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Cardiff City face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bluebirds 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 just last season, in August 2003, with Cardiff City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Forest in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 31 Jan | Cardiff City | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 23 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 23 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 27 Nov | Cardiff City | 0 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 22 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 16 Nov | Cardiff City | 2 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 20 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Cardiff City is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Bluebirds have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 4 points from their 6 games thus far. Cardiff City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 4 points from their 6 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Forest, as the Bluebirds have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Cardiff City | Not won in previous 8 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |