Nott'm Forestvs.Ipswich

Nuno Espirito Santo's men have navigated their way past Luton Town and Exeter City to progress to this point, although they needed penalties to eliminate the latter following a 2-2 draw in 120 minutes.

Meanwhile, the Tractor Boys followed up a 3-0 crushing of Bristol Rovers with an equally resounding 4-1 beating of Coventry City last time out, although they find themselves 15 places and 31 points worse off than Forest in the Premier League table.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 81

Nott'm Forest wins: 40

Draws: 19

Ipswich wins: 22

From 81 previous meetings between Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town in all competitions, the Tricky Trees' success rate stands at almost 50%, having prevailed in 40 of those battles while suffering 22 losses and playing out 19 draws.

Forest hit the 40-win mark during their long-awaited Premier League reunion in November 2024, where in their first top-flight battle for almost exactly 30 years, Chris Wood's penalty was the difference in a 1-0 success.

That slender triumph extended Forest's unbeaten sequence in this head-to-head to a respectable four games, last going down to their East Anglian foes during a six-goal Championship classic in 2017, where the Tractor Boys came up trumps 4-2.

However, that is the only time that Ipswich have managed to prevail in the last seven editions of this fixture, five of which have been won by Forest, with the other aberration being a 1-1 draw at Portman Road in the 2018-19 Championship campaign.

The Garibaldi have not always had Ipswich's number in the 21st century, though, going winless in six straight Championship games versus the Tractor Boys from December 2013 to March 2016, but they are seldom outplayed on their own patch.

Indeed, Ipswich have not managed a single away win over Forest since the turn of the millennium, going without victory in 15 consecutive matches at the City Ground since Matt Holland propelled them to a 1-0 success in December 1999.

Outside of league action, Forest and Ipswich also contested the 1978 Charity Shield, which was not much of a contest in truth as the Reds ran out 5-0 winners.

However, the Tractor Boys boast the biggest margin of victory in this fixture, having pummelled Nottingham Forest 6-0 in a 2005 Championship clash, where Darren Bent netted the sixth and final goal.

Last 20 meetings

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)

Oct 23, 2010: Nott'm Forest 2-0 Ipswich (Championship)

Apr 10, 2010: Nott'm Forest 3-0 Ipswich (Championship)

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Written by

Ben Knapton