Preston vs Ipswich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd August 2025

As the early season favourites, Preston will look to justify their title credentials on Saturday when they take on Ipswich for a round 3 match in the Championship.

With four points to show for the first two matches it has been a decent opening to the new campaign for Preston, who aim for three more points this time around.

Preston will be satisfied after collecting four points from a possible six in their new Championship campaign, as they aim for three more points this time around.

The match this coming Saturday has all the makings of a tight battle as Preston and Ipswich look to bag a crucial win in the process.

Preston only average a modest 1.2 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 12 goals. They also conceded 17 for an average of 1.7 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Ipswich are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of ten goals, and while Ipswich claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of one goals per match.

Ipswich lost 3-2 against Preston in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 4-2 defeat, Ipswich handed out in the match before.

Preston vs Ipswich Prediction

Preston Form

Preston recorded two wins and a draw in their last three matches. They started off drawing 1-1 with Queens Park Rangers. Next up was a 0-1 win against Barrow, before Leicester were defeated in 2-1 win. Preston only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Championship matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored nine and conceded nine goals.

Ipswich Form

In their previous three matches, Ipswich drew 1-1 with Birmingham, 1-1 with Bromley and 1-1 with Southampton. In their last six away matches in the Championship, Ipswich won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying eight goals conceded and eight scored.

We trust neither defence to be able to keep their opponent at bay, when Preston welcome Ipswich this coming Saturday. Goals should be flowing at both ends of the pitch.

Preston vs Ipswich Squads

Preston Squad

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

Daniel Iversen (0/2), David Cornell (0/0), Jack Walton (0/0), James Pradic (0/0), Andrew Hughes (0/2), Jordan Storey (0/2), Joshua Seary (0/0), Kacper Pasiek (0/0), Lewis Gibson (0/2), Liam Lindsay (0/1), Odel Offiah (0/2), Pol Valentin (0/2), Thierry Small (0/2), Alfie Devine (1/2), Alistair McCann (0/2), Andrija Vukcevic (0/2), Ben Whiteman (0/2), Brad Potts (0/0), Jordan Thompson (0/0), Mads Froekjaer-Jensen (0/1), Noah Mawene (0/0), Robert Brady (0/0), Stefan Thordarson (0/2), Theo Carroll (0/0), Daniel Jebbison (0/0), Jeppe Okkels (0/0), Michael Ayodele (0/0), Michael Smith (0/2), Milutin Osmajic (2/2), Will Keane (0/0).

Ipswich Squad

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

Alex Palmer (0/2), Christian Walton (0/0), David Button (0/0), Ashley Young (0/2), Ben Johnson (0/2), Cedric Kipre (0/0), Conor Townsend (0/0), Dara O'Shea (0/2), Elkan Baggott (0/0), Harry Clarke (0/0), Jacob Greaves (0/2), Leif Davis (0/2), Luke Woolfenden (0/0), Somto Boniface (0/0), Azor Matusiwa (0/2), Conor Chaplin (0/2), Jack Taylor (0/2), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/1), Jens-Lys Cajuste (0/1), Leon Ayinde (0/0), Sammie Szmodics (0/2), Ali Al Hamadi (0/1), Cameron Humphreys (0/2), Chiedozie Ogbene (0/2), Chuba Akpom (0/0), George Hirst (1/2), Jack Clarke (0/2), Larsen Toure (0/0), Wes Burns (0/0).

Preston vs Ipswich Team News

Preston vs Ipswich Lineups

Preston vs Ipswich H2H

Ipswich lost 3-2 against Preston in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 4-2 defeat, Ipswich handed out in the match before. In last ten encounters between the clubs, Ipswich have been the dominant force winning five matches against Preston. The bookies have Ipswich to win this match at best price odds of 1/1.

Preston vs Ipswich Results

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

Preston vs Ipswich Betting Tips

As the new Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Preston and Ipswich this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Preston claimed two wins, drew three and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Ipswich won four, drew four and lost two of their last 10 games away. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Deepdale since both teams scored in eight of the last 10 home matches for Preston. The same occurred in seven of the last 10 league games away from home for Ipswich.

Preston managed an average of 1.3 goals in the past ten encounters against Ipswich, who scored 1.6 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored six times. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Preston, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Ipswich, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.