Sunderland travel to take on Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Black Cats have won 11 of the 41 games compared to the host's 20 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm Forest was back in March 1998, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1997/1998 | Wed 04 Mar | Nottm Forest | 0 - 3 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 08 Nov | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 22 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Nottm Forest | PREM |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 21 Aug | Nottm Forest | 1 - 4 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1993/1994 | Sun 08 May | Nottm Forest | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 27 Nov | Sunderland | 2 - 3 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 16 Feb | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Nottm Forest | DIV1 |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Forest, with 6 goals against.
The away form of Sunderland is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Black Cats have conceded 13 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm Forest | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Forest, as the Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm Forest | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 6 away matches. Not won in previous 15 away matches. An overall losing run of 13 games. No win in the 18 most recent games. |