Nottingham Forest’s woes in front of goal continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Ipswich despite dominating the game.
Forest were guilty of squandering a hatful of chances as they created 2.31 worth of 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 the Ipswich defender was shown just a yellow card after referee Thomas Bramall was sent to the pitchside monitor by VAR to check the defender’s tackle on James McAtee for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
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Should Issa Diop have seen red for his challenge on James McAtee that he only got a yellow card for?
Leif Davis twice cleared off the line for Ipswich while Liam Delap and Callum Hudson-Odoi both were very wasteful in front of goal.
The considerations when officials are making a decision on whether a player has denied a clear goalscoring opportunity
No team have 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.
More to follow…
Neco Williams celebrates giving Nottingham Forest the lead early in the first half at Ipswich
The key moments from Portman Road…
- 6: CHANCE FOR FOREST! Jair Cunha stings the gloves of Christian Walton as Forest start with lots of intent with the wind at their backs.
- 13: GOAL FOR FOREST! Williams pops up at the back post to sweep home a fantastic cross from Daniel Munoz to give Forest a deserving lead.
- 33: OFF THE LINE! A combination of Walton’s big toe and a last-ditch clearance off the line from Gibbs-White denies Forest a second.
- 41: GOAL FOR IPSWICH! Milenkovic fluffs his attempted pass back to Sels and Enciso raises onto the loose ball and slots in the equaliser against the run of play.
- 49: NO RED CARD! VAR advise the referee to check the pitchside monitor for a denial of a clear goal-scoring opportunity after McAtee is wiped out by Diop. Only a yellow card is shown.
- 64: DAVIS OFF THE LINE AGAIN! Dan Ndoye is this time denied by another clearance from the Ipswich left-back.
What the result means and next fixtures…
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