Nottingham Forest Vs Leicester City
The battle that still has not been won
Saturday’s away fixture sees the two old adversaries’ line up face to face for the first time this season. For Leicester an away win is essential following two home defeats in succession. Points collected on the road would be a welcoming boost for the team who carry so much expectation on their shoulders
Leicester and Nottingham have faced each other on no less than 98 occasions. And Nottingham themselves are no doubt our biggest derby match. When we host them at the King Power Stadium on the 17th March 2012 it will be the 100th occasion.
The first meeting of the teams dates back to Saturday 9th February 1901 it was in the English FA cup and Nottingham walked away the victories team following a 5 – 1 mauling of Leicester, The first half had ended with the score sitting at 0 – 0.
Head to head there is very little between these two sides. In league games Leicester and Nottingham are tied on 38 victories each, the teams have seen the score tied on 20 occasions during their league encounters. Even down to the home and away ties they cannot be separated with both teams holding at 27 home wins each.
During the League cup we are tied at 1 win and 1 draw each. The FA Cups only encounter goes to Nottingham. This was the match I mentioned earlier which was also their very first encounter together.
During their time together there has been some tremendous goals scored, from the 298 goals scored between them Leicester have scored 141 to Nottingham’s 157. History has witnessed results such as Nottingham 12- 0 Leicester on 21 April 1909. Quite remarkable as this was once again a 0 – 0 score line at half time.
On this seasons early form I would have said Leicester have the advantage, we have played one away match with one win, whereas Nottingham have played one home match and only managed a draw. The teams are only separated by a single point in the league standings.
There are many more stats available between these two sides but due to the game taking place tomorrow I thought it best to just show a brief history. For the return encounter in March I shall present a more in depth view of these two teams.
Richard Tullis
@Rich_Tullis
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