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Ipswich Town v Bristol City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Portman Road, Ipswich

Tuesday evening at the Portman Road, and it’s a Championship clash between Ipswich Town and Bristol City. Kieran McKenna and Gerhard Struber will be doing all they can to ensure the win. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with additional weight given to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head-to-head stats for this fixture are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.

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Ipswich Town's next match is v Sheff Utd at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
Bristol City's next match is v Sheff Wed at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
The last English Championship meeting between Ipswich and Bristol C was on Tuesday 20th January 2026
English Championship
January 20th 2026
Ipswich 2
0 Bristol C
 
J. Clarke 8'
J. Clarke 55'
 
IPS
BCY
Shots On
3
3
Shots Off
3
4
Corners
9
2
Possession
51%
49%
Fouls
19
14
Yellow/red cards
1/0
6/0
 
IpswichBristol C
 
L. Davis
C. Kipre
A. Matusiwa
W. Burns (K. McAteer 63')
J. Cajuste (J. Taylor 63')
C. Walton
D. Furlong
D. O'Shea
M. Nuñez (S. Szmodics 73')
I. Monzón (G. Hirst 72')
J. Clarkefootball iconfootball icon (A. Young 84')
 (H. Roberts 80') R. Atkinson
(S. Morsy 27') Z. Vyner
R. Dickie
A. Randell
S. Twine
A. Mehmeti
(G. Earthy 59') M. Sykes
R. Vítek
G. Tanner
(C. Pring 59') V. Borges dos Santos Neto
(S. Armstrong 59') E. Riis Jakobsen

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 77% chance of Ipswich and Bristol C 3 goals or less combined during this Championship match according to our predictive algorithm and, with no strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Our calculations are made based on latest form, historical head-to-head (H2H) statistics and the view of the betting market, and you can go with it at a best price of 1.29.

In-Play
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 57% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.67.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Ipswich
57%
8/13
1%
1/1000
3%
Draw
25%
14/5
6%
80/1
4%
Bristol C
18%
9/2750/1
Ipswich 1-0
15%
11/211/5
4%
Ipswich 2-0
12%
13/2
7%
3/10
Draw 1-1
12%
6/119/4
8%
Draw 0-0
10%
9/1
5%
8/1
6%
Ipswich 2-1
9%
15/27/1
6%
Bristol C 1-0
7%
14/1
15%
10/1
10%
Ipswich 3-0
6%
11/19/2
9%
Ipswich 3-1
5%
12/125/1
Bristol C 2-1
4%
16/1
11%
18/1
Draw 2-2
4%
16/150/1
Bristol C 2-0
3%
28/118/1
Ipswich 4-0
2%
22/128/1
11%
Ipswich 4-1
2%
25/1
10%
100/1
Ipswich 3-2
2%
28/1100/1
9%
Bristol C 3-1
1%
40/155/1
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
10/11
5%
4/1
5%
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
10/11
6%
1/7
4%
Home 1st Goal
56%
1/21/2
2%
Away 1st Goal
38%
15/82/1
3%
No 1st Goal
6%
9/1
5%
8/1
6%
BTTS - Yes
42%
10/119/1
3%
BTTS - No
58%
4/51/25
1%
BTTS - Home Win
20%
11/46/1
5%
BTTS - Draw
16%
4/140/1
BTTS - Away Win
7%
10/190/1
Home/draw
82%
1/71/1000
Away/draw
43%
5/4
2%
60/1
5%
Home/away
75%
1/4
3%
1/300
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
2/7
3%
3/10
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
11/4
10%
9/4
5%
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
12/5
3%
28/1
6%
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
1/3
2%
1/1000
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
5/1
8%
100/1
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/8
2%
1/1000
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
12/1
13%
1/50
8%
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/25
1%
1/50
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/161/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
9/1
5%
8/1
6%
Home DNB
74%
2/91/1000
Away DNB
36%
3/190/1
6%
Ipswich win to nil
37%
13/8-
Bristol C win to nil
11%
9/1-
Ipswich / Ipswich
32%
6/42/9
2%
Ipswich / Bristol C
2%
40/114/1
Ipswich / Draw
6%
14/19/2
Draw / Ipswich
18%
10/325/1
Draw / Bristol C
8%
10/140/1
5%
Draw / Draw
15%
9/228/1
5%
Bristol C / Ipswich
4%
22/1125/1
11%
Bristol C / Bristol C
10%
8/1
5%
125/1
Bristol C / Draw
5%
16/1150/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Ipswich have played 26 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 23 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 8 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Ipswich have outscored their opponents by 45 goals to 38 goals.

Home League Performance

Ipswich have played 14 games at home winning 9, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 27 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Bristol C are in 9th position in the Championship on 40 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Bristol C have conceded 15 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Ipswich
Bristol C
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2817743058 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 7
l
 
1-0A
2
Ipswich2714852350 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
3
M'Boro2714761249 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-0F
Mar 14
4
Hull271458647 
Feb 14
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-2A
Feb 7
5
Millwall281378-346 
Mar 21
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
6
Preston2811107743 
Jan 31
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
7
Stoke2712510941 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 10
May 2
l
 
5-1A
8
Watford261187641 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 24
Feb 27
d
 
1-1A
9
Wrexham2810117541 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 21
Feb 13
l
 
2-0A
10
Derby281189241 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 7
Jan 30
d
 
1-1F
11
Bristol C2811710740 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
-
-
12
QPR2811710-140 
May 2
w
 
1-4F
l
 
1-2F
Apr 11
13
Birmingham2810810138 
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
14
Leicester2810810-238 
Mar 7
l
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2A
Mar 10
15
Swansea2810612-436 
Feb 28
w
 
1-4F
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
16
Southampton278910-133 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 3
w
 
3-1A
Apr 21
17
Sheff Utd2610214-332 
w
 
5-0F
Jan 24
Apr 6
w
 
1-4F
18
Charlton278811-732 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 22
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 3
19
West Brom289415-1231 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
Mar 21
w
 
1-2F
20
Norwich288614-530 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 11
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
21
Blackburn277713-1128 
w
 
3-0F
Sep 20
l
 
0-1A
Feb 24
22
Portsmouth257711-1328 
w
 
2-1F
-
w
 
5-0F
w
 
0-1F
23
Oxford Utd275913-1024 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-3A
d
 
0-00-0
24
Sheff Wed271818-36-7 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 14
Jan 24
w
 
0-3F
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Ipswich have won 5 consecutive home league games
8
Ipswich have not lost in 8 consecutive home league games
Ipswich 3RD
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ipswich3 - 0Blackburn
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
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HIpswich3 - 0Blackburn
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
Bristol C 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oxford Utd0 - 0Bristol C
Millwall2 - 1Bristol C
West Brom1 - 2Bristol C
Coventry1 - 0Bristol C
Portsmouth0 - 1Bristol C
Wrexham2 - 0Bristol C
Watford1 - 1Bristol C
Stoke5 - 1Bristol C
Norwich0 - 1Bristol C
Preston0 - 0Bristol C
Sheff Wed0 - 3Bristol C
Derby1 - 1Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 4Bristol C
Sheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
Leeds4 - 0Bristol C
Luton3 - 1Bristol C
QPR1 - 1Bristol C
Burnley1 - 0Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
Millwall0 - 2Bristol C
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol C0 - 0Oxford Utd
HBristol C0 - 2Preston
HBristol C5 - 0Portsmouth
ABristol C1 - 2Millwall
ABristol C2 - 1West Brom
HBristol C2 - 0M'Boro
ABristol C0 - 1Coventry
HBristol C2 - 2Leicester
HBristol C0 - 1Millwall
ABristol C1 - 0Portsmouth
ABristol C0 - 2Wrexham
HBristol C3 - 0Swansea
ABristol C1 - 1Watford
HBristol C0 - 1Blackburn
ABristol C1 - 5Stoke
HBristol C1 - 0Birmingham
HBristol C3 - 1Southampton
ABristol C1 - 0Norwich
HBristol C1 - 2QPR
HBristol C1 - 1Ipswich
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Ipswich since 1998
Ipswich
Bristol C
Goals: Scored
28
14
Games: Scored
11 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
1 / 12
IPS
7
D
3
BCY
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ipswich
Ipswich3 - 2
2 - 3Bristol C
1 - 3Bristol C
Ipswich2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Ipswich3 - 0
Ipswich2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Ipswich3 - 1
Ipswich6 - 0
Ipswich3 - 1
League games at Bristol C since 1999
Bristol C
Ipswich
Goals: Scored
12
11
Games: Scored
8 / 13
9 / 13
Clean sheets
4 / 13
5 / 13
IPS
4
D
4
BCY
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Ipswich
Draw1 - 1Draw
Bristol C1 - 0
Bristol C2 - 0
Bristol C2 - 1
Bristol C2 - 1
0 - 3Ipswich
0 - 1Ipswich
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Bristol C2 - 0
0 - 1Ipswich
Goal Statistics
Ipswich 3rd Bristol C 8th
Kickoff prediction
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1.6
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Ipswich will score 1 or more goals
0
47%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 83% probability of Bristol C 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
-13
Bristol C have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Ipswich
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol C
1.6
0.8
Attack rating
20%
better
IPS
BCY
view stats
Games scored22
19
Failed to score4
8
Scored first15
12
Goals scored45
38
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.4
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.8
1.3
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
4%
better
IPS
BCY
view stats
Games conceded17
17
Clean sheets9
10
Conceded first9
12
Goals conceded24
29
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
12%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.4
KickOff rating
+4%

Ipswich v Bristol C 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 Cajuste MID2413
1
-
W Burns MID511
-
M Espinoza MID2337
1
-
J Clarke MID27101
1
-
I Azón FWD2121
-
Subs
A Palmer GLK10
-
A Young DEF13
-
B Johnson DEF8
1
-
J Greaves DEF111
1
-
J Taylor MID2311
5
-
K McAteer MID16
2
-
S Egeli FWD1922
2
-
G Hirst FWD2361
5
-
S Szmodics FWD151
-
Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28866
A MehmetiA MehmetiA MehmetiA Mehmeti
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Vítek GLK23
2
-
N Borges DEF214
3
-
R Atkinson DEF2021
1
-
R Dickie DEF261
3
-
Z Vyner DEF27
4
-
G Tanner DEF23
1
-
A Mehmeti MID2886
6
-
A Randell MID2821
3
-
M Sykes MID2131
1
-
S Twine MID2774
2
-
E Riis FWD2772
1
-
Subs
J Lumley GLK2
1
-
H Roberts DEF12
1
-
C Pring DEF11
4
-
L. Pecover MID3
-
G. Earthy MID2
-
S Morsy MID3
2
-
J Knight MID171
2
-
S Bell FWD31
-
S Armstrong FWD273
4
-