Ipswich vs Leeds Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th August 2023

The spotlight is on both Ipswich and Leeds, as the Championship rivals go looking to boost their points tally. They face each other this coming Saturday in the at Portman Road.

Ipswich have piled up nine points from the first three matches played. This puts them at number 1 in the Championship table, with Leeds having seven points less to show off. This qualifies the latter to a ranking as number 19.

Ipswich find themselves as number 1 in the league table with nine points from their first three matches this campaign. They are seven points better off than Leeds, who rank as number 19.

It is early days yet, anything can happen and both Ipswich and Leeds are still highly motivated of getting off to a good start. They both have talented squads, and we expect a cracking affair at Portman Road as the teams look to get one over each other.

Ipswich scored 11 goals, conceded 14 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Leeds show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.1 times on average per game. They scored 21 goals and conceded seven, an average of 0.7 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in four of these.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Ipswich played against Leeds. It finished 3-2 in a great Championship match between the pair.

Ipswich vs Leeds Prediction

Ipswich Form

Ipswich swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 2-0 against Bristol Rovers. They went on to defeat Stoke 2-0 and made it three on the spin against Queens P.R. in a 0-1 victory. Ipswich claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Championship. They also drew two and lost two, scored seven goals and conceded seven.

The big goal of the season for Leeds has to be winning the title, with a place inside the top two expected as the Championship action starts to unfold.

Leeds Form

In their previous three matches, Leeds beat Shrewsbury 2-1, lost 1-0 against Birmingham and drew 1-1 with West Bromwich. In their last six Championship away matches, Leeds won a very acceptable four times. They've also drawn none and lost twice, scoring 11 while also conceding five times.

The big goal of the season for Leeds has to be winning the title, with a place inside the top two expected as the Championship action starts to unfold.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Ipswich get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Leeds.

Ipswich vs Leeds Squads

Ipswich Squad

McKenna will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Leeds from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Christian Walton (0/0), Cieran Slicker (0/0), Nick Hayes (0/0), Vaclav Hladky (0/3), Cameron Burgess (0/3), Dominic Ball (0/0), Elkan Baggott (0/0), George Edmundson (0/0), Gregory Leigh (0/1), Janoi Donacien (0/3), Leif Davis (0/3), Luke Woolfenden (1/3), Conor Chaplin (1/3), Harry Clarke (0/1), Jack Taylor (0/1), Jay Tabb (0/0), Kyle Edwards (0/0), Lee Evans (0/0), Marcus Harness (0/3), Massimo Luongo (0/3), Nathan Broadhead (1/3), Omari Hutchinson (0/3), Sam Morsy (0/3), Sone Aluko (0/0), Cameron Humphreys (0/0), Freddie Ladapo (0/2), George Hirst (1/3), Kayden Jackson (1/2), Larsen Toure (0/0), Wes Burns (0/3).

Leeds Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Leeds head coach Farke will select from for his starting XI:

Illan Meslier (0/3), Karl Darlow (0/0), Kristoffer Klaesson (0/0), Charlie Cresswell (0/2), Cody Drameh (0/0), Ethan Ampadu (0/3), Joe Rodon (0/2), Junior Firpo (0/0), Leo Hjelde (0/1), Liam Cooper (1/1), Luke Ayling (1/3), Pascal Struijk (0/3), Sam Byram (0/3), Sonny Perkins (0/1), Crysencio Summerville (1/1), Daniel James (0/3), Darko Gyabi (0/0), Jamie Shackleton (0/2), Joe Gelhardt (0/3), Stuart Dallas (0/0), Archie Gray (0/3), Georginio Rutter (0/2), Helder Costa (0/0), Ian Poveda (0/2), Lee Erwin (0/0), Luis Sinisterra (0/1), Mateo Fernandez (0/0), Patrick Bamford (0/0), Sam Greenwood (0/1), Wilfried Gnonto (0/1).

Ipswich vs Leeds Team News

Ipswich just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Leeds at Portman Road.

Christian Walton sit this one out for Ipswich due to an injury.

Leeds are juggling with five absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Ipswich.

Leeds need to do without Crysencio Summerville, Liam Cooper, Junior Firpo, Patrick Bamford and Stuart Dallas, who are not fit enough to travel to Portman Road.

Ipswich vs Leeds Lineups

Ipswich vs Leeds H2H

Ipswich triumphed in a 3-2 win against Leeds, the last time they faced off. However, Leeds secured a 2-0 win in the match before that. Both teams aim for the throat, when taking on each other as only one of their last ten matches finished all square. Ipswich came out on top in five games, whereas Leeds ran away with three points four times. Picking the home win gets you odds at 5/4 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 11/5.

Ipswich vs Leeds Results

In the last ten matches between Ipswich and Leeds over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 11/10 with bookies.

Ipswich vs Leeds Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Championship, Conor Chaplin will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Leeds hope Jamie Shackleton can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Championship goals in his last six Championship games.

Portman Road witnessed Ipswich winning nine times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing one and losing zero as well. Leeds claimed three wins, zero draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. Ipswich won six of the 10 most recent matches in front of their home supporters without allowing a goal against.

Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Ipswich and Leeds. There were over two goals five times, as Ipswich managed an average of 1.5 goals, while Leeds scored 1.3 goals on average. Ipswich witnessed over 2.5 goals in four of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.4 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals appeared in four of the last ten matches that Leeds played across all tournaments. They scored one time on average in the process.