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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
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Ipswich
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15D
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27F
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33F
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47F
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14M
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5M
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18D
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22D
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28G
Nottingham Forest Substitutes
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M
22
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D
4
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F
9
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F
20
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M
28
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G
13
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D
30
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D
19
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M
6
Match events
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35'⚽N. Milenković Normal Goal
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37'⚽A. Elanga Normal Goal (Asst: E. Anderson)
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41'⚽A. Elanga Normal Goal (Asst: N. Milenković)
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46'C. Burgess J. Greaves
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54'Kalvin Phillips Yellow Card
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64'Nicolás Domínguez Yellow Card
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67'R. Yates N. Domínguez
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67'Morato A. Elanga
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79'G. Hirst L. Delap
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80'N. Broadhead J. Enciso
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80'J. Clarke J. Philogene
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80'T. Awoniyi C. Wood
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81'Jota Silva C. Hudson-Odoi
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82'⚽J. Cajuste Normal Goal (Asst: J. Clarke)
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86'J. Taylor K. Phillips
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87'⚽Jota Silva Normal Goal (Asst: M. Gibbs-White)
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89'Danilo M. Gibbs-White
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90' +3⚽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.