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Ipswich Town face a trip to Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Wednesday 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 17 and win only 6 of the 27 games there.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2002, the Forest carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Ipswich Town | 3 - 4 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Nottm Forest | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 05 Dec | Nottm Forest | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 07 Aug | Ipswich Town | 3 - 1 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 05 Apr | Nottm Forest | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 29 Nov | Ipswich Town | 0 - 1 | Nottm Forest | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 04 Jan | Nottm Forest | 3 - 0 | Ipswich Town | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Nottingham Forest have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Forest in those games, with 9 conceded.
The away form of Ipswich Town however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Tractor Boys's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 10 against.
Nottm Forest see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 26 points from their 20 games played so far, Ipswich Town are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 34 points from 20 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Nottm Forest | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
ITFM prediction ...
Tractor Boys's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Nottm Forest, believes the ITFM team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Nottm Forest | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Ipswich Town | Two of last three away games have finished all-square. |
