Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th March 2025

When Nottingham Forest come to Portman Road for the Premier League match on Saturday, Ipswich will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Two places behind the league-leaders, Nottingham Forest claimed 51 points from 28 rounds, while Ipswich amassed 17 points. They now rank as number 18 in the Premier League standings.

Ipswich are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Nottingham Forest in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride, though as it looks like an fairly unequal pairing at Portman Road.

Ipswich are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady ten goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of one per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 25 goals, or an average of 2.5 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to one clean sheets in this run.

Nottingham Forest scored 21 goals, conceded 14 and held on for a clean sheet in five of their last ten matches.

The last time the pair played each other Nottingham Forest came away as 1-0 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Saturday.

Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Ipswich Form

Only a single draw prevents Ipswich from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 3-2 defeat against Manchester United, before drawing 1-1 with Nottingham Forest. They came up empty-handed once again when Crystal Palace ran out as 1-0 winners. Ipswich only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Portman Road in the Premier League. They also drew zero and lost five of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded 18 goals.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest have two draws and a win to show from their previous three matches. They started with a 0-0 draw with Arsenal. This was followed by another draw with Ipswich, this time 1-1, before they outclassed Manchester City by 1-0. Nottingham Forest won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding 11.

It seems both Nottingham Forest and Ipswich have some issues concerning their defence, as they seem to find themselves on the receiving end a bit too often lately. We believe the trend continues on Saturday, and we are rooting for goals.

Ipswich fought their way to one wins and four points from their last nine games against teams inside the top six. They were on target four times in these matches, but also let in 20 goals. Nottingham Forest claimed seven wins from 18 goals scored and six conceded in the previous eight encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. This earned them a total of 22 points. Ipswich have a record of three wins, eight draws and 17 defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest enjoy a record of 15 wins, six draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Ipswich Squad

McKenna will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Nottingham Forest from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Alex Palmer (0/4), Arijanet Muric (0/18), Christian Walton (0/6), Cieran Slicker (0/0), Axel Tuanzebe (0/14), Ben Godfrey (0/0), Ben Johnson (0/17), Cameron Burgess (0/10), Conor Townsend (0/0), Dara O'Shea (0/25), Jacob Greaves (1/18), Leif Davis (1/27), Luke Woolfenden (0/12), Somto Boniface (0/0), Conor Chaplin (1/15), Jack Taylor (1/22), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (2/17), Jens-Lys Cajuste (0/21), Kalvin Phillips (0/16), Massimo Luongo (0/0), Omari Hutchinson (3/26), Sam Morsy (1/24), Sammie Szmodics (4/19), Chiedozie Ogbene (0/5), George Hirst (1/16), Jack Clarke (0/23), Julio Enciso (0/16), Larsen Toure (0/0), Liam Delap (10/27), Nathan Broadhead (0/12), Wes Burns (0/18).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Below is the full team squad of Nottingham Forest. The manager Santo will pick his starting XI against Ipswich from these players:

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/28), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Alex Moreno (0/13), Harry Toffolo (0/3), Morato (0/19), Murillo (1/27), Neco Williams (1/25), Nikola Milenkovic (3/27), Ola Aina (2/28), Willy Boly (0/5), Danilo (0/4), Elliot Anderson (1/27), Ibrahim Sangare (0/7), Morgan Gibbs-White (5/24), Nicolas Dominguez (0/24), Ramon Sosa (1/14), Ryan Yates (2/25), Anthony Elanga (3/28), Callum Hudson-Odoi (5/24), Chris Wood (18/28), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/2), Joel Ndala (0/0), Jota Silva (1/24), Taiwo Awoniyi (1/21).

Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Nottingham Forest face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against Ipswich. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Nottingham Forest travelling party for their next match.

Danilo nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Nottingham Forest.

Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Nottingham Forest came away with a 1-0 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at Portman Road, but face stern opposition, of course. Ipswich have a 0% win rate against Nottingham Forest, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 0-0-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Results

Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Chris Wood so far with 18 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target four times in his last six games, and no doubt Nottingham Forest want him to continue this productive spell against Ipswichon Saturday.

In their last 10 matches at Portman Road across all tournaments Ipswich won two times, drew one and lost seven times. Nottingham Forest claimed four wins, one draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Should Ipswich pull off a home win on Saturday, it could be an entertaining affair, since they only won two games to nil in their last 10 attempts.

Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Ipswich’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.9 times goals per game.