Neco Williams fired Nottingham Forest into an early 1-0 lead against Ipswich Town in their Premier League clash at Portman Road on Friday night.

The Wales international broke the deadlock in the 13th minute with a brilliant back post finish, to hand the visitors a much-needed boost in their battle to climb away from the relegation zone.

Williams’ strike rewarded a bright start from Forest, who had already threatened the Ipswich goal on several occasions.

Goalkeeper Christian Walton had been forced into action to deny Jair Cunha, while Liam Delap also wasted an opportunity before the visitors eventually made the breakthrough.

Forest entered the contest sitting 19th in the Premier League table, having endured a difficult start to the 2026-27 campaign.

They had lost 1-0 to Arsenal in their previous outing, while Ipswich were looking to bounce back from a narrow 3-2 defeat against Manchester City.

The visitors were also boosted by the returns of Morgan Gibbs-White and Nikola Milenkovic to the starting XI, with both players having missed the defeat to Arsenal.