IPSWICH - NOTTINGHAM FOREST
The market leans one way without any real conviction. Nottingham Forest is the shortest price on a book of 3.25 / 3.40 / 2.20 (1 / X / 2), an implied 43.0%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 29.1% / 27.8% / 43.0% on an overround of 5.6%.
The draw is unusually well backed at 3.40 (27.8%), which normally points to a cagey, low-scoring game rather than an open one.
Liquidity is strong — €28,553 already matched on the 1X2 market, putting this among the most heavily traded fixtures on the card. Prices in a market that deep are far more reliable than in a thin one.
In the league table Ipswich sit 10th on 9 points (3W 0D 4L) with Nottingham Forest 19th on 5 points (1W 2D 4L).
Ipswich read L-W-L-W-L-L across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (2W 0D 4L) — poor.
Nottingham Forest read L-L-L-W-D-D across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (1W 2D 3L) — more bad than good.
Head to head the record reads 0-2-4 — Ipswich wins, draws, then Nottingham Forest wins. Their last meeting finished Ipswich - Nottingham Forest: 2-4.
Ipswich team news: Sasa Lukic (groin) is Ipswich's only injury concern after sitting out the Manchester City match, but the midfielder is expected to be available.
Ipswich team news: Gary O'Neill may opt to switch back to a back four after fielding a back three in the match against City.
Nottingham Forest team news: Nottingham Forest are likely to have Morgan Gibbs-White available again, after the star player was sidelined for the Arsenal defeat with a muscle problem.
Nottingham Forest team news: Nicolo Savona and Igor Jesus are not expected to be available until later this month.
Ipswich are without 1 — Sasa Lukic (Doubtful - injured).
Nottingham Forest are without 3 — Morgan Gibbs-White (Doubtful - injured), Nicolò Savona (Doubtful - injured), Igor Jesus (Doubtful - injured).
Early lineups are in: Ipswich set up 4-2-3-1 against 3-4-2-1. See the pitch graphic above for the full XI.
Ipswich lean hardest on Kjell Scherpen (9.4), Dara O'Shea (9.4), Leif Davis (9.4) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.
Sasa Lukic is out for Ipswich — index 7.8, against 9.3 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.
Nottingham Forest lean hardest on Morgan Gibbs-White (8.0), Neco Williams (8.0), Dan Ndoye (8.0) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.
Morgan Gibbs-White is out for Nottingham Forest — index 8.8, against 8.7 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.
Igor Jesus is out for Nottingham Forest — index 6.3, against 8.8 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.
The projected score for this one is Ipswich 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest, a draw with 2 goals in it — short of the 2.5 line.
The read: Nottingham Forest at 2.20 is the side the market is with, and nothing in the data above argues against it.
This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 21:30 on 22nd October 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.