Ipswich Town vs Nottingham Forest match
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The gist
Ipswich Town, 10th with nine points, host 19th-placed Nottingham Forest at Portman Road on Friday.
Forest have lost three straight and scored five league goals, fewest in the division.
Background
Ipswich Town are back in the Premier League after a one-year spell in the Championship, where they finished as runners-up last season, and are managed by Gary O'Neil, the former Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers boss. Nottingham Forest are coached by Austrian Oliver Glasner, who took over at the City Ground 40 days after guiding Crystal Palace to Conference League glory and is under scrutiny after one win in seven league games. Forest sit 19th with five points and one victory, and their expected-goals underperformance of -6.2 is the worst in the division, while Ipswich's three wins — over Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Fulham — all came via late winners.
How it unfolded
- Sep 12, 2026Forest beat Aston Villa for their only league win of the season so far.
- Oct 2026Ipswich lose 3-2 at Manchester City, while Forest lose narrowly to Arsenal after defeats to Crystal Palace and newly promoted Coventry, extending their losing run to three league games.
- Oct 23, 2026Ipswich host Forest at Portman Road in Premier League Matchday 8, kicking off 8:00 PM BST, with Igor Jesus and Nicolo Savona out injured and Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White facing late fitness tests.
Who’s saying what
- Analysts
- RotoWire, Goal.com and Sporting News all predict a 1-1 draw, with Goal.com naming Enciso for Ipswich and Ndoye for Forest as scorers.
- Bulls
- PrizePicks and Syracuse.com list Forest as road favorites, at +125 with Syracuse.com and a 2.12x payout with PrizePicks.
- Caution
- Forest head coach Oliver Glasner says the goalscoring issue is not "a massive problem because we're creating enough situations."
Still unverified
Morgan Gibbs-White's availability is not confirmed; he faces a late fitness test. Projected lineups are not official, and PrizePicks odds are live at the time of writing and subject to change.