Ipswich Town vs. Nottingham Forest: Head-to-head record and past meetings ahead of Premier League clash

Ipswich Town volition invited Nottingham Forest to Portman Road successful the Premier League connected Friday night, and it is shaping up to beryllium a important lucifer for some sides.

Promoted Ipswich person picked up 9 points from their opening 7 matches of the 2026-27 campaign, which has near them successful 10th spot successful the table.

The hosts volition participate Friday's lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-2 decision to Manchester City, and plentifulness of encouragement tin beryllium taken from their performance.

Forest, meanwhile, suffered a 1-0 decision to the champions Arsenal past clip out.

It has been a pugnacious commencement to the run for the Reds, who are 19th successful the division, collecting lone 5 points from their archetypal 7 matches of the season.

Here, Sports Mole looks astatine the head-to-head grounds and erstwhile meetings betwixt the 2 sides up of the clash successful Suffolk connected Friday night.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 83

Nott'm Forest wins: 42

Draws: 19

Ipswich wins: 22

From 83 erstwhile meetings betwixt Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town successful each competitions, the Tricky Trees' occurrence complaint stands astatine conscionable implicit 50%, having prevailed successful 42 of those battles portion suffering 22 losses and playing retired 19 draws.

The erstwhile European Cup winners person succeeded successful each of their past 3 head-to-heads, astir precocious a 4-2 Premier League win successful March 2025, conscionable 12 days connected from edging a tense FA Cup fifth-round punishment shootout.

The FA Cup triumph extended Forest's unbeaten series successful this peculiar contention to a respectable 5 games, past going down to their East Anglian foes during a six-goal Championship classical successful 2017, wherever the Tractor Boys came up trumps 4-2.

However, that is the lone clip that Ipswich person managed to prevail successful the past 9 editions of this fixture, 7 of which person been won by Forest, with the different aberration being a 1-1 gully astatine Portman Road successful the 2018-19 Championship campaign.

The Garibaldi person not ever had Ipswich's fig successful the 21st century, though, going winless successful six consecutive Championship games versus the Tractor Boys from December 2013 to March 2016, but they are seldom outplayed connected their ain patch.

Indeed, Ipswich person not managed a azygous distant triumph implicit Forest since the crook of the millennium, going without triumph successful 16 consecutive matches astatine the City Ground since Matt Holland propelled them to a 1-0 occurrence successful December 1999.

Outside of league action, Forest and Ipswich besides contested the 1978 Charity Shield, which was not overmuch of a contention successful information arsenic the Reds ran retired 5-0 winners.

However, the Tractor Boys boast the biggest borderline of triumph successful this fixture, having pummelled Nottingham Forest 6-0 successful a 2005 Championship clash, wherever Darren Bent netted the sixth and last goal.

Last 20 meetings (all competitions)

Mar 15, 2025: Ipswich 2-4 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Mar 03, 2025: Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich [5-4 pens] (FA Cup Fifth Round)

Nov 30, 2024: Nott'm Forest 1-0 Ipswich (Premier League)

Mar 16, 2019: Ipswich 1-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Dec 01, 2018: Nott'm Forest 2-0 Ipswich (Championship)

Apr 14, 2018: Nott'm Forest 2-1 Ipswich (Championship)

Dec 02, 2017: Ipswich 4-2 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

May 07, 2017: Nott'm Forest 3-0 Ipswich (Championship)

Nov 19, 2016: Ipswich 0-2 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Mar 05, 2016: Ipswich 1-0 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Oct 24, 2015: Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich (Championship)

Apr 25, 2015: Ipswich 2-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Oct 05, 2014: Nott'm Forest 2-2 Ipswich (Championship)

Mar 29, 2014: Ipswich 1-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Dec 14, 2013: Nott'm Forest 0-0 Ipswich (Championship)

Mar 05, 2013: Nott'm Forest 1-0 Ipswich (Championship)

Nov 27, 2012: Ipswich 3-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Jan 02, 2012: Ipswich 1-3 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Nov 19, 2011: Nott'm Forest 3-2 Ipswich (Championship)

Jan 03, 2011: Ipswich 0-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)