FootyMAD's Nottingham Forest match preview

Last updated : 29 August 2008 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest fixture

Wolves are ready to welcome Nottingham Forest to Molineux on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 42 wins out of 59 previous matches.

The previous match played between the two at Molineux was more than three years back, in November 2004, the Wolves carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005Sat 06 NovWolves2-1Nottm. ForestCHMP
2004/2005Fri 15 OctNottm. Forest1 - 0WolvesCHMP
2002/2003Fri 11 AprNottm. Forest2 - 2WolvesCHMP
2002/2003Sat 23 NovWolves2 - 1Nottm. ForestCHMP
2001/2002Wed 06 MarNottm. Forest2 - 2WolvesCHMP
2001/2002Tue 25 SepWolves1 - 0Nottm. ForestCHMP
2000/2001Sat 03 MarWolves2 - 0Nottm. ForestCHMP

Recent respective form guides

Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 Wolves, with 5 goals against.

Nottm. Forest's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Forest, and 6 goals against.

Wolves are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 7 points from the 3 games they have played so far. Nottm. Forest see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 4 points from their 3 games played so far,

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Wolves642012514
Nottm. Forest631212910

FootyMad's prediction ...

Wolves may be coming up against a decent side in Nottm. Forest, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Wolves. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Wolves Won 4 successive home games.
5 games since last home draw.
Unbeaten run of 9 matches.
Nottm. Forest 7 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 5 outings ago.