Match Day LIVE.
English FA Cup Quarter Finals .
Date – March 3rd , 2025 .
Venue -City Ground , Nothingham Forest .
Time – 8.45 pm .
City Ground is the battle ground in the on going FA Cup match s when the Tricky Trees , Nothingham Forest lock horn s with relegation bound Ipswish Town at the fifth round stage of the oldest football and biggest as well , The English FA Cup.
The Nimo Espirito Santo well side ,gunning for a champions league slot this season as the league table stands , survived a scare against minnows , Exceter City after a 2-2 draw to get to this stage of the competition .
While , another struggling Premiership side , Ipswish Town and relegation bound pummeled Coventry City 4-1 for today’s encounter .
Nothingham Forest have never had it so easy in their FA Cup matches ,after appearing five times and only qualified once to the fifth round , if not this match could have been a thriller of an encounter , had it been that Forest had held on to their scintillating performance so far in the first quarter of the English Premiership League , though they are third on the league table , but have not won their last five matches , managing only a win , with three losses and a draw.
However in the same vein ,Ipswish Town will not be looking at the back of their history in the FA Cup to draw inspiration either .They ve not made it to the to the quarter finals of the FA Cup and have not won their last 13 FA Cup matches against a Premiership side and have not gone beyond the quarter finals since 1992/93 season., with their most recent outing was a loss to a ten man Man Utd side at Trafford , 3-2. and would not have done much for them too in today’s encounter . Ipswish head to today’s match against Forest with six losses and a win in the Premiership matches .
Nothingham Forest and Ipswish Town have met three times in the FA Cup matches , the Tractor Boys the first encounter in the 1980/81 season , while the Tricky Trees won two..
Forest won their last 15 home games in all competitions against Ipswish , while the Tractor Boys lost their last fout of their last four FA Cup matches of the fifh round .Ipswish last win against a Premiership side Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup was in 1995/96 .
Predictions .
Despite their present lack of form lately , Nothingham Forest is still a team to beat in today’s encounter .. Their Portuguese football tactician , Nuno Espirito Santo will definitely unleash his best tactical arsenal to humble and possibly pummel an already struggling Ipswish Town , who have conceded 23 goals in 8 games in all competitions .
Nothingham Forest 3+1 Ipswish Town .
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