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Derby County are ready to welcome Nottingham Forest to Pride Park on Sunday afternoon, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 41 games played, Rams have recorded 17 wins, and Nottm. Forest have come away with 15 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Pride Park was more than three years back, in December 2004, with Derby County running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 26 Feb | Nottm. Forest | 2 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Dec | Derby County | 3-0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Derby County | 4 - 2 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 19 Mar | Nottm. Forest | 3 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 20 Oct | Derby County | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 10 Apr | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Rams in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Nottm. Forest is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Forest have hit 5 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Derby County's 20 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Nottm. Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 9 points from their 14 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Rams being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. |
| Nottm. Forest | 13 games since last away draw. |