Lets hope the next time I prepare a Forest game preview the game is in August as Forest head into what will be the third consequtive final day of the season where Forest go into their final game hoping for results elsewhere to go in their favour. This time they hope it will be third time lucky as draws at Bradford and at home to Crewe last season have meant Forest have failed in their pre-match ambition.

Forest will be hoping that the season ends with the team that were the final opponents last season when Yeovil visit the City Ground.

Yeovil have suffered a hangover from last season what is becoming a regular occurrence for Play Off Final losers, only securing safety from relegation a couple of weeks ago when they had a surprise victory at Swansea. They are still managed by former Notts County manager and self confessed Forest fan Russell Slade, who has been angry with some of the criticism he has received during some home games.

This change in fortunes could well have been influenced by the summer transfer of Chris Cohen and Arron Davies to Forest .Goalscoring has been their major problem this season with Yeovil the lowest scoring team in the division with them only managing 36 goals in the 45 league games so far. This was highlighted as they brought their home league season to a conclusion on Friday night when a goal from former Forest striker Dougie Freedman gave Leeds a 1-0 win.

MOST RECENT GAME

Friday 25 April 2008

YEOVIL TOWN (0) 0 v LEEDS UNITED (1) 1

0-1    4 mins        Dougie Freedman (Leeds)

YEOVIL

Steve Mildenhall; Lee Peltier, Terry Skiverton, Terrell Forbes, Nathan Smith; Aidan Downes, Anthony Barry (Lloyd Owusu), Marc Bircham, Marvin Williams (Andy Kirk); Jaime Peters, Marcus Stewart

subs not used : Nathan Jones, Scott Guyett, Matthew Rose

CURRENT FORM

25/04/2008       Leeds United (H)                  Lost 0-1

19/04/2008       Swansea City (A)                  Won 2-1

12/04/2008       Crewe Alexandra (H)               Lost 0-3

05/04/2008       Carlisle United (A)               Lost 1-2

29/03/2008       Bristol Rovers (H)                Drew 0-0

24/03/2008       Hartlepool United (A)             Lost 0-2

HEAD TO HEAD

League

at Nottingham    Played 2, NFFC 2

at Yeovil        Played 3, NFFC 2, Yeovil 1

League Play Offs

at Nottingham    Played 1, Yeovil 1

at Yeovil        Played 1, NFFC 1

RECENT MEETINGS

2007/08   L1     at Yeovil          NFFC won 3-0   29/09/2007

2006/07   POSF2  at Nottingham      Yeovil won 5-2 18/05/2007

          POSF1  at Yeovil          NFFC won 2-0   11/05/2007

          L1     at Nottingham      NFFC won 1-0   13/01/2007

          L1     at Yeovil          NFFC won 1-0   09/09/2006

2005/06   L1     at Nottingham      NFFC won 2-1   17/04/2006

          L1     at Yeovil          Yeovil won 3-0 22/10/2005

MEN IN CHARGE

Referee :             F.Graham (Essex)

                      2007/08 Record : 30 Matches, 40 Yellow Cards, 2 Red Cards

Assistant Referees :  A.M.Newbold and G.S.Stretton

Fourth Official :     P.Miller