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Match preview · Premier League

Nottingham Forest – Ipswich Town

Nottingham Forest 13th in Premier League Home 1.63 projected goals by the model
Ipswich Town 11th in Premier League Away 1.25 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.63 1.25
Nottingham Forest Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest
45%
Draw
29%
Ipswich Town
27%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Nottingham Forest Draw Ipswich Town
Fair odds 2.24 3.49 3.75
Total goals
2.88
Over 2.5 goals
57%
Both teams to score
63%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 5 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Nottingham Forest

45% Nottingham Forest to win

Attack
13th vs 19th
Nottingham Forest attack v Ipswich Town defence
Defence
7th vs 11th
Nottingham Forest defence v Ipswich Town attack
Recent xG form
+0.55 vs -0.22
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.63 – 1.25
Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 5 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Squad news

From Fantasy Premier League
  • Nikola Milenković 0% chance

    Defender · Hamstring injury - Expected back 11 Oct

  • Zach Abbott 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Southampton on loan for the rest of the season

  • Tyler Bindon 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Charlton Athletic on loan for the rest of the season

  • Omari Hutchinson 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined AC Milan on loan for the rest of the season

  • Morato 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined West Ham on loan for the rest of the season

  • Nicolò Savona 0% chance

    Defender · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Dilane Bakwa 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Lille on loan for the rest of the season

Ipswich Town

10 listed
  • Abdul Fatawu 0% chance

    Midfielder · Suspended until 17 Oct

  • George Hirst 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Stoke City permanently

  • Ben Johnson 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Stoke City on loan for the rest of the season

  • Jack Taylor 0% chance

    Midfielder · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Chiedozie Ogbene 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Lincoln City on loan until January

  • Ali Al Hamadi 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the rest of the season

  • Wes Burns 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Leicester City permanently

  • Cameron Humphreys 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Huddersfield Town on loan for the rest of the season

  • Sam Szmodics 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Derby County on loan for the rest of the season

  • Kayne van Oevelen 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined Valencia on loan for the rest of the season

The status, the chance of playing and the note beside each name are Fantasy Premier League's own, and it covers this competition only. Nothing above this section knows about any of it: a rating fitted over recent matches describes the side that played them.

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Nottingham Forest Ipswich Town
xG / match 1.45 · 13th (better) 1.53 · 10th
xGA / match (better) 0.95 · 2nd 1.75 · 15th
xGD / match (better) +0.50 · 6th -0.22 · 13th
xPts / match (better) 1.72 · 3rd 1.41 · 11th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.55 -0.22

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 33% of the model's distribution.

Nottingham Forest clean sheet
26%
Nottingham Forest 2+ goals
50%
Under 2.5 goals
43%
Both teams to score: no
37%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
14.1%
2:1
10.9%
1:2
8.1%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Nottingham Forest sample
20 matches
Ipswich Town sample
5 matches
Home xG sample · Nottingham Forest
3 matches
Away xG sample · Ipswich Town
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • Ipswich Town has only 5 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.