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Port Vale travel to take on Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Valiants will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 11 and win only 5 of the 21 games.
The last time the two teams met at Nottm. Forest was back in April 2000, over five years ago, with Nottm. Forest running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 12 Aug | Port Vale | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LGEC |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 29 Apr | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 0 | Port Vale | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 19 Oct | Port Vale | 0 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 10 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 09 Aug | Port Vale | 0 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 02 Feb | Port Vale | 1 - 7 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 22 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 4 - 2 | 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, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 2 conceded.
Port Vale have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Valiants have hit 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest's 27 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Port Vale lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League One, picking up 28 from their 19 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Forest, as the Valiants have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Port Vale | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. |