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Watford face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 12 games played, Hornets have recorded 3 wins, and Nottm Forest have come away with 6 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2002, with Watford inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Forest in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Watford | 1 - 1 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Nottm Forest | 0 - 1 | Watford | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 01 Dec | Nottm Forest | 0 - 0 | Watford | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 23 Oct | Watford | 1 - 2 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 03 Apr | Watford | 3 - 0 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 21 Oct | Nottm Forest | 0 - 2 | Watford | LD1 |
| 1993/1994 | Wed 30 Mar | Nottm Forest | 2 - 1 | Watford | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 14 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 9 conceded.
Watford have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Hornets have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm Forest's 24 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Watford find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 17 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm Forest | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
| Watford | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Forest, as the Hornets 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. |
| Watford | 14 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |