Nottingham Forest v Ipswich

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Another all-Premier League tussle in the 5th round of the FA Cup will unfold at the City Ground on Monday night when Nottingham Forest will play host to Ipswich Town for a place in the quarter-finals of this famous competition with Forest looking to end a three-game winless run, while Ipswich Town will attempt to do the same.

Nottingham Forest have stumbled to back-to-back defeats and a draw in recent times as the Tricky Trees were handed losses by Fulham and Newcastle United in the Premier League and both of which were away from home, along with a 0-0 draw at home with second placed Arsenal.

However, Forest will now be returning to the home surroundings of their City Ground for this upcoming cup encounter and the east midlands hosts will be feeling confident about their chances of returning to winning ways here on Monday night, especially as the Tricky Trees had slipped to just one defeat in their preceding 12 games in all competitions.

Within this previous period, Nottingham Forest had collected a total of 10 wins, five of which were achieved on home soil with victories gained over Aston Villa, Tottenham, Luton Town, Southampton and Brighton, the latter being a comprehensive 7-0 humiliation of The Seagulls.

Ipswich Town face a tough assignment on Monday night at the City Ground as the Tractor Boys were involved in a 1-1 draw away at Aston Villa along with two defeats on the trot following losses to Tottenham and Manchester United. Kieran McKenna's side have found wins overall in all competitions hard to come by as the Suffolk based side have managed to capture just five wins within their last 30 matches which came in the form of victories against the likes of Tottenham, Wolves, Chelsea, Bristol Rovers and Coventry City respectively, the latter two being in the previous rounds of the FA Cup.

The Tractor Boys have suffered a total of 17 defeats within this period of 30 games which does not bode well for this upcoming visit to the City Ground, especially as the visitors have registered just three wins from their last 15 outings on the road in all competitions, whilst also slipping to eight defeats in the process.

Goals also look set to feature in this upcoming 5th round cup-tie as seven out of Ipswich Town's last 10 outings on the road have resulted in Over 2.5 goals and given the fact that Ipswich Town have conceded at least once in each of their last 12 away games, further goals look likely here.

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town Verdict

Nottingham Forest have won three out of the last four meetings against Ipswich Town.

Therefore, our main bet will be Nottingham Forest win @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

Nottingham Forest win & Over 2 goals @ 2.50

Correct Score: Nottingham Forest 2-1 @ 8.50