Ipswich vs Preston Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th October 2023

Ipswich appear to have a good chance to add three more points to their season account, as they face Preston in round 11 of the Championship season. They will surely end up frustrated, should they fail to beat the visitors at Portman Road on Saturday.

Ipswich rank second with 25 points to their name from ten matches, while visitors Preston rank third in the table on 20 points.

Preston will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Ipswich. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win on Saturday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Ipswich are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Championship, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.1 goals on average per match, or 21 goals in total, while allowing 11 goals against, for an average of 1.1 per outing. They managed five clean sheets along the way.

Preston scored 13 goals, conceded 13 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Preston ended up winning 4-0 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Portman Road., when they once again face Ipswich.

Ipswich vs Preston Prediction

Ipswich Form

In their last three matches, Ipswich won 3-2 against Wolverhampton, before settling for a point in a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield. They were back on top last time out, defeating Hull 3-0. Ipswich won five of their last six Championship matches at Portman Road, scoring 18 and conceding 11 along the way. They lost once but didn't draw a single match.

Preston Form

A draw is all that prevents Preston from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They claimed a point in a 1-1 draw against Rotherham before getting trounced against West Bromwich by a 0-4 score. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Leicester ran out 3-0 winners. Preston won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Championship. The scoreline from these matches says nine goals conceded and six scored.

Ipswich are aiming for a win this coming Saturday, but they could settle for containing their opponent Preston instead of chasing a high-scoring win.

Preston took seven points from their last five games against teams from the top half of the Championship table. They won two, scored five goals and conceded ten. Ipswich so far pulled off a record of eight wins, one draw and one defeat in the Championship this season. Preston so far pulled off six wins, two draws and two defeats in the Championship.

Ipswich vs Preston Stats

Ipswich vs Preston Squads

Ipswich Squad

The 37-year-old coach of the home team, Kieran McKenna, will select the lineup against Preston from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Christian Walton (0/0), Cieran Slicker (0/0), Nick Hayes (0/0), Vaclav Hladky (0/10), Axel Tuanzebe (0/0), Brandon Williams (1/7), Cameron Burgess (0/9), Dominic Ball (0/2), Elkan Baggott (0/0), George Edmundson (0/1), Janoi Donacien (0/3), Leif Davis (0/9), Luke Woolfenden (1/10), Conor Chaplin (4/10), Harry Clarke (1/7), Jack Taylor (0/7), Lee Evans (0/2), Marcus Harness (1/8), Massimo Luongo (1/10), Nathan Broadhead (4/8), Omari Hutchinson (1/9), Sam Morsy (0/9), Sone Aluko (0/0), Cameron Humphreys (0/0), Dane Scarlett (0/0), Freddie Ladapo (2/7), George Hirst (2/9), Kayden Jackson (1/5), Larsen Toure (0/0), Wes Burns (1/10).

Preston Squad

Below is the full team squad of Preston. The manager Lowe will pick his starting XI against Ipswich from these players:

David Cornell (0/0), Freddie Woodman (0/10), Andrew Hughes (1/9), Brad Potts (0/10), Calvin Ramsay (0/0), Gregory Cunningham (0/2), Jack Whatmough (0/7), Jordan Storey (0/9), Joshua Seary (0/0), Kian Best (0/5), Patrick Bauer (0/0), Alan Browne (0/9), Alistair McCann (0/9), Ben Whiteman (0/5), Duane Holmes (2/10), Kian Taylor (0/0), Kitt Nelson (0/0), Liam Lindsay (2/10), Mads Froekjaer-Jensen (1/9), Milutin Osmajic (0/0), Noah Mawene (0/2), Robert Brady (0/5), Ryan Ledson (0/9), Benjamin Woodburn (0/6), Ched Evans (0/0), Emil Riis Jakobsen (0/0), Felipe (0/0), Layton Stewart (0/2), Liam Millar (0/0), Will Keane (4/7).

Ipswich vs Preston Team News

Ipswich seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Saturday.

Lee Evans and Janoi Donacien are missing from the squad, Ipswich will field against Prestonthis coming Saturday.

Preston have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Ipswich on Saturday.

Preston need to do without Will Keane, Calvin Ramsay, Ched Evans and Emil Riis Jakobsen, who are not fit enough to travel to Portman Road.

Ipswich vs Preston Lineups

Ipswich vs Preston H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Ipswich played against Preston. It finished 4-0 in a great match between the pair. Preston left Ipswich with a bloody nose in the most recent meeting between the two. Preston claimed a 4-0 win on the day. The bookies have an away win in this match at best price odds of 19/4.

Ipswich vs Preston Results

In five of the previous ten matches between Ipswich and Preston both teams scored.

Ipswich vs Preston Betting Tips

Freddie Ladapo scored twice in the six most recent games for Ipswich, with Will Keane providing two goals for Preston in his last six.

Portman Road witnessed Ipswich winning eight times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing one and losing one as well. Preston claimed four wins, three draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Over 2.5 goals paid out with the bookmakers five times in the previous 10 Ipswich matches at Portman Road. It paid out in four of the previous 10 league matches away for Preston.

Less than three came out four times in the past ten encounters between Preston and Ipswich, as both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. Ipswich performed 1.2 goals on average, whereas Preston averaged one goal. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Ipswich saw six of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Preston, who scored 1.4 times on average in these matches.