FM Preview: Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town 14 Dec 2013

Last updated : 13 December 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 Saturday afternoon, 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 21 and win only 6 of the 33 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at City Ground was less than a year ago, in March 2013, the Forest carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Tue 05 Mar Nottm. Forest 1-0 Ipswich Town Championship
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

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Recent respective form guides

Nottingham Forest may have lost only 1 of their last six home games, but the other 5 have resulted in drawn games. The Forest's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Ipswich Town's away form is none too clever either, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Nottingham Forest's total of 31 points from their 19 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Skybet Championship.

Ipswich Town's 29 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Nottingham Forest 6 1 4 1 8 7 7
Ipswich Town 6 2 4 0 11 7 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Ipswich Town are not doing too bad on their travels, and we think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Nottingham Forest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Nottingham Forest Drawn last 2 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 6 home matches.
Drawn each of their last 4 games.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Ipswich Town Undefeated in last 7 away games.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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