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Ipswich Town v Blackburn Rovers : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Portman Road, Ipswich

Blackburn Rovers are away on Saturday lunch time, as manager Valérien Ismaël takes his men to visit Ipswich Town and Kieran McKenna at the Portman Road in the Championship. We've analysed both clubs' last 20 Championship matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds.

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Ipswich Town's next match is v Sheff Utd at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
Blackburn Rovers's next match is v Watford at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
The last English Championship meeting between Ipswich and Blackburn was on Saturday 17th January 2026
English Championship
January 17th 2026
Ipswich 3
0 Blackburn
 
E. Cashin (OG) 3'
J. Taylor 12'
S. Szmodics 88'
 
IPS
BLB
Shots On
7
Shots Off
6
3
Corners
7
6
Possession
48%
52%
Fouls
6
15
Yellow/red cards
4/0
 
IpswichBlackburn
 
L. Davis
C. Kipre
A. Matusiwa
J. Taylorfootball icon (J. Cajuste 79')
S. Egeli (W. Burns 68')
G. Hirst (I. Monzón 68')
J. Philogene-Bidace (J. Clarke 39')
C. Walton
D. Furlong
D. O'Shea
M. Nuñez (S. Szmodics 79')
B. Tóth
T. Gardner-Hickman
S. McLoughlin
football iconE. Cashin
(A. Forshaw 90') S. Tronstad
T. Cantwell
D. De Neve
(M. Jörgensen 46') A. Henriksson
M. Baradji
(A. Doherty 90') Y. Ohashi
T. Atcheson

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals simply means there there will be a maximum of 2 goals scored in total by Ipswich and Blackburn during the standard 90 minutes. It's a bet the stats below and the odds both suggest is worth considering, and an outcome that we've seen these sides produce before. Without a strong favourite to win the game, our best bet prediction for this one is under 2.5 goals.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Ipswich are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.53.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Ipswich
53%
12/251/50
Draw
27%
16/51/50
Blackburn
20%
11/21/50
Ipswich 1-0
15%
5/115/2
Draw 1-1
12%
7/19/1
Ipswich 2-0
11%
11/27/20
Draw 0-0
10%
9/117/2
Ipswich 2-1
9%
15/29/1
Blackburn 1-0
8%
14/111/1
Ipswich 3-0
5%
9/12/15
Blackburn 2-1
5%
20/120/1
Ipswich 3-1
4%
12/112/1
Draw 2-2
4%
20/160/1
Blackburn 2-0
3%
33/122/1
Ipswich 4-0
2%
18/113/2
Ipswich 3-2
2%
28/1125/1
Ipswich 4-1
2%
22/155/1
Blackburn 3-1
1%
50/145/1
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
10/112/1
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
10/117/20
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/92/5
Away 1st Goal
39%
21/1023/10
No 1st Goal
7%
9/18/1
BTTS - Yes
43%
1/112/1
BTTS - No
57%
8/111/50
BTTS - Home Win
18%
13/512/1
BTTS - Draw
16%
5/11/50
BTTS - Away Win
8%
12/11/50
Home/draw
80%
1/91/50
Away/draw
47%
13/81/50
Home/away
73%
2/91/50
Over 1.5 Goals
66%
3/101/18
Under 1.5 Goals
34%
5/215/2
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
12/517/4
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
1/32/15
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
11/233/1
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
1/91/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
12/1125/1
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/251/500
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/161/20
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
9/117/2
Home DNB
72%
1/61/50
Away DNB
39%
4/11/50
Ipswich win to nil
35%
5/4-
Blackburn win to nil
13%
10/1-
Ipswich / Ipswich
36%
5/41/50
Ipswich / Blackburn
2%
40/140/1
Ipswich / Draw
5%
14/114/1
Draw / Ipswich
20%
3/1100/1
Draw / Blackburn
7%
12/190/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1125/1
Blackburn / Ipswich
4%
22/11/50
Blackburn / Blackburn
8%
11/11/50
Blackburn / Draw
5%
18/11/50
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Ipswich have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 22 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 8 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Ipswich have outscored their opponents by 42 goals to 24 goals.

Home League Performance

Ipswich have played 13 games at home winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 24 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Blackburn are in 20th position in the Championship on 28 points having played 25 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 6 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 5 and won 7. Blackburn have conceded 25 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 6 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Ipswich
Blackburn
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2817743058 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
Apr 18
l
 
2-0A
2
Ipswich2714852350 
-
-
Sep 20
l
 
3-0A
3
M'Boro2714761249 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
Mar 21
d
 
0-00-0
4
Hull271458647 
Feb 14
w
 
0-2F
Jan 31
w
 
0-3F
5
Millwall281378-346 
Mar 21
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
Mar 14
6
Preston2811107743 
Jan 31
l
 
1-0A
Feb 20
w
 
1-2F
7
Stoke2712510941 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 10
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
8
Watford261187641 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 24
Jan 24
w
 
0-1F
9
Wrexham2810117541 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 21
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
10
Derby281189241 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 7
l
 
1-2A
Feb 28
11
Bristol C2811710740 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
Feb 24
w
 
0-1F
12
QPR2811710-140 
May 2
w
 
1-4F
l
 
0-1A
Feb 14
13
Birmingham2810810138 
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 3
14
Leicester2810810-238 
Mar 7
l
 
3-1A
May 2
w
 
0-2F
15
Swansea2810612-436 
Feb 28
w
 
1-4F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-1A
16
Southampton278910-133 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 3
w
 
2-1A
Apr 25
17
Sheff Utd2610214-332 
w
 
5-0F
Jan 24
l
 
1-3F
Apr 22
18
Charlton278811-732 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 22
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
19
West Brom289415-1231 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
20
Norwich288614-530 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 11
l
 
0-2A
Feb 7
21
Blackburn277713-1128 
w
 
3-0F
Sep 20
-
-
22
Portsmouth257711-1328 
w
 
2-1F
-
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
23
Oxford Utd275913-1024 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
Mar 11
24
Sheff Wed271818-36-7 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 14
Feb 3
d
 
0-00-0
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Ipswich 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ipswich2 - 1Oxford Utd
Ipswich3 - 1Sheff Wed
Ipswich1 - 0Stoke
Ipswich3 - 0Coventry
Ipswich0 - 0Wrexham
Ipswich1 - 1Watford
Ipswich1 - 0West Brom
Ipswich0 - 3Charlton
Ipswich3 - 1Norwich
Ipswich2 - 1Portsmouth
Ipswich5 - 0Sheff Utd
Ipswich2 - 2Derby
Ipswich1 - 1Southampton
Ipswich1 - 3West Ham
Ipswich0 - 1Brentford
Ipswich0 - 4Arsenal
Ipswich1 - 2Wolves
Ipswich2 - 4Nottm Forest
Ipswich1 - 4Spurs
Ipswich1 - 2Southampton
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HIpswich2 - 1Oxford Utd
AIpswich2 - 0Coventry
AIpswich0 - 0Millwall
HIpswich3 - 1Sheff Wed
AIpswich1 - 3Leicester
HIpswich1 - 0Stoke
HIpswich3 - 0Coventry
AIpswich1 - 1Blackburn
AIpswich1 - 2Oxford Utd
AIpswich2 - 0Hull
HIpswich0 - 0Wrexham
AIpswich4 - 1Swansea
HIpswich1 - 1Watford
AIpswich4 - 1QPR
HIpswich1 - 0West Brom
HIpswich0 - 3Charlton
AIpswich1 - 2M'Boro
HIpswich3 - 1Norwich
AIpswich1 - 1Bristol C
HIpswich2 - 1Portsmouth
Blackburn 19TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed0 - 0Blackburn
M'Boro0 - 0Blackburn
Portsmouth2 - 1Blackburn
Wrexham1 - 1Blackburn
Preston1 - 2Blackburn
Bristol C0 - 1Blackburn
Leicester0 - 2Blackburn
Coventry2 - 0Blackburn
Charlton3 - 0Blackburn
Watford0 - 1Blackburn
Hull0 - 3Blackburn
West Brom1 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Utd1 - 1Blackburn
Sunderland0 - 1Blackburn
Luton0 - 1Blackburn
Portsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
Stoke1 - 0Blackburn
Derby2 - 1Blackburn
Swansea3 - 0Blackburn
West Brom0 - 2Blackburn
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBlackburn2 - 2Charlton
HBlackburn0 - 2Wrexham
ABlackburn0 - 0Sheff Wed
ABlackburn0 - 0M'Boro
HBlackburn2 - 0Millwall
ABlackburn1 - 2Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn1 - 1Ipswich
ABlackburn1 - 1Wrexham
HBlackburn0 - 1QPR
ABlackburn2 - 1Preston
HBlackburn1 - 2Derby
ABlackburn1 - 0Bristol C
ABlackburn2 - 0Leicester
HBlackburn2 - 1Southampton
HBlackburn1 - 3Sheff Utd
ABlackburn0 - 2Coventry
HBlackburn1 - 1Stoke
HBlackburn1 - 2Swansea
ABlackburn0 - 3Charlton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
Ipswich have not lost to Blackburn in 9 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Ipswich since 1992
Ipswich
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
21
15
Games: Scored
11 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
1 / 12
IPS
6
D
5
BLB
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ipswich
Ipswich4 - 3
Draw2 - 2Draw
Ipswich3 - 2
Ipswich2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Ipswich3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 3Blackburn
Ipswich1 - 0
Ipswich2 - 1
League games at Blackburn since 1993
Blackburn
Ipswich
Goals: Scored
21
9
Games: Scored
10 / 13
7 / 13
Clean sheets
6 / 13
3 / 13
IPS
1
D
4
BLB
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Ipswich
Blackburn2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn2 - 0
Blackburn3 - 2
Blackburn2 - 0
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Blackburn4 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Ipswich 3rd Blackburn 19th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Ipswich will score 1 or more goals
0
45%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of Blackburn scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-3
Ipswich’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-19
Blackburn have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
0.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Ipswich
PG (predicted goals)
Blackburn
1.5
0.8
Attack rating
29%
better
IPS
BLB
view stats
Games scored21
17
Failed to score4
8
Scored first14
11
Goals scored42
24
Avg. goals scored1.7
1
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal7
9
Conversion rate for15
11
Avg. XG for1.8
1.4
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
15%
better
IPS
BLB
view stats
Games conceded17
18
Clean sheets8
7
Conceded first9
12
Goals conceded24
30
Avg. goals conceded1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
16%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.2
KickOff rating
+15%

Ipswich v Blackburn Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Ipswich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
271078
D O'SheaJ ClarkeM EspinozaA Matusiwa
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Walton GLK18
1
-
D Furlong DEF212
5
-
D O'Shea DEF2711
-
C Kipré DEF1821
3
-
L Davis DEF2512
2
-
A Matusiwa MID261
8
-
J Taylor MID2311
5
-
S Egeli MID1922
2
-
M Espinoza MID2337
1
-
J Philogene MID2592
2
-
G Hirst FWD2361
5
-
Subs
A Palmer GLK10
-
A Young DEF13
-
B Johnson DEF8
1
-
J Greaves DEF111
1
-
J Cajuste MID2413
1
-
W Burns FWD511
-
S Szmodics FWD151
-
I Azón FWD2121
-
J Clarke FWD27101
1
-
Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25628
S McLoughlinY OhashiT CantwellS Tronstad
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Tóth GLK15
-
T Gardner-Hickman DEF20
7
-
T. Atcheson DEF5
1
-
S McLoughlin DEF25
5
1
E Cashin MID1
1
-
S Tronstad MID22
8
-
D Neve MID181
-
M. Baradji MID132
1
-
T Cantwell FWD1642
7
-
A Henriksson FWD18
2
-
Y Ohashi FWD2761
3
-
Subs
N. Michalski GLK
-
H Pickering DEF6
-
Y Ribeiro DEF11
-
C O'Riordan DEF2
2
-
G. Pratt DEF101
-
B. Powell DEF11
1
-
A Forshaw MID8
2
-
M Jörgensen FWD21
-
A Doherty FWD2
-