IPSWICH TOWN 4

Connolly (7), Iorfa (37), Waghorn (53), Celina (67)

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2

Dowell (30), Walker (43) Ipswich climbed two places up the table into seventh place with a comprehensive victory over Nottingham Forest.

Goals came from Callum Connolly in the seventh minute, Dominic Iorfa, Martyn Waghorn and Bersant Celina, with Keiran Dowell and Tyler Walker replying for the visitors.

Town began the game well, with Waghorn having mixed success with two free-kicks.

The first was smashed over the bar, but the second saw Forest keeper Jordan Smith parry the shot into Connolly’s path as he scored the game’s opener.

The visitors nearly equalised in the 16th minute when a cross from the left from Dowell fell to Daryl Murphy whose shot on goal was smartly saved by the Town goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski.

Forest did draw level in the 29th minute following a freekick from outside the penalty area, which was touched to Dowell who fired into the right-hand corner of Bialkowski’s goal.

But Town retook the lead in the 37th minute. A flowing move down the left involving Emyr Huws and Celina led to Jonas Knudsen crossing for raiding full back Iorfa to head home. In the 43rd minute Forest made it 2-2. A smart pass into the penalty area from Liam Bridcutt found Walker who fired past Bialkowski.

Murphy was freed up on the right hand side of the Ipswich penalty area in the 50th minute and his powerful right-foot shot was parried over the bar by Bialkowski.

Forest skipper Michael Mancienne failed to deal with a pass back to his keeper Smith in the 53rd minute and Waghorn picked up the loose ball to stride into the penalty area and rifle a left-footed shot past the visitor’s keeper.

Town made it four in the 67th minute when Huws fed Waghorn whose pass from the right hand side of the penalty area was perfect for Celina to score with his left foot and wrap up the three points.