Nottingham Forest's struggles in front of goal continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Ipswich despite dominating the game. Forest created 2.31 expected goals and won the shot count 17-7, but only had Neco Williams' first-half goal to show for their big volume.
That lead was cancelled out just before the break by Julio Enciso after a mistake from Nikola Milenkovic. Forest were also aggrieved that Issa Diop survived a red card. After referee Thomas Bramall was sent to the pitchside monitor by VAR, the Ipswich defender was shown only a yellow card for his tackle on James McAtee, which denied an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Forest boss Oliver Glasner said: "It felt during the game it's a clear red card. I think it was the wrong decision."
Leif Davis twice cleared off the line for Ipswich, while Liam Delap and Callum Hudson-Odoi were both wasteful in front of goal. Delap's big moment came against his former club on 74 minutes, but he headed over. Forest then lost Williams to a worrying arm injury, and Jack Clarke fired Ipswich's substitute effort on target to ensure the spoils were shared.
No team has underperformed their expected goals data more than Forest this season, scoring just six times from 13.4 worth of chances created. It leaves them with just one win from their eight games. Ipswich now have as many points at Portman Road in the Premier League this season as they managed in the entirety of their previous campaign in 2024/25 (7).
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