Overview
Ipswich Town are still going through a serious crisis this season. Last week, coach Kieran McKenna's team lost to Crystal Palace by a minimum, thereby extending their winless streak in the Premier League to 9.
The Portman Road side have lost 7 and drawn 2 in that time. With 17 points after 28 rounds, they are in the danger zone and face a very high risk of relegation.
Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest have just surprisingly defeated defending Premier League champions Manchester City. This victory marked the third consecutive unbeaten match in all competitions for the home team at City Ground. They drew with Arsenal and started Ipswich Town in the FA Cup.
Before round 29 of the Premier League, Nottingham ranked 3rd. Another win against Ipswich will help them get closer to the ticket to the Champions League next season.
Nottingham fans will put their faith in striker Chris Wood in attack. This season, the 33-year-old striker has scored 18 goals in the Premier League, including the only goal in the first leg between the two teams. Against the 3rd worst defense in the league, Chris Wood has a good chance to improve his performance.
Nottingham also impressed with their defensive ability thanks to the solidity of the central defender pair Murillo and Milenkovic. They kept a clean sheet despite having to face two clubs with strong attack lines, Arsenal and Man City, in the last 2 rounds. This could happen again with Ipswich's relatively poor attack.
In terms of head-to-head record, Nottingham Forest is completely superior, having been unbeaten against Ipswich in all 5 recent encounters, including 4 wins.
Personnel situation
Nottingham Forest will not have the service of Carlos Miguel in this match due to injury.
On the other side of the front line, Ipswich Town are also without Muric, Tuanzebe, Chaplin, Burns, Ogbene and Szmodics for the same reason.
Expected lineup:
Ipswich Town: Palmer, Johnson, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Philogene, Taylor, Clarke, Delap.
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Dominguez, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson- odoi, Wood.
The match between Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest takes place at 22:00 on March 15 (Vietnam time).
