Ipswich VS Nottingham Forest

Fixtures, lineups and Stats

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Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest is a matchup where Forest bring the stronger platform, while Ipswich can make the contest open and demanding. Forest won 1–0 at the City Ground in November 2024, then won 4–2 at Portman Road in March 2025. Those fixed results show Forest able to punish space and Ipswich searching for greater control; a future meeting will test whether the balance can change.

Past matches, Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest

  • League Regular Season - 29
    Home Ipswich
    2 - 4
    Nottingham Forest Away
    Portman Road
  • League 5th Round
    Home Nottingham Forest
    1 - 1
    Ipswich Away
    The City Ground
  • League Regular Season - 13
    Home Nottingham Forest
    1 - 0
    Ipswich Away
    The City Ground
  • League Regular Season - 38
    Home Ipswich
    1 - 1
    Nottingham Forest Away
     
  • League Regular Season - 20
    Home Nottingham Forest
    2 - 0
    Ipswich Away
     

Match center

2 - 4
FT

Starting eleven

Substitutes Ipswich
  • 15
    D
  • 27
    F
  • 33
    F
  • 47
    F
  • 14
    M
  • 5
    M
  • 18
    D
  • 22
    D
  • 28
    G
Nottingham Forest Substitutes
  • M
    22
  • D
    4
  • F
    9
  • F
    20
  • M
    28
  • G
    13
  • D
    30
  • D
    19
  • M
    6

Match events

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90'
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  • 35'
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    N. Milenković Normal Goal
  • 37'
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    A. Elanga Normal Goal (Asst: E. Anderson)
  • 41'
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    A. Elanga Normal Goal (Asst: N. Milenković)
  • 46'
    C. Burgess J. Greaves
  • 54'
    Kalvin Phillips Yellow Card
  • 64'
    Nicolás Domínguez Yellow Card
  • 67'
    R. Yates N. Domínguez
  • 67'
    Morato A. Elanga
  • 79'
    G. Hirst L. Delap
  • 80'
    N. Broadhead J. Enciso
  • 80'
    J. Clarke J. Philogene
  • 80'
    T. Awoniyi C. Wood
  • 81'
    Jota Silva C. Hudson-Odoi
  • 82'
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    J. Cajuste Normal Goal (Asst: J. Clarke)
  • 86'
    J. Taylor K. Phillips
  • 87'
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    Jota Silva Normal Goal (Asst: M. Gibbs-White)
  • 89'
    Danilo M. Gibbs-White
  • 90' +3
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    G. Hirst Normal Goal (Asst: D. O'Shea)

Stats for this game

Matchup Ipswich VS Nottingham Forest

Forest have the clearer reference

Forest’s 1–0 home win at the City Ground in November 2024 supplied a controlled version of the status gap. The hosts protected a narrow advantage and kept Ipswich from turning possession into an equaliser, a reminder that this pairing can be decided by discipline as much as by reputation. Forest therefore carry the larger expectation when the sides meet.

Ipswich can make the game open

The 4–2 Forest win at Portman Road in March 2025 produced a more expansive version of the same hierarchy. Forest struck three times before the interval and absorbed Ipswich’s attempts to respond, yet the score also showed that the home side could create danger rather than simply retreat. That contrast gives a future meeting a useful question: can Ipswich turn an open contest into sustained pressure, or will Forest again exploit the spaces that appear when the game stretches? The question remains open.

Past head to head stats
Ipswich VS Nottingham Forest

Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time

Ipswich
Nottingham Forest

Points per match over time

Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games

Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 19 games

Ipswich VS Nottingham Forest
Head-to-Head History

Regular Season - 29
Ipswich
2 - 4
Nottingham Forest
Portman Road
5th Round
Nottingham Forest
1 - 1
Ipswich
The City Ground
Regular Season - 13
Nottingham Forest
1 - 0
Ipswich
The City Ground
Regular Season - 38
Ipswich
1 - 1
Nottingham Forest
 
Regular Season - 20
Nottingham Forest
2 - 0
Ipswich
 
Regular Season - 43
Nottingham Forest
2 - 1
Ipswich
 
Regular Season - 20
Ipswich
4 - 2
Nottingham Forest
 
Regular Season - 46
Nottingham Forest
3 - 0
Ipswich
 
Regular Season - 17
Ipswich
0 - 2
Nottingham Forest
 
Regular Season - 35
Ipswich
1 - 0
Nottingham Forest
 
Regular Season - 13
Nottingham Forest
1 - 1
Ipswich
 
Regular Season - 45
Ipswich
2 - 1
Nottingham Forest
 
Regular Season - 11
Nottingham Forest
2 - 2
Ipswich
 
Regular Season - 39
Ipswich
1 - 1
Nottingham Forest
 
Regular Season - 20
Nottingham Forest
0 - 0
Ipswich
 
Regular Season - 36
Nottingham Forest
1 - 0
Ipswich
 
Regular Season - 19
Ipswich
3 - 1
Nottingham Forest
 
Regular Season - 25
Ipswich
1 - 3
Nottingham Forest
 
Regular Season - 17
Nottingham Forest
3 - 2
Ipswich
 

Previous games Ipswich

Regular Season - 9
Hull City
Ipswich
The MKM Stadium
Regular Season - 8
Ipswich
Nottingham Forest
Portman Road
Regular Season - 7
Manchester City
Ipswich
Etihad Stadium
Regular Season - 6
Ipswich
Fulham
Portman Road
Regular Season - 5
Everton
Ipswich
Hill Dickinson Stadium

Previous games Nottingham Forest

Regular Season - 9
Brentford
Nottingham Forest
Gtech Community Stadium
Regular Season - 8
Ipswich
Nottingham Forest
Portman Road
Regular Season - 7
Nottingham Forest
Arsenal
The City Ground
Regular Season - 6
Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
Selhurst Park
Regular Season - 5
Nottingham Forest
Coventry
The City Ground

Upcoming games Ipswich

- Regular Season - 10
Ipswich
Bournemouth
 
- Regular Season - 11
Tottenham
Ipswich
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
- Regular Season - 12
Ipswich
Aston Villa
 
- Regular Season - 13
Coventry
Ipswich
 
- Regular Season - 14
Leeds
Ipswich
 

Upcoming games Nottingham Forest

- Regular Season - 10
Nottingham Forest
Manchester City
The City Ground
- Regular Season - 11
Bournemouth
Nottingham Forest
 
- Regular Season - 12
Nottingham Forest
Chelsea
 
- Regular Season - 13
Hull City
Nottingham Forest
 
- Regular Season - 14
Nottingham Forest
Brighton