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Middlesbrough 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 34 games played, Boro have recorded 7 wins, and Nottm. Forest have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the Forest carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in an League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 21 Nov | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Tue 25 Aug | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Middlesbrough | LGEC |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 20 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 2 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sun 01 Nov | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 01 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 0 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 26 Nov | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Mon 24 Mar | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Forest, with 2 goals against.
In complete contrast to Nottm. Forest, Middlesbrough are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Boro have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 58 points from 32 games. Middlesbrough's 44 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Forest, as the Boro have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Middlesbrough | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |