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Barnsley face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Tykes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 18 and win only 7 of the 34 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2009, the Forest carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 16 Oct | Barnsley | 3 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Tue 16 Mar | Barnsley | 2 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Tue 20 Oct | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 04 Apr | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | Nottm. Forest | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 29 Nov | Nottm. Forest | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 27 Jan | Nottm. Forest | 0 - 2 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Nottm. Forest | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Forest, with 3 goals against.
Barnsley have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Tykes have hit 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Nottm. Forest lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 33 points from their 21 games so far. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 29 points from their 22 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm. Forest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Barnsley 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. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Barnsley | 6 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |