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Crystal Palace face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Eagles will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 16 and win only 5 of the 25 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2003, the Forest carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Thu 20 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 25 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 14 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 3 | Crystal Palace | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 28 Aug | Crystal Palace | 2 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Forest have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Crystal Palace's away form has been excellent this season, however, and the Eagles have picked up four victories from their last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Eagles, and 7 goals against.
Nottm. Forest are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 38 points from 35 matches. Crystal Palace's 51 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Eagles have been performing with great credit on their travels, and the Madmen see no reason why they should not return from City Ground with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Crystal Palace | 11 games since last away draw. |