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OPPONENTS BY COUNT

COMPETITIVE GAMES
Since our first matchup in 1883, we've played Sheffield Wednesday almost 150 times.
This is a list of the top 30 opponents Forest have faced most in competitive games.

				Competitive Record
Club	Current Tier	First Game	Last Game	P	W	D	L	F	A
Sheffield Wednesday	2	Jan 06, 1883	May 01, 2021	148	55	29	64	193	217
West Bromwich Albion	2	Feb 27, 1892	Apr 18, 2022	139	47	34	58	214	240
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	Nov 05, 1892	Aug 31, 2024	138	45	30	63	196	232
Aston Villa	1	Dec 04, 1880	Dec 14, 2024	133	40	31	62	189	230
Everton	1	Sep 03, 1892	Apr 21, 2024	132	47	28	57	165	221
Blackburn Rovers	2	Jan 31, 1880	Dec 21, 2022	126	39	33	54	178	217
Sheffield United	2	Nov 18, 1893	May 04, 2024	126	48	33	45	177	163
Tottenham Hotspur	1	Dec 25, 1909	Apr 07, 2024	125	37	29	59	162	209
Birmingham City	3	Dec 22, 1894	Apr 09, 2022	122	45	36	41	157	158
Liverpool	1	Jan 12, 1895	Sep 14, 2024	121	32	29	60	116	195
West Ham United	1	Jan 14, 1911	Nov 02, 2024	121	47	26	48	185	178
Newcastle United	1	Jan 16, 1892	Nov 10, 2024	119	37	27	55	145	185
Southampton	1	Feb 02, 1895	Aug 24, 2024	119	53	27	39	190	176
Manchester United	1	Oct 29, 1892	Dec 07, 2024	113	35	24	54	143	201
Stoke City	2	Sep 10, 1892	Feb 12, 2022	112	45	34	33	162	137
Derby County	2	Oct 01, 1892	Jan 22, 2022	111	43	30	38	159	161
Burnley	2	Nov 26, 1892	May 19, 2024	110	38	29	43	154	160
Leicester City	1	Feb 09, 1901	Oct 25, 2024	110	42	27	41	176	160
Preston North End	2	Feb 13, 1892	Feb 22, 2022	109	34	32	43	144	152
Fulham	1	Feb 18, 1905	Sep 28, 2024	107	33	28	46	142	167
Arsenal	1	Oct 22, 1904	Nov 23, 2024	106	29	22	55	112	172
Manchester City	1	Dec 27, 1899	Dec 04, 2024	105	33	28	44	142	165
Leeds United	2	Apr 23, 1921	Apr 04, 2023	103	36	35	32	136	136
Bristol City	2	Nov 30, 1907	Feb 07, 2024	100	44	34	22	143	97
Chelsea	1	Oct 06, 1906	Oct 06, 2024	99	27	31	41	136	136
Sunderland	2	Feb 14, 1891	Dec 30, 2017	97	33	24	40	126	148
Coventry City	2	Feb 19, 1910	Apr 06, 2022	96	48	28	20	154	103
Notts County	4	Nov 16, 1878	Aug 09, 2011	96	40	26	30	139	121
Bolton Wanderers	3	Oct 20, 1892	May 05, 2019	94	36	26	32	150	132
Bury		Sep 05, 1895	Aug 14, 2018	93	30	24	39	150	147

NON-COMPETITIVE GAMES
If we just look at friendlies then we've played Notts County almost three times as many games as Leicester City in second place.
This is a list of the opponents Forest have faced at least 5 times in friendlies.

				Non-Competitive Record
Club	Current Tier	First Game	Last Game	P	W	D	L	F	A
Notts County	4	Mar 22, 1866	Jul 15, 2023	158	79	35	44	293	215
Leicester City	1	Apr 15, 1893	Aug 15, 1989	59	24	17	18	90	76
Mansfield Town	3	Mar 31, 1871	Jul 22, 2017	58	41	5	12	134	55
Birmingham City	3	Feb 12, 1876	Aug 02, 2009	52	24	10	18	94	83
Lincoln City	3	Oct 11, 1884	Jul 31, 2011	50	26	11	13	110	72
Sheffield Wednesday	2	Jan 08, 1876	Apr 19, 1988	50	21	11	18	77	75
Derby County	2	Jan 31, 1885	Jul 31, 2007	47	14	11	22	68	90
Stoke City	2	Dec 14, 1872	Dec 02, 2022	37	18	5	14	73	63
Grimsby Town	4	May 05, 1883	Apr 19, 1983	32	12	10	10	63	55
Chesterfield	4	Dec 02, 1871	Jul 13, 2024	30	14	7	9	66	36
Sheffield United	2	Nov 25, 1889	Aug 04, 2007	30	12	7	11	55	42
Walsall	4	Nov 12, 1881	Jul 23, 2013	28	15	5	8	72	45
Northampton Town	3	Feb 02, 1907	Jul 20, 2021	20	7	2	11	33	48
West Bromwich Albion	2	May 19, 1883	Aug 29, 2020	18	6	3	9	28	36
Coventry City	2	Dec 23, 1876	Jul 08, 2022	16	6	5	5	31	23
Aston Villa	1	Oct 02, 1880	Jul 28, 2021	15	3	3	9	17	29
Darwen		Oct 18, 1879	Mar 26, 1892	15	9	3	3	49	33
Rotherham United	3	Mar 01, 1892	Jul 23, 2014	14	5	2	7	21	21
Arsenal	1	Mar 31, 1891	Apr 25, 1956	13	5	3	5	24	22
Barnsley	3	Oct 30, 1915	Jul 16, 2022	12	7	2	3	18	9
Blackburn Rovers	2	Dec 27, 1879	Apr 02, 1891	12	3	4	5	19	26
Bolton Wanderers	3	Mar 04, 1882	Feb 23, 1952	11	5	1	5	25	31
Bradford City	4	Mar 19, 1903	Jul 27, 1999	11	4	3	4	17	11
Sheffield Norfolk		Dec 28, 1867	Feb 21, 1874	11	2	1	8	8	27
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	Feb 09, 1884	Jun 09, 2020	11	4	2	5	12	22
Derby Grammar		Mar 05, 1870	Mar 20, 1875	10	6	2	2	12	12
Hull City	2	Oct 16, 1915	Jul 30, 2016	10	6		4	25	18
Manchester United	1	Mar 09, 1889	Aug 04, 1996	10	3	3	4	19	16
Sheffield FC		Jan 24, 1880	Jan 12, 1889	10	8		2	40	12
Birmingham St George's		Apr 14, 1883	Oct 31, 1891	9	6	1	2	21	17
Bootle		Apr 11, 1887	Dec 12, 1891	9	5	1	3	26	17
Bradford Park Avenue		Sep 15, 1908	Feb 01, 1919	9	2	2	5	5	9
Burton Albion	3	May 19, 1982	Jul 12, 2022	9	6		3	26	12
Huddersfield Town	3	Nov 27, 1915	Apr 26, 1983	9	4	2	3	10	7
Kettering Town		Oct 24, 1881	May 10, 1983	9	7		2	27	14
Port Vale	4	Oct 22, 1887	Jul 17, 2021	9	5	2	2	16	12
Burnley	2	Apr 23, 1886	Jul 31, 2021	8	1	3	4	11	16
Burton United		Jan 18, 1873	Apr 26, 1899	8	6	2		30	7
Cambridge University		Dec 09, 1880	Feb 18, 1888	8	3		5	13	20
Corinthians		Nov 17, 1887	Feb 24, 1923	8	3	1	4	16	13
Crewe Alexandra	4	Dec 26, 1885	Jul 24, 2021	8	4	2	2	25	14
Everton	1	Jan 25, 1890	Jul 25, 2008	8	1	4	3	4	13
Leeds City		Oct 09, 1915	Feb 15, 1919	8	2	1	5	10	12
Nottinghamshire XI		Dec 19, 1868	Oct 06, 1882	8	7		1	24	4
Doncaster Rovers	4	Oct 28, 1939	Jul 21, 2015	7	1	4	2	16	13
Luton Town	2	Apr 18, 1896	Jan 04, 1982	7	4		3	18	12
Sunderland Albion		Apr 19, 1889	Oct 10, 1891	7	3	2	2	10	14
Derwent		Nov 15, 1873	Feb 05, 1876	6	3	1	2	10	6
Grantham Town		Apr 21, 1975	Nov 21, 1988	6	6			21	4
Millwall	2	Apr 15, 1899	Jul 23, 2024	6	3	1	2	13	10
Peterborough United	3	Sep 16, 1939	Jul 06, 2019	6	2	1	3	13	13
Plymouth Argyle	2	Apr 26, 1902	Aug 03, 2002	6	3	1	2	19	13
Preston North End	2	Jan 30, 1886	Oct 24, 1889	6	2		4	7	20
Tottenham Hotspur	1	Apr 16, 1897	Jul 15, 2011	6		2	4	6	11
Wednesbury Old Athletic		May 07, 1881	Sep 24, 1887	6	4	1	1	23	13
Accrington Stanley	4	Dec 03, 1881	Dec 10, 1887	5	2	1	2	13	14
Ilkeston Town		Jul 14, 2006	Jul 12, 2014	5	5			18	1
Law Society		Nov 11, 1871	Dec 05, 1878	5	3	1	1	17	3
Leeds United	2	Nov 15, 1952	Jul 27, 2023	5	2		3	7	7
Newark		Jan 16, 1869	Oct 12, 1938	5	4	1		19	4
Newcastle United	1	Mar 28, 1891	Jul 31, 2002	5	4		1	15	12
Norwich City	2	Nov 08, 1941	Mar 05, 1982	5	1	2	2	10	9
Notts Olympic		Feb 16, 1884	Sep 06, 1894	5	5			22	0
Notts Rangers		Dec 15, 1883	Apr 17, 1890	5	3		2	10	7
RAF		Nov 09, 1940	Apr 25, 1942	5	3		2	13	8
Scunthorpe United		Jul 28, 1969	Jul 25, 2018	5	3	1	1	13	10
South Derbyshire XI		Feb 05, 1870	Apr 09, 1881	5	3	1	1	21	5