Nottingham Forest vs Ipswich Town, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Nottingham Forest

89': Ben Brereton Díaz (P)
90'+5': Joe Lolley

FT
2 - 1

Ipswich Town

38': Grant Ward

Nottingham Forest stage late fightback to defeat Ipswich

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
3': Foul by Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest).
3': Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Offside, Ipswich Town. Jordan Spence tries a through ball, but Grant Ward is caught offside.
5': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Ben Osborn.
7': Foul by Ben Watson (Nottingham Forest).
7': Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Attempt saved. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
12': Foul by Myles Kenlock (Ipswich Town).
12': Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest).
16': Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Tristan Nydam (Ipswich Town).
19': Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
19': Attempt saved. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Watson.
19': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
20': Foul by Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest).
20': Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt saved. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
25': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Grant Ward.
25': Ben Watson (Nottingham Forest) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Joe Lolley with a cross following a corner.
28': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Tendayi Darikwa tries a through ball, but Ben Brereton is caught offside.
31': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Daniel Fox.
32': Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Grant Ward with a cross following a corner.
38': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Ipswich Town 1. Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
39': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Grant Ward.
39': Attempt missed. Ben Watson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Lee Tomlin with a cross following a corner.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Spence.
45'+1': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Adlène Guédioura.
45'+2': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Ipswich Town 1.
45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Ipswich Town 1.
46': Attempt blocked. Tristan Nydam (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Grant Ward.
47': Attempt blocked. Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Tomlin.
47': Attempt missed. Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tendayi Darikwa with a cross.
49': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Grant Ward.
49': Foul by Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town).
49': Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
50': Foul by Daniel Fox (Nottingham Forest).
50': Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
50': Attempt missed. Luke Hyam (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Martyn Waghorn following a set piece situation.
51': Attempt blocked. Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tristan Nydam.
52': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Adlène Guédioura.
52': Attempt blocked. Cameron Carter-Vickers (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jonas Knudsen.
52': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Daniel Fox.
53': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Tobias Figueiredo.
53': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Ben Brereton.
55': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Grant Ward.
55': Attempt missed. Ben Watson (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lee Tomlin following a corner.
56': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Mustapha Carayol replaces Ben Morris.
56': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Tobias Figueiredo.
57': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Callum Connolly replaces Tristan Nydam.
59': Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
59': Foul by Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town).
59': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matthew Cash replaces Adlène Guédioura.
59': Attempt blocked. Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthew Cash.
61': Attempt missed. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tendayi Darikwa with a cross.
61': Delay in match Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
66': Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Foul by Callum Connolly (Ipswich Town).
68': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jonas Knudsen.
69': Attempt saved. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) header from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lee Tomlin.
70': Attempt saved. Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mustapha Carayol.
72': Foul by Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest).
72': Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
73': Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
73': Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73': Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Attempt missed. Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
75': Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Connolly with a headed pass.
76': Delay in match Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) because of an injury.
77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Apostolos Vellios replaces Lee Tomlin.
78': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Liam Bridcutt replaces Ben Watson.
80': Attempt missed. Mustapha Carayol (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Myles Kenlock.
80': Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) has gone down, but that's a dive.
81': Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
83': Attempt saved. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Colback.
83': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
84': Attempt missed. Tobias Figueiredo (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Fox with a headed pass following a corner.
84': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Stephen Gleeson replaces Luke Hyam.
86': Attempt blocked. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
86': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Cameron Carter-Vickers.
87': Attempt missed. Apostolos Vellios (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matthew Cash with a cross following a corner.
88': Penalty Nottingham Forest. Ben Brereton draws a foul in the penalty area.
88': Penalty conceded by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
89': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Ipswich Town 1. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
90'+1': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Tobias Figueiredo.
90'+3': Foul by Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town).
90'+3': Liam Bridcutt (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Liam Bridcutt (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
90'+5': Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Ipswich Town 1. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
90'+7': Foul by Mustapha Carayol (Ipswich Town).
90'+7': Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Ipswich Town 1.
90'+7': Match ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Ipswich Town 1.

Statistics

IPS		NFO
9	Fouls	7
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
9	Corner Kicks	8
6	Saves	2
42.7	Possession	57.3
10	SHOTS	19
3	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
234	Accurate Passes	377
351	Passes	476
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	7
18	Crosses	19
0.3	Cross %	0.4
88	Long Balls	77
27	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	3
12	Effective Tackles	8
18	Tackles	13
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
0	Interceptions	0
31	Effective Clearances	32
31	Clearances	32

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 25,093

EFL Championship Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Leeds United	29	+34	60
2	Sheffield United	29	+19	58
3	Burnley	29	+27	57
4	Sunderland	29	+18	55

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Nottingham Forest (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Costel Pantilimon (GK)
13	Daniel Fox
3	Tobias Figueiredo
11	Ben Osborn
27	Tendayi Darikwa
18	Jack Colback
32	Ben Watson
5	Adlène Guédioura
17	Ben Brereton Díaz
15	Lee Tomlin
23	Joe Lolley

Nottingham Forest Substitutes:

Kieran Dowell, Stefanos Kapino, Apostolos Vellios, Liam Bridcutt, Michael Mancienne, Eric Lichaj, Matty Cash.

Ipswich Town (3-5-2)

No.	Name
33	Bartosz Bialkowski (GK)
27	Cameron Carter-Vickers
3	Jonas Knudsen
12	Jordan Spence
22	Tristan Nydam
19	Luke Hyam
8	Cole Skuse
30	Myles Kenlock
18	Grant Ward
9	Martyn Waghorn
35	Ben Morris

Ipswich Town Substitutes:

Mustapha Carayol, Freddie Sears, Barry Cotter, Callum Connolly, Michael Crowe, Stephen Gleeson, Ben Folami.

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