Neco Williams fired Nottingham Forest in a first 1-0 against City of Ipswich in theirs Premier League crash on Portman Road on Friday night.
The Wales international broke the deadlock in the 13th minute with a brilliant back-end finish to give the visitors a much-needed boost in their battle to climb out of the relegation zone.
Williams’ strike rewarded a bright start for 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 a chance before the visitors went ahead.
Forest entered the competition 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 3-2 defeat against Manchester City.
The visitors were also boosted by the return of Morgan Gibbs-White and Nikola Milenkovic to the starting XI, with two players having missed the defeat to Arsenal.
