- West Bromwich’s home record in the Championship 2025-2026 season is W7, D9, L5.
- Ipswich Town’s away record in the Championship 2025-2026 campaign is W8, D5, L7 from 20 games.
- There has been one win each and one draw in the last three head-to-heads.
Ipswich’s top-notch attack could be too hot for Albion
West Bromwich Albion currently sit 20th in the Championship table with 49 points from 43 games, fighting to secure safety.
Albion’s head coach James Morrison has overseen an unbeaten run of two wins and three draws in Albion's last five matches, with the most recent of those results being a 2-0 away win over Preston North End in midweek.
Ipswich Town currently sit second in the Championship with 76 points from 42 matches and remain in the hunt for automatic promotion.
Tractor Boys have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five, with their only defeat during that period coming in midweek at Portsmouth (2-0) and their last home match ending all square against Middlesbrough (2-2).
Tractor Boys will fancy their chances against Albion
Kieran McKenna has done an incredible job at Ipswich since taking over as head coach in December 2021, building a high-tempo, possession-based, attack minded team with a counter-press.
West Bromwich by contrast have had a turbulent season with numerous managerial changes and have played in a more pragmatic, adaptable manner that focuses on restarts, set pieces and compactness in defence.
This is a clash between an Ipswich side that have the higher league position and a better squad chasing promotion and a West Bromwich side searching for a win to ensure Championship safety.
With the odds in favour of Ipswich winning at 61/50, we feel the Tractor Boys will claim all three points at The Hawthorns on Saturday.
Ipswich’s counter-pressing game and Albion’s start from the back style should make for a contrasting style of play on Saturday and whichever team dictates the tempo could dominate the flow of the game.
Aune Selland Heggeboe leads the way for Albion this season with nine goals in 43 appearances in the Championship, but Josh Maja has scored two of Albion’s last four goals in five matches and will be a big threat.
Jack Clarke is Ipswich’s sharpest finisher this season with 15 goals in 42 Championship appearances, he will be a constant threat for the Tractor Boys.
Although Ipswich have won one and lost one of their last two away matches, they have failed to win on their last visit to West Brom and may find it difficult to break the baggies down on Saturday.
Albion have scored 25 goals in 21 home matches overall this campaign, an average of 1.19 goals per game.
Ipswich have scored 33 goals in 20 away matches this term and should have enough firepower to score a couple of goals and secure the win on Saturday.
