Ipswich’s home record meets Forest’s away scoring
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Ipswich’s stronger provisional league position and home record meet Forest’s productive but vulnerable away profile, with several selection doubts adding a clear fitness question before kickoff.
Before kickoff
Home record meets away scoring
The key question is whether Ipswich can make their Portman Road record count against a Nottingham Forest side that has scored 5 goals in its supplied away games. Ipswich have won 2 and lost 1 of their 3 home matches, while Forest’s away record is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Forest have conceded 6 goals away, compared with Ipswich’s 4 at home.
Ipswich’s last 7 league results, listed most recently first, are Win, Loss, Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss. Forest’s last 7 are Loss, Draw, Draw, Win, Loss, Loss, Loss. Those sequences provide contrasting recent context, but do not establish how the match will develop.
Provisional table pressure
Before this regular-season fixture, Ipswich are provisionally ranked #10 with 9 points from 7 games. Nottingham Forest are provisionally ranked #19 with 5 points from 7 games, leaving Ipswich 4 points ahead. The table gives both teams a clear points objective, without confirming any wider outcome from this match alone.
Fitness questions before selection
Ipswich list S. Lukic and J. Taylor as questionable, with groin and knee injuries respectively. Forest list Igor Jesus as missing the fixture with a calf injury, while M. Gibbs-White and N. Savona are questionable with injury and a knee injury respectively.
At kickoff, can Ipswich’s home defence keep Forest’s away attack below the 5 goals it has scored in its supplied away games?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Manchester City | WWWWW | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 21 | |
| 2 | Arsenal | WWLWW | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 18 | |
| 3 | Brighton | WWWWD | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 16 | |
| 4 | Chelsea | WWLDL | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 13 | |
| 5 | Liverpool | WLWDW | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | |
| 6 | Brentford | LDWDD | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | |
| 7 | Leeds | DLDWD | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | |
| 8 | Everton | LDWDD | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |
| 9 | Hull City | LDLDD | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
| 10 | Ipswich | LWLWL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | |
| 11 | Newcastle | LLWLD | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | |
| 12 | Aston Villa | WDWLD | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | |
| 13 | Manchester United | DDDLD | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | LWDLW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | |
| 15 | Bournemouth | WLLDD | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | |
| 16 | Tottenham | WDLDD | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |
| 17 | Coventry | LWWLL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | |
| 18 | Fulham | WLDDL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | LLLWD | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | |
| 20 | Sunderland | LLLLD | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 |