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Chesterfield travel to take on Nottingham Forest at City Ground at lunchtime on Saturday,
The last time the two teams met at Nottm. Forest was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1948, with Chesterfield inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Forest in a Second Division match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1996/1997 | Sat 15 Feb | Chesterfield | 1 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | FAC |
| 1948/1949 | Sat 05 Mar | Chesterfield | 2 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1948/1949 | Sat 09 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 1 | Chesterfield | CHMP |
| 1947/1948 | Sat 17 Jan | Chesterfield | 0 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 1947/1948 | Sat 06 Sep | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 3 | Chesterfield | CHMP |
| 1946/1947 | Tue 27 May | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Chesterfield | CHMP |
| 1946/1947 | Sat 02 Nov | Chesterfield | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Forest have scored 10 and conceded 2 during this period.
Chesterfield have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Spireites's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Nottm. Forest lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League One, picking up 34 points from their 23 games so far. Chesterfield lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League One, picking up 37 from their 24 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Chesterfield | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chesterfield have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Nottm. Forest may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm. Forest | Unbeaten in the last 11 home games. |
| Chesterfield | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Drawn each of the last 6 games. No win in the 6 most recent games. |