FM Preview: Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town 05 Mar 2013

Last updated : 04 March 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town fixture

Ipswich Town face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Tractor Boys will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 20 and win only 6 of the 32 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was just last season, in November 2011, as the Forest edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3-2 in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Tue 27 Nov Ipswich Town 3 - 1 Nottm. Forest Championship
2011/2012 Mon 02 Jan Ipswich Town 1 - 3 Nottm. Forest Championship
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

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Recent respective form guides

Nottingham Forest are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 13 to 11.

Ipswich Town have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.

Nottingham Forest lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower Championship, picking up 51 points from their 35 games so far.

Ipswich Town find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 42 points from their 35 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Nottingham Forest 6 3 1 2 11 6 10
Ipswich Town 6 3 1 2 6 3 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Forest, as the Tractor Boys have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Nottingham Forest Won their latest 3 matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Ipswich Town Not won in previous 5 away matches.

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