham Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 20 points from their 20 games thus far.

Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the npower Championship, showing a record of 27 points from their 20 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Nottingham Forest 6 2 0 4 4 11 6
Crystal Palace 6 1 2 3 4 9 5

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Crystal Palace are not doing too bad on their travels, and we think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Nottingham Forest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Nottingham Forest 10 games since last home draw.
Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Crystal Palace 12 games since last away draw.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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