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Ipswich Town v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Portman Road, Ipswich

We’ve Championship action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Kieran McKenna and his Ipswich Town side host Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End at the Portman Road. All the odds are provided directly from the bookmaker, while predictions are calculated from statistics over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to Championship match data, including head-to-head performance. Click the tabs below to explore it all.

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Ipswich Town's next match is v Wrexham at 19:45 on Friday 13th February
Preston North End's next match is v Watford at 15:00 on Saturday 14th February
The last English Championship meeting between Ipswich and Preston was on Saturday 31st January 2026
English Championship
January 31st 2026
Ipswich 1
1 Preston
 
J. Clarke 90'72' L. Gibson
 
IPS
PNE
Shots On
5
4
Shots Off
7
3
Corners
9
3
Possession
68%
32%
Fouls
11
10
Yellow/red cards
1/0
2/0
 
IpswichPreston
 
L. Davis
C. Kipre
A. Matusiwa
W. Burns (S. Egeli 65')
J. Cajuste (J. Taylor 65')
C. Walton
D. Furlong (B. Johnson 78')
D. O'Shea
A. Mehmeti (C. Akpom 78')
I. Monzón (G. Hirst 46')
J. Clarkefootball icon
D. Cornell
P. Valentín Sancho
L. Lindsay
B. Whiteman
A. McCann
D. Jebbison
football iconL. Gibson
J. Thompson
T. Small
(M. Frøkjær-Jensen 81') A. Devine
O. Offiah

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Ipswich and Preston combined during the standard 90 minutes. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to our prediction, and we're suggest there's a 75% chance of it coming in. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.35.

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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Ipswich are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.40.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Ipswich
56%
4/1114/1
Draw
24%
15/41/40
Preston
19%
7/145/1
Ipswich 1-0
13%
11/22/1
Draw 1-1
11%
8/14/1
Ipswich 2-0
11%
5/115/2
Ipswich 2-1
10%
8/125/1
Draw 0-0
8%
10/121/20
Preston 1-0
7%
18/12/9
Ipswich 3-0
6%
15/222/1
Ipswich 3-1
5%
11/1125/1
Preston 2-1
5%
25/155/1
Draw 2-2
4%
20/1150/1
Preston 2-0
3%
40/116/1
Ipswich 4-0
3%
14/166/1
Ipswich 3-2
2%
28/1250/1
Ipswich 4-1
2%
20/1125/1
Preston 3-1
1%
66/1125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
4/520/1
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
1/11/1000
Home 1st Goal
55%
4/1121/20
Away 1st Goal
40%
5/26/1
No 1st Goal
5%
10/121/20
BTTS - Yes
47%
11/107/2
BTTS - No
53%
4/62/11
BTTS - Home Win
23%
12/522/1
BTTS - Draw
16%
11/24/1
BTTS - Away Win
9%
16/145/1
Home/draw
81%
1/127/2
Away/draw
44%
2/11/1000
Home/away
76%
2/111/7
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
1/429/10
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
3/12/9
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
2/180/1
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
2/51/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
9/21/50
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/71/50
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
10/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/201/50
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/207/10
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
10/121/20
Home DNB
73%
1/1020/1
Away DNB
36%
6/11/1000
Ipswich win to nil
34%
11/10-
Preston win to nil
11%
14/1-
Ipswich / Ipswich
41%
1/19/1
Ipswich / Preston
2%
50/170/1
Ipswich / Draw
5%
16/140/1
Draw / Ipswich
20%
3/14/5
Draw / Preston
5%
16/113/2
Draw / Draw
12%
6/12/1
Preston / Ipswich
4%
20/140/1
Preston / Preston
6%
14/133/1
Preston / Draw
4%
20/140/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Ipswich have played 28 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 25 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 8 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Ipswich have outscored their opponents by 48 goals to 36 goals.

Home League Performance

Ipswich have played 15 games at home winning 10, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 29 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Preston are in 10th position in the Championship on 43 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 7 and won 3. Preston have conceded 18 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Ipswich
Preston
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry3117862859 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 11
2
M'Boro3017761858 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
4-0A
3
Ipswich3015962254 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
4
Hull311669754 
Mar 3
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-3A
d
 
2-2F
5
Millwall311588353 
Mar 21
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 28
d
 
1-1F
6
Wrexham3112118547 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 21
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
7
Preston3112118447 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
-
-
8
Bristol C3113711546 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
9
Derby3112910645 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
10
Birmingham3112910445 
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
Apr 22
11
Watford3111119344 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 24
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
12
QPR3112811-144 
May 2
w
 
1-4F
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
13
Stoke3112712643 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 10
Mar 21
d
 
0-00-0
14
Southampton31111010343 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 3
May 2
w
 
0-2F
15
Sheff Utd3012315039 
w
 
5-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-2A
Apr 25
16
Swansea3011613-339 
Feb 28
w
 
1-4F
w
 
2-1F
Feb 24
17
Norwich3110615-336 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
Mar 14
18
Charlton309912-936 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 22
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
19
Portsmouth298912-1133 
w
 
2-1F
-
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
20
West Brom319616-1533 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
21
Leicester3110813-632 
Mar 7
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1F
Apr 3
22
Blackburn318815-1332 
w
 
3-0F
Sep 20
l
 
1-2A
Feb 20
23
Oxford Utd3161015-1328 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
Mar 6
w
 
1-2F
24
Sheff Wed301821-40-7 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 14
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-3A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Ipswich 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ipswich2 - 0Bristol C
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
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AIpswich1 - 3Sheff Utd
HIpswich2 - 0Bristol C
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
Preston 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
M'Boro4 - 0Preston
Bristol C0 - 2Preston
Wrexham2 - 1Preston
Stoke0 - 0Preston
Oxford Utd1 - 2Preston
Sheff Wed2 - 3Preston
Watford1 - 1Preston
Millwall1 - 1Preston
Southampton0 - 2Preston
West Brom2 - 1Preston
Hull2 - 2Preston
Derby0 - 1Preston
Portsmouth1 - 0Preston
QPR1 - 1Preston
Bristol C2 - 2Preston
Hull2 - 1Preston
Leeds2 - 1Preston
Derby2 - 0Preston
Sunderland1 - 1Preston
Sheff Utd1 - 0Preston
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APreston0 - 4M'Boro
HPreston0 - 3Hull
HPreston0 - 1Derby
APreston2 - 0Bristol C
HPreston3 - 0Sheff Wed
APreston1 - 2Wrexham
APreston0 - 0Stoke
HPreston1 - 1Norwich
APreston2 - 1Oxford Utd
HPreston1 - 1Coventry
HPreston1 - 1Wrexham
APreston3 - 2Sheff Wed
APreston1 - 1Watford
HPreston1 - 2Blackburn
APreston1 - 1Millwall
HPreston2 - 1Swansea
APreston2 - 0Southampton
HPreston3 - 2Sheff Utd
HPreston0 - 1Birmingham
APreston1 - 2West Brom
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
7
Ipswich have not lost to Preston in 7 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Ipswich since 2003
Ipswich
Preston
Goals: Scored
26
16
Games: Scored
13 / 14
9 / 14
Clean sheets
5 / 14
1 / 14
IPS
8
D
3
PNE
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ipswich
Ipswich4 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Ipswich3 - 0
Ipswich1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Ipswich2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Preston
Ipswich2 - 1
2 - 3Preston
0 - 4Preston
Ipswich3 - 0
Ipswich2 - 0
Ipswich3 - 0
League games at Preston since 2002
Preston
Ipswich
Goals: Scored
24
13
Games: Scored
13 / 15
9 / 15
Clean sheets
6 / 15
2 / 15
IPS
2
D
5
PNE
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Preston1 - 0
Preston3 - 2
Preston4 - 0
0 - 1Ipswich
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Ipswich
Preston1 - 0
Preston2 - 0
Preston3 - 2
Draw2 - 2Draw
Preston1 - 0
Preston3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Ipswich Town have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive Championship games. Their PG of 1.7 against Preston North End on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Scoring more than 1 goal looks like a tall order for Preston North End, with P. Heckingbottom's men failing to score in 3 consecutive Championship matches.

Ipswich 3rd Preston 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Ipswich will score 1 or more goals
0
42%
1
36%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Preston scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Ipswich’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+4
Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Ipswich
PG (predicted goals)
Preston
1.7
0.9
Attack rating
19%
better
IPS
PNE
view stats
Games scored24
22
Failed to score4
7
Scored first16
14
Goals scored48
36
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.2
Avg. shots per game11
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.9
1.1
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
10%
better
IPS
PNE
view stats
Games conceded18
21
Clean sheets10
8
Conceded first10
13
Goals conceded27
33
Avg. goals conceded1
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
12%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.4
KickOff rating
+10%

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

Ipswich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
301268
D O'SheaJ ClarkeA MehmetiA Matusiwa
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Walton GLK21
2
-
D Furlong DEF242
7
-
D O'Shea DEF3011
-
C Kipré DEF2121
4
-
L Davis DEF2822
2
-
A Matusiwa MID291
8
-
J Cajuste MID2613
1
-
W Burns MID811
-
A Mehmeti MID3
1
-
J Clarke MID30121
2
-
I Azón FWD2421
-
Subs
A Palmer GLK10
-
B Johnson DEF9
1
-
J Greaves DEF121
2
-
D Neil MID1
-
J Taylor MID2611
6
-
K McAteer MID171
3
-
S Egeli FWD2122
2
-
G Hirst FWD2661
5
-
C Akpom FWD222
1
-
Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30658
B WhitemanA DevineL DobbinB Whiteman
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Cornell GLK2
1
-
L Lindsay DEF18
4
1
L Gibson DEF171
-
O Offiah DEF29
4
-
P Valentín MID222
2
-
J Thompson MID122
4
-
B Whiteman MID3013
8
-
T Small MID3032
4
-
A McCann FWD2111
4
-
A Devine FWD3062
3
-
D Jebbison FWD2352
2
-
Subs
J Walton GLK3
-
E. Nolan DEF
-
A Vukcevic DEF162
-
J Lewis DEF131
1
-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID182
-
N Mawene MID1
-
L Dobbin FWD2465
1
-
M Smith FWD2931
2
-
M. Luković FWD1
-