{"id":21401,"date":"2024-11-28T14:02:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=21401"},"modified":"2024-11-30T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T14:14:49","slug":"nottingham-forest-vs-ipswich-preview-prediction-team-news-and-predicted-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/nottingham-forest-vs-ipswich-preview-prediction-team-news-and-predicted-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest Vs Ipswich Preview, Prediction, Team News And Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Premier League approaching the busy festive period, here’s our Nottingham Forest Vs Ipswich preview, prediction, team news and confirmed lineups ahead of Saturday’s match.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest Vs Ipswich<\/strong> Preview<\/h2>\n

An injury-hit Nottingham Forest<\/a> were swept aside ruthlessly at Arsenal last weekend. A pair of superb strikes from Bukayo Saka<\/a> and Thomas Partey were followed by young Ethan Nwaneri’s first Premier League goal to seal a 3-0 win for the Gunners.<\/p>\n

Missing talismanic duo Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White in the starting lineup, Forest looked bereft of confidence and ideas.<\/p>\n

Nuno Espirito Santo’s men have now lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, they have still made a strong start to the campaign – which has taken many by surprise.<\/p>\n

With five wins and 19 points from their opening 12 games, Forest are seventh in the table, and only four points below second-placed Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Standing between them and a return to winning ways are newly-promoted Ipswich Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Tractor Boys have drawn six times in 12 games – more than any other Premier League side – and find themselves on nine points.<\/p>\n

In the relegation zone only on goal difference, Ipswich have been unlucky on a number of occasions. They held Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United<\/a> to a 1-1 draw in the Portuguese manager’s first game in charge, and will pose Forest plenty of problems.<\/p>\n

Not least of all through former Man City striker Liam Delap. The Etihad academy graduate has been a fantastic signing for the Suffolk side, and leads the scoring with six so far in all competitions.<\/p>\n

Kieran McKenna’s men may have only picked up one victory so far, but they have given plenty of the league’s top sides a headache.<\/p>\n

However, Ipswich have not won at Nottingham Forest in the new millennium. In a 14-game winless run, you’d have to go back to 1999 to find the last time Ipswich were victorious at the City Ground.<\/p>\n

The two sides last met competitively in 2019, where it finished 1-1 at Portman Road in the Championship.<\/p>\n

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Taking on the Tractor Boys this weekend. \ud83d\ude9c pic.twitter.com\/nj0CgfxlLw<\/a><\/p>\n

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n