This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest at 15:00 on 2nd January 2012 in the Championship.

Footymad preview History of the Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest fixture

Ipswich Town prepare to entertain Nottingham Forest at Portman Road on Monday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Portman Road was less than a year ago, in January 2011, with Nottingham Forest inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Tractor Boys in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 19 Nov Nottm. Forest 3 - 2 Ipswich Town Championship
2010/2011 Mon 03 Jan Ipswich Town 0-1 Nottm. Forest Championship
2010/2011 Sat 23 Oct Nottm. Forest 2 - 0 Ipswich Town Championship
2009/2010 Sat 10 Apr Nottm. Forest 3 - 0 Ipswich Town Championship
2009/2010 Tue 15 Sep Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Nottm. Forest Championship
2008/2009 Wed 18 Feb Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Nottm. Forest Championship
2008/2009 Tue 21 Oct Nottm. Forest 1 - 1 Ipswich Town Championship

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Ipswich Town's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Tractor Boys's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Nottingham Forest's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Forest have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.

Ipswich Town are currently lying in 19th place in npower Championship having mustered a points tally of 27 from their 23 matches played.

Nottingham Forest are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 21 points from their 24 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Ipswich Town 6 2 1 3 8 11 7
Nottingham Forest 6 0 1 5 0 8 1

For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here

FootyMad's prediction ...

Attention punters! We see this as an opportunity for the Tractor Boys to get the show back on the road by taking all the three points available. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Ipswich Town 15 games since last home draw.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Nottingham Forest Not won in previous 4 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 7 most recent games.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here