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

Fri 17th Oct, 20:00 BST, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Rob Edwards and Kieran McKenna take on one another in the Championship on Friday night, as Middlesbrough face Ipswich Town at the Riverside Stadium. Our predictions are based on complex statistical analysis of both teams' performance, across 17 of the biggest betting markets. The data and the odds are unique to each market, and head-to-head statistics are included across the board.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be 3 goals or less scored by M'Boro and Ipswich combined during 90 minutes. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to our prediction, and we think there's a 73% chance of it being a winning tip. The best price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.30.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think M'Boro are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.60.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
M'Boro 35%	2.75 5%	2.70
Draw 27%	3.25 2%	3.40
Ipswich 38%	2.55 2%	2.50
Draw 1-1 13%	6.00 8%	6.00
Ipswich 1-0 10%	8.00 7%	7.50
M'Boro 1-0 10%	8.50 13%	7.50
Ipswich 2-1 8%	10.00	9.00
M'Boro 2-1 8%	11.00 10%	9.00
Draw 0-0 8%	9.00 6%	8.50
Ipswich 2-0 7%	12.00	10.00 9%
M'Boro 2-0 6%	13.00 8%	11.00
Draw 2-2 5%	15.00 12%	12.00
Ipswich 3-1 4%	21.00 9%	17.00
M'Boro 3-1 3%	23.00	19.00 12%
Ipswich 3-0 3%	26.00	19.00
M'Boro 3-0 3%	29.00 12%	21.00
Ipswich 3-2 2%	29.00 15%	21.00
M'Boro 3-2 2%	34.00	23.00
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	2.10 5%	2.00 3%
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	1.73 4%	1.75 3%
Home 1st Goal 47%	2.05 3%	2.05 3%
Away 1st Goal 48%	1.95 3%	2.00
No 1st Goal 5%	9.00 6%	8.50
BTTS - Yes 52%	1.80 6%	1.80
BTTS - No 48%	1.91 6%	1.91 2%
BTTS - Home Win 16%	5.50 8%	5.25 5%
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.33 9%	4.40
BTTS - Away Win 17%	5.50 8%	4.80
Home/draw 62%	1.50	1.50
Away/draw 65%	1.40 3%	1.44
Home/away 73%	1.33	1.30
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	1.36 3%	1.33 2%
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	3.20 7%	3.10 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	3.75 13%	3.50 6%
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	1.29 6%	1.29 1%
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	8.00 11%	6.50
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1.08 1%	1.09 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	17.00 11%	13.00
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1.03 1%	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1.07	1.06 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	9.00 6%	8.50 6%
Home DNB 54%	1.91 4%	1.91
Away DNB 57%	1.80 2%	1.80
M'Boro win to nil 19%	4.50 4%	-
Ipswich win to nil 21%	4.33	-
M'Boro / M'Boro 18%	4.50 4%	4.33 3%
M'Boro / Ipswich 3%	29.00	21.00
M'Boro / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00
Draw / M'Boro 13%	6.50 8%	6.00
Draw / Ipswich 14%	6.00	5.75
Draw / Draw 17%	5.00 5%	4.60 4%
Ipswich / M'Boro 3%	29.00	23.00 10%
Ipswich / Ipswich 20%	4.33	3.90
Ipswich / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00

Win / draw / win Championship table

M'Boro have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Championship league table. M'Boro are unbeaten at home after 4 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 3 and lost 1 match. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 15 goals to 12 goals.

Home League Performance

M'Boro have played 4 games at home winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 4 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 1 goal at home.

Ipswich are in 9th position in the Championship on 13 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Ipswich have a shocking record against teams above them in the league, they have lost all 1 matches and failed to score in 1 of those games. Ipswich are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 1 of those game.

Away League Performance

1 of those games has been a losing match. They have conceded 3 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 2 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

1 game have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost all of those games, drawn 0 and won zero. Ipswich have conceded 1 goal, scored 0, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	M'Boro Ipswich
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	9	5	4	0	20	19	Nov 25	Feb 14	Dec 6	Dec 29
2	M'Boro	9	5	3	1	6	18	-	-	Apr 18	Oct 17
3	Leicester	9	4	4	1	5	16	Feb 24	Nov 4	Mar 7	Dec 13
4	Preston	9	4	4	1	4	16	Jan 24	d 2-2A	Jan 31	l 1-0A
5	Stoke	9	4	3	2	5	15	d 0-00-0	Jan 21	Dec 10	Mar 10
6	QPR	9	4	3	2	-1	15	Dec 13	Mar 7	May 2	Nov 1
7	West Brom	9	4	2	3	-1	14	w 2-1F	Jan 17	Oct 25	Apr 25
8	Millwall	9	4	2	3	-3	14	Apr 3	w 0-3F	Mar 21	Dec 26
9	Ipswich	8	3	4	1	7	13	Oct 17	Apr 18	-	-
10	Bristol C	9	3	4	2	5	13	Mar 14	Dec 20	Jan 20	d 1-1A
11	Watford	9	3	3	3	0	12	Apr 25	Nov 1	Nov 4	Feb 24
12	Swansea	9	3	3	3	0	12	w 1-0F	Apr 6	Feb 28	Nov 8
13	Charlton	9	3	3	3	0	12	Mar 11	Dec 9	Oct 21	Apr 22
14	Portsmouth	9	3	3	3	-1	12	Apr 11	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	Jan 4
15	Hull	9	3	3	3	-2	12	Dec 29	Dec 5	Feb 14	Nov 25
16	Birmingham	9	3	3	3	-3	12	Nov 8	Feb 28	Apr 6	d 1-1A
17	Southampton	9	2	5	2	-1	11	Jan 4	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	Apr 3
18	Wrexham	9	2	4	3	-1	10	Oct 25	May 2	Nov 22	Feb 21
19	Norwich	9	2	2	5	-3	8	Jan 31	w 1-2F	w 3-1F	Apr 11
20	Derby	9	1	5	3	-4	8	Nov 29	Jan 1	d 2-2F	Feb 7
21	Blackburn	8	2	1	5	-4	7	Dec 26	Mar 21	Jan 17	Sep 20
22	Oxford Utd	9	1	3	5	-3	6	Feb 21	Nov 22	Jan 1	Nov 28
23	Sheff Wed	9	1	3	5	-12	6	Apr 21	Oct 22	Dec 20	Mar 14
24	Sheff Utd	9	1	0	8	-13	3	w 1-0F	Feb 7	w 5-0F	Jan 24

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Win / draw / win form

M'Boro have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games

Ipswich have not won in 7 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
M'Boro	0 - 0	Stoke
M'Boro	2 - 1	West Brom
M'Boro	1 - 0	Sheff Utd
M'Boro	1 - 0	Swansea
M'Boro	0 - 0	Norwich
M'Boro	2 - 1	Plymouth
M'Boro	0 - 1	Leeds
M'Boro	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
M'Boro	2 - 1	QPR
M'Boro	1 - 0	Derby
M'Boro	0 - 1	Watford
M'Boro	2 - 3	Sunderland
M'Boro	2 - 0	West Brom
M'Boro	1 - 1	Cardiff
M'Boro	0 - 0	Burnley
M'Boro	3 - 3	Sheff Wed
M'Boro	1 - 0	Millwall
M'Boro	3 - 1	Hull
M'Boro	0 - 1	Blackburn
M'Boro	5 - 1	Luton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	M'Boro	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	M'Boro	0 - 0	Stoke
A	M'Boro	1 - 1	Southampton
H	M'Boro	2 - 1	West Brom
A	M'Boro	2 - 2	Preston
H	M'Boro	1 - 0	Sheff Utd
A	M'Boro	2 - 1	Norwich
A	M'Boro	3 - 0	Millwall
H	M'Boro	1 - 0	Swansea
A	M'Boro	0 - 2	Coventry
H	M'Boro	0 - 0	Norwich
A	M'Boro	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	M'Boro	2 - 1	Plymouth
A	M'Boro	0 - 1	Millwall
H	M'Boro	0 - 1	Leeds
A	M'Boro	2 - 0	Blackburn
H	M'Boro	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	M'Boro	0 - 0	Luton
H	M'Boro	2 - 1	QPR
A	M'Boro	0 - 1	Swansea

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C	1 - 1	Ipswich
Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
Birmingham	1 - 1	Ipswich
Leicester	2 - 0	Ipswich
Everton	2 - 2	Ipswich
Newcastle	3 - 0	Ipswich
Chelsea	2 - 2	Ipswich
Bournemouth	1 - 2	Ipswich
C Palace	1 - 0	Ipswich
Man Utd	3 - 2	Ipswich
A Villa	1 - 1	Ipswich
Liverpool	4 - 1	Ipswich
Fulham	2 - 2	Ipswich
Arsenal	1 - 0	Ipswich
Wolves	1 - 2	Ipswich
Nottm Forest	1 - 0	Ipswich
Spurs	1 - 2	Ipswich
Brentford	4 - 3	Ipswich
West Ham	4 - 1	Ipswich
Southampton	1 - 1	Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Ipswich	3 - 1	Norwich
A	Ipswich	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Ipswich	2 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Ipswich	5 - 0	Sheff Utd
H	Ipswich	2 - 2	Derby
A	Ipswich	0 - 1	Preston
H	Ipswich	1 - 1	Southampton
A	Ipswich	1 - 1	Birmingham
H	Ipswich	1 - 3	West Ham
A	Ipswich	0 - 2	Leicester
H	Ipswich	0 - 1	Brentford
A	Ipswich	2 - 2	Everton
A	Ipswich	0 - 3	Newcastle
H	Ipswich	0 - 4	Arsenal
A	Ipswich	2 - 2	Chelsea
H	Ipswich	1 - 2	Wolves
A	Ipswich	2 - 1	Bournemouth
H	Ipswich	2 - 4	Nottm Forest
A	Ipswich	0 - 1	C Palace
A	Ipswich	2 - 3	Man Utd

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

M'Boro

Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 14

7 / 14

Clean sheets

7 / 14

4 / 14

MID

IPS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT M'Boro
	0 - 2	Ipswich
M'Boro	2 - 0
M'Boro	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
M'Boro	4 - 1
M'Boro	2 - 0
M'Boro	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 3	Ipswich
M'Boro	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Ipswich
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Ipswich

M'Boro

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 14

Clean sheets

3 / 14

MID

IPS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ipswich
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 2	M'Boro
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	M'Boro
Ipswich	2 - 0
Ipswich	3 - 1
Ipswich	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Ipswich	1 - 0
Ipswich	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	M'Boro

Goal Statistics

	M'Boro 2nd	Ipswich 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that M'Boro will score no more than 1 goal	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Ipswich will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-8 M'Boro’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-3 Ipswich’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

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MID

IPS

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Games scored	7		6
Failed to score	1		1
Scored first	5		4
Goals scored	12		12
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots per game	6		10
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	21		15
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.9
KickOff rating		+7%

35%

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MID

IPS

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Games conceded	4		6
Clean sheets	4		1
Conceded first	2		3
Goals conceded	5		7
Avg. goals conceded	0.6		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	11		7
Conversion rate against	9%		15%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1
KickOff rating		+35%

M'Boro v Ipswich Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	2	2	3
S Brynn	T Conway	L Ayling	T Conway

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Brynn GLK	9			-
A Jones DEF	9	1		2 -
L Ayling DEF	9		2	1 -
A Morris MID	9		1	-
H Hackney MID	9	1	2	2 -
T Conway FWD	9	2	1	3 -
C Brittain DEF	8			2 -
M Whittaker FWD	8		2	2 -
S Nypan MID	7			2 -
S Hansen FWD	7	1		-
M Targett DEF	6	1	1	1 -
D Fry DEF	6	1		-
S Silvera FWD	6			3 -
D Burgzorg FWD	6	1		1 -
K Sène FWD	6	2		-
A Browne MID	5			-
D Strelec FWD	5	1		1 -
A. Raslan Kanté MID	4			-
G Edmundson DEF	3			1 -
D Lenihan DEF	2			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	4	2	3
T Conway	T Conway	L Ayling	L Ayling

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Conway FWD	2	4	1	1
K Sène FWD	2	2
A Jones DEF	1	2
H Hackney MID	1	2	2	2
S Hansen FWD	1	3
M Targett DEF	1	1	1	1
D Fry DEF	1	1
D Burgzorg FWD	1	2
D Strelec FWD	1	3
L Ayling DEF		1	2	3
A Morris MID		3	1	1
C Brittain DEF		2
M Whittaker FWD		3	2	1
S Nypan MID		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
560	29	66
L Ayling	A Morris	A Morris

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Ayling DEF	560	21	53
A Morris MID	534	29	66
H Hackney MID	520	17	43
A Jones DEF	424	15	32
C Brittain DEF	280	13	37
M Targett DEF	249	7	15
D Fry DEF	239	2	20
S Brynn GLK	195		10
S Silvera FWD	169	13	37
T Conway FWD	155	10	29
M Whittaker FWD	144	9	29
S Nypan MID	109	7	18
A Browne MID	101	4	10
S Hansen FWD	66	3	11
G Edmundson DEF	64	2	5
D Strelec FWD	48	1	10
D Burgzorg FWD	47	2	10
A. Raslan Kanté MID	45	3	6
K Sène FWD	42	7	13
D Lenihan DEF	35	1	8

Ipswich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	5	1	3
A Palmer	J Philogene	L Davis	A Matusiwa

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Palmer GLK	8			-
L Davis DEF	8		1	1 -
D O'Shea DEF	8			-
A Matusiwa MID	8			3 -
S Szmodics MID	8			-
G Hirst FWD	8	3	1	1 -
J Clarke FWD	8	4		-
J Cajuste MID	7		1	-
J Philogene FWD	7	5		-
J Greaves DEF	6	1		-
A Young DEF	5			-
I Azón FWD	5			-
C Akpom FWD	5			-
K McAteer FWD	5			2 -
D Furlong DEF	4		1	-
M Espinoza MID	4			-
J Taylor MID	4			2 -
S Egeli FWD	4			1 -
B Johnson DEF	3			1 -
C Kipré DEF	2	1		-
C Humphreys MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	8	1	2
J Philogene	J Philogene	L Davis	L Davis

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Philogene FWD	5	8		1
J Clarke FWD	4	4		2
G Hirst FWD	3	7	1	1
J Greaves DEF	1	3		1
C Kipré DEF	1	2
L Davis DEF		1	1	2
D O'Shea DEF		2		2
S Szmodics MID		4		1
J Cajuste MID		1	1
A Young DEF				1
I Azón FWD		1
C Akpom FWD		1
K McAteer FWD		2
D Furlong DEF			1
M Espinoza MID				1
J Taylor MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
499	17	42
D O'Shea	A Matusiwa	A Matusiwa

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D O'Shea DEF	499	2	39
J Greaves DEF	374	4	42
A Matusiwa MID	352	17	42
L Davis DEF	280	6	40
A Palmer GLK	238		4
D Furlong DEF	175	7	23
J Cajuste MID	153	9	27
J Taylor MID	136	4	16
A Young DEF	127	5	7
J Philogene FWD	125	8	27
J Clarke FWD	119	7	26
B Johnson DEF	109	3	5
S Szmodics MID	108	1	16
C Kipré DEF	99		7
M Espinoza MID	91	5	6
G Hirst FWD	85	4	28
K McAteer FWD	62	7	14
C Akpom FWD	59	2	17
S Egeli FWD	46	4	9
I Azón FWD	32		10
C Humphreys MID	12