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Reading face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Royals will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 6 and win only 2 of the 11 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2002, with Nottm. Forest running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Reading | 3 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Fri 18 Apr | Reading | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 26 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Reading | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 24 Oct | Reading | 3 - 3 | Nottm. Forest | LD1 |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 09 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Reading | FAC |
| 1950/1951 | Sat 20 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 1 | Reading | D3S |
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 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Reading's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Royals have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 28 points from 26 matches. Reading's 39 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Reading | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the Royals out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Nottm. Forest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Reading | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 7 most recent games. |