Nottingham Forest 2-1 Ipswich Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Ipswich Town

Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Nottingham Forest · Ipswich Town · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Ipswich Town: match report

Nottingham Forest beat Ipswich Town 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 14 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Grant Ward opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from B. Brereton (89', penalty) and Joe Lolley (90+5'). Ipswich Town scored through Grant Ward (38').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 18th on 46 points from 41 and Ipswich Town 12th on 56 points from 42. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Ipswich Town 12th with 60.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-3-3 and Ipswich Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Brereton Díaz of Nottingham Forest (8.3), ahead of Joe Lolley (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 4 draws and 3 for Ipswich Town.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Grant WardIpswich Town · 0-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Grant WardIpswich Town
  • 81'Yellow card · B. BreretonNottingham Forest
  • 89'Penalty goal · B. BreretonNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 90+5'Goal · Joe LolleyNottingham Forest · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 4, Ipswich Town 3.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-3)

Costel Pantilimon, Tobias Figueiredo, Ben Osborn, Danny Fox, Tendayi Darikwa, Adlène Guédioura, Jack Colback, Ben Watson, Lee Tomlin, Ben Brereton Díaz, Joe Lolley

Ipswich Town line-up (3-5-2)

Bartosz Białkowski, Jonas Knudsen, Jordan Spence, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Cole Skuse, Grant Ward, Luke Hyam, Tristan Nydam, Myles Kenlock, Martyn Waghorn, Ben Morris