Ipswich Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction
Our picks against the result
6 of 13 right
- Result Nottingham Forest win42% 1-1
- Double chance Nottingham Forest or draw (X2)73% 1-1
- Both teams to score Yes63% Yes
- Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.556% 2 goals
- More corners Ipswich Town45% Nottingham Forest (0-5)
- Yellow cards Around average 2 yellow cards · league 3.9
- Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Over53% 4.5 Under66% 5.5 Under81%
- Corners Around average 5 corners · league 9.4
- Corners 5 corners 8.5 Over61% 9.5 Under50% 10.5 Under61%
Match stats
Ipswich Town Nottingham Forest
- 1 Goals 1
- 1 Yellow cards 1
- 0 Red cards 0
- 0 Corners 5
Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.
Before kick-off
What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.
Match summary
Ipswich Town vs Nottingham Forest comes to Portman Road on Friday 23 October 2026 for Matchday 8 of the Premier League, and our model goes with a Nottingham Forest win, with the double chance covering a Forest victory or a draw.
Why this pick?
Our model leans towards Nottingham Forest above all because it rates them the stronger side over the long run, while Ipswich Town sit clearly below the Premier League average and carry a very low defensive rating against the rest of the division. The other side of the argument is worth stating plainly: Ipswich have had the tougher recent opposition and they are at home, where Portman Road can carry a newly promoted team. What keeps the call upright is that the gap in strength is the more persuasive of the two cases, and the head-to-head record since 2010 leans towards Forest as well. The call is narrow.
Both teams to score: Our goal model expects goals at both ends: Ipswich concede big chances above the league average, Forest's expected-goals numbers point to them finding the net, and Ipswich's own expected-goals form gives them a route to a goal at home.
Form guide
Ipswich Town
- L 2-3 at Manchester City (A) Premier League · 17 Oct
- W 2-1 vs Fulham (H) Premier League · 10 Oct
- L 0-1 at Everton (A) Premier League · 19 Sep
- L 2-4 vs Arsenal (H) EFL Cup · 15 Sep
- W 3-2 at Crystal Palace (A) Premier League · 12 Sep
Nottingham Forest
- L 0-1 vs Arsenal (H) Premier League · 18 Oct
- L 1-3 at Crystal Palace (A) Premier League · 11 Oct
- L 0-1 vs Coventry City (H) Premier League · 19 Sep
- W 2-1 at Aston Villa (A) Premier League · 12 Sep
- D 0-0 vs Tottenham Hotspur (H) Premier League · 5 Sep
Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.
Attack and defence ratings
0 to 100 against this season's Premier League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.
Head-to-head
21 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.
- 15 Mar 2025 · Premier League Ipswich Town 2-4 Nottingham Forest
- 3 Mar 2025 · FA Cup Nottingham Forest 1-1 Ipswich Town
- 30 Nov 2024 · Premier League Nottingham Forest 1-0 Ipswich Town
- 16 Mar 2019 · Championship Ipswich Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest
- 1 Dec 2018 · Championship Nottingham Forest 2-0 Ipswich Town
Premier League so far
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11:15 | -4 | 9 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5:9 | -4 | 5 |
Positions in our table of 20 clubs, before kick-off. Full table
Match facts
- Competition
- Premier League, Matchday 8
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Questions and answers
What was the score of Ipswich Town vs Nottingham Forest?
Ipswich Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest in the Premier League (Matchday 8) on Friday 23 October 2026.
Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Ipswich Town vs Nottingham Forest right?
No: our result pick was Nottingham Forest win, and the score after 90 minutes was 1-1. 6 of our 13 picks and markets for this match were right.
How many cards and corners were there in Ipswich Town vs Nottingham Forest?
2 yellow cards (Ipswich Town 1, Nottingham Forest 1), no red cards and 5 corners (Ipswich Town 0, Nottingham Forest 5).
Times are UTC.