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Port Vale face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Valiants will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 13 and win only 5 of the 23 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2006, with Nottm. Forest running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Sep | Port Vale | 0 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 26 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 26 Sep | Port Vale | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 18 Feb | Port Vale | 0 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 06 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 12 Aug | Port Vale | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LGEC |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 29 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Port Vale | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Forest, with 4 goals against.
Port Vale have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Valiants 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 34 points from 19 games. Port Vale are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 16 points from their 20 games thus far.
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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Port Vale not hitting the right notes away from home at the moment, the Madmen safely assumes that Nottm. Forest will ease to victory over the Valiants. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Port Vale | 4 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |