Wood scored his ninth league goal of the season after Sam Szmodics was adjudged to have fouled Jota Silva in the third minute of the second half.

Ipswich goalkeeper Arijanet Muric, who also made a fine save from Murillo to deny Forest a second, performed well throughout to keep his side in the contest, but Wood's club-record equalling strike was the difference at The City Ground.

Both sides went close in an even first half, but Forest were the much better of the two after the break, and despite a late charge from the visitors, Nuno Espirito Santo's team held on to snap a two-game losing streak.

Forest sits in sixth on the table, just a point behind second-placed Manchester City, while Ipswich remains one place off the bottom in 19th.