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Leicester City pack their bags to visit Nottingham Forest at City Ground at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Foxes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 28 and win only 11 of the 48 games.
The previous match played between the two at City Ground was within the last three years, in September 2007, with Leicester City inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Forest in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Tue 18 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 3 | Leicester City | LGEC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | Leicester City | 0 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Fri 17 Dec | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 08 Apr | Leicester City | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sun 16 May | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 12 Dec | Leicester City | 3 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 3 conceded.
Leicester City's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Foxes, and 5 goals against.
Nottm. Forest are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 29 points from 18 games. Leicester City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 31 points from 18 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Foxes's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Nottm. Forest, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Unbeaten run of 10 matches. |
| Leicester City | Undefeated in last 6 away games. |