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

Sat 14th Mar, 15:00 BST, Hillsborough, Sheffield

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, as Henrik Pedersen and his Sheffield Wednesday side host Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich Town at the Hillsborough. Team form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all shown below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We've backed Sheff Wed to win, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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Best Tip: Ipswich to win

Absolutely no club, players or staff in the Championship wants to suffer defeat in front of their own fans, but the statistics below are suggesting that could be Sheff Wed's fate as they go head-to-head with Ipswich at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon. The UK's top bookmakers agree, with all placing the away win as the most likely outcome at odds of 1.18, and so does our predictive algorithm. Our algorithm suggests the away win in the win / draw / win market has a 64% probability, making it a clear bet of the day here.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 64% chance of Ipswich coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sheff Wed 16%	12/1	11/1
Draw 20%	5/1	11/2
Ipswich 64%	2/11	2/9
Ipswich 2-0 11%	11/2	11/2
Ipswich 1-0 10%	8/1	13/2
Ipswich 2-1 10%	9/1	15/2
Draw 1-1 10%	11/1	10/1
Ipswich 3-0 7%	6/1	6/1
Ipswich 3-1 7%	10/1	17/2
Draw 0-0 5%	18/1	14/1
Draw 2-2 5%	22/1	20/1
Sheff Wed 1-0 5%	33/1	20/1
Sheff Wed 2-1 4%	33/1	25/1
Ipswich 4-0 4%	9/1	8/1
Ipswich 4-1 4%	14/1	12/1
Ipswich 3-2 3%	28/1	20/1
Sheff Wed 2-0 2%	66/1	40/1
Ipswich 4-2 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	4/9	10/21
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	7/4	6/4
Home 1st Goal 40%	3/1	18/5
Away 1st Goal 58%	1/4	2/9
No 1st Goal 3%	18/1	14/1
BTTS - Yes 53%	11/10	23/20
BTTS - No 47%	4/6	13/20
BTTS - Home Win 8%	22/1	16/1
BTTS - Draw 15%	7/1	7/1
BTTS - Away Win 29%	15/8	15/8
Home/draw 36%	7/2	16/5
Away/draw 84%	1/25	1/33
Home/away 80%	1/8	1/9
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	1/7	2/13
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	9/2	4/1
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	6/5	23/20
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	4/6	8/13
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	11/4	5/2
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	2/7	1/4
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	11/2	5/1
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1/9	1/10
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/50	1/80
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	18/1	14/1
Home DNB 30%	10/1	8/1
Away DNB 78%	1/20	1/25
Sheff Wed win to nil 8%	22/1	-
Ipswich win to nil 34%	5/6	-
Sheff Wed / Sheff Wed 4%	25/1	14/1
Sheff Wed / Ipswich 4%	18/1	18/1
Sheff Wed / Draw 4%	25/1	18/1
Draw / Sheff Wed 4%	25/1	18/1
Draw / Ipswich 20%	3/1	16/5
Draw / Draw 9%	9/1	15/2
Ipswich / Sheff Wed 2%	50/1	45/1
Ipswich / Ipswich 50%	8/13	8/13
Ipswich / Draw 4%	20/1	18/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Wed have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league. Sheff Wed are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 11 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

36 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 27 games, drawn 8 and won 1. Sheff Wed have conceded 73 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 19 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sheff Wed have played 18 games at home, winning 0, drawing 4 and losing 14 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 38 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 11 times in home league games.

Ipswich lay in 4th place on 64 points in the Championship league table having played 35 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 31 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 9 and losing 6 games. They have scored 55 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Ipswich have conceded 33 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Ipswich have played 16 away games, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

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	Sheff Wed Ipswich
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	36	22	8	6	36	74	l 0-5A	Apr 11	w 3-0F	w 0-2F
2	M'Boro	36	20	9	7	23	69	l 0-1A	Apr 21	Apr 18	l 2-1A
3	Millwall	36	19	8	9	9	65	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	Mar 21	d 0-00-0
4	Ipswich	35	18	10	7	26	64	Mar 14	l 3-1A	-	-
5	Hull	36	18	6	12	5	60	d 2-2F	Mar 21	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
6	Wrexham	35	15	12	8	9	57	l 0-1A	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0	l 5-3A
7	Derby	36	15	9	12	7	54	l 0-3A	l 2-1A	d 2-2F	w 1-2F
8	Southampton	35	14	11	10	11	53	l 1-3A	l 3-1A	d 1-1F	Apr 3
9	Watford	35	13	12	10	4	51	Mar 10	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	w 0-2F
10	Bristol C	36	14	8	14	2	50	l 0-3A	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	d 1-1A
11	Sheff Utd	36	15	4	17	2	49	l 0-3A	l 2-1A	w 5-0F	l 3-1A
12	Birmingham	36	13	10	13	-1	49	l 0-2A	d 2-2A	Apr 6	d 1-1A
13	Swansea	36	14	7	15	-1	49	l 0-2A	l 4-0A	w 3-0F	w 1-4F
14	Preston	36	12	13	11	-1	49	l 2-3F	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
15	Stoke	36	13	8	15	3	47	l 0-3A	Apr 3	w 1-0F	Mar 10
16	QPR	36	13	8	15	-12	47	d 1-1F	l 3-0A	May 2	w 1-4F
17	Norwich	35	13	6	16	3	45	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	w 3-1F	Apr 11
18	Charlton	36	11	11	14	-10	44	Apr 18	l 2-1A	l 0-3A	Apr 22
19	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	-10	40	l 0-1A	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	-
20	Blackburn	36	10	9	17	-13	39	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	Sep 20
21	West Brom	36	9	9	18	-18	36	May 2	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	Apr 25
22	Leicester	36	10	11	15	-9	35	Apr 6	l 2-1F	d 1-1A	l 3-1A
23	Oxford Utd	36	8	11	17	-14	35	l 1-2A	Apr 25	w 2-1F	l 2-1A
24	Sheff Wed	36	1	8	27	-51	-7	-	-	w 3-1F	Mar 14

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed	1 - 3	Southampton
Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Millwall
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Wrexham
Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Birmingham
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Sheff Wed	0 - 0	Blackburn
Sheff Wed	2 - 2	Hull
Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Derby
Sheff Wed	2 - 3	Preston
Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Norwich
Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	M'Boro
Sheff Wed	0 - 5	Coventry
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	QPR
Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Bristol C
Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Swansea
Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Stoke
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Sheff Wed	2 - 1	M'Boro

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

8 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

12 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Derby
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 3	Southampton
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Norwich
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Millwall
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 4	Swansea
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Blackburn
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Wrexham
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Bristol C
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Birmingham
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 3	QPR
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Preston
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 0	Blackburn
H	Sheff Wed	2 - 2	Hull
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 3	Ipswich
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Derby
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Watford
H	Sheff Wed	2 - 3	Preston
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Millwall

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	0 - 2	Ipswich
Wrexham	5 - 3	Ipswich
Derby	1 - 2	Ipswich
Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Ipswich
Coventry	0 - 2	Ipswich
Millwall	0 - 0	Ipswich
Leicester	3 - 1	Ipswich
Blackburn	1 - 1	Ipswich
Oxford Utd	2 - 1	Ipswich
Hull	0 - 2	Ipswich
Swansea	1 - 4	Ipswich
QPR	1 - 4	Ipswich
M'Boro	2 - 1	Ipswich
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Ipswich	1 - 1	Leicester
H	Ipswich	1 - 0	Hull
H	Ipswich	3 - 0	Swansea
A	Ipswich	2 - 0	Watford
A	Ipswich	3 - 5	Wrexham
A	Ipswich	2 - 1	Derby
H	Ipswich	1 - 1	Preston
A	Ipswich	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	Ipswich	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Ipswich	3 - 0	Blackburn
H	Ipswich	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Ipswich	2 - 0	Coventry
A	Ipswich	0 - 0	Millwall
H	Ipswich	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Ipswich	1 - 3	Leicester
H	Ipswich	1 - 0	Stoke
H	Ipswich	3 - 0	Coventry
A	Ipswich	1 - 1	Blackburn
A	Ipswich	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
A	Ipswich	2 - 0	Hull

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Ipswich have beaten Sheff Wed in 3 consecutive league meetings

Ipswich have not lost to Sheff Wed in 5 consecutive league meetings

Sheff Wed

Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

14 / 19

15 / 19

Clean sheets

4 / 19

5 / 19

SHW

IPS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
	0 - 1	Ipswich
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sheff Wed	1 - 0
Sheff Wed	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Ipswich
	1 - 2	Ipswich
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Ipswich
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Ipswich
Sheff Wed	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Ipswich
	0 - 1	Ipswich
Sheff Wed	4 - 1
Sheff Wed	5 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Ipswich

Sheff Wed

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

14 / 20

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

6 / 20

SHW

IPS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ipswich
Ipswich	3 - 1
Ipswich	6 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Sheff Wed
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Sheff Wed
Ipswich	2 - 1
Ipswich	2 - 1
Ipswich	2 - 1
	0 - 3	Sheff Wed
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Ipswich	4 - 1
	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
Ipswich	2 - 1
Ipswich	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
	1 - 4	Sheff Wed
	0 - 1	Sheff Wed

Goal Statistics

An absolutely dreadful PG of just 0.9 should cause concerns for Sheffield Wednesday fans, as should a 14 Championship matches run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

Sheffield Wednesday have been awful at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 6 consecutive Championship games. This run could continue, with Ipswich Town's PG an impressive 2.1.

	Sheff Wed 24th	Ipswich 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.9 goals	2.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 39% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 76% probability of Sheff Wed scoring 1 goal or less	0 12% 1 26% 2 27% 3 19% 4+ 16% There is a 62% probability that Ipswich will score 2 or more goals in this match

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-43 Sheff Wed have scored 43% fewer goals at home than predicted	+10 Ipswich’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.6 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	2.0 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

SHW

IPS

53%

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Games scored	17		31
Failed to score	19		4
Scored first	8		20
Goals scored	22		61
Avg. goals scored	0.6		1.7
Avg. shots per game	6		11
Avg. shots per goal	10		6
Conversion rate for	10		16
Avg. XG for	0.8		1.8
KickOff rating		+53%

SHW

IPS

41%

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Games conceded	33		22
Clean sheets	3		13
Conceded first	26		13
Goals conceded	73		35
Avg. goals conceded	2		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		14%
Avg. XG against	2		1
KickOff rating		+41%

Sheff Wed v Ipswich Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	4	3	7
S Ingelsson	C McNeill	B Bannan	B Bannan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Lowe FWD	36	3	2	4 -
L Palmer DEF	35		1	4 -
S Ingelsson MID	34	1		2 -
C McNeill FWD	32	4	1	2 -
B Cadamarteri FWD	29	2		2 -
B Bannan MID	28	3	3	6 1
D Iorfa DEF	27	1		6 -
G. Otegbayo DEF	26			3 1
S Fusire DEF	25	1		4 -
Y Valery DEF	23		1	3 -
H Amass DEF	21	1	1	2 -
I Ugbo FWD	21			1 -
M Lowe DEF	20		1	2 -
J. Thornton MID	16			-
E Horvath GLK	14			1 1
R. Johnson DEF	12			1 -
P Charles GLK	10		1	-
O Kobacki FWD	6			-
R Shipston MID	4			-
N Chalobah MID	4	1		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	14	3	10
C McNeill	B Cadamarteri	B Bannan	B Bannan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C McNeill FWD	4	10	1	3
J Lowe FWD	3	11	2	3
B Bannan MID	3	11	3	10
B Cadamarteri FWD	2	14
S Ingelsson MID	1	8		4
D Iorfa DEF	1	3
S Fusire DEF	1	2		1
H Amass DEF	1	3	1	3
N Chalobah MID	1	2
L Palmer DEF		4	1	1
G. Otegbayo DEF		1
Y Valery DEF		7	1	1
I Ugbo FWD		4		1
M Lowe DEF			1	2
P Charles GLK			1	1
O Kobacki FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1689	64	172
B Bannan	H Amass	D Iorfa

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Bannan MID	1689	33	71
L Palmer DEF	1069	50	102
D Iorfa DEF	919	45	172
M Lowe DEF	904	36	77
S Ingelsson MID	808	56	139
Y Valery DEF	740	42	141
H Amass DEF	722	64	159
G. Otegbayo DEF	713	24	96
J Lowe FWD	610	30	115
S Fusire DEF	491	41	84
C McNeill FWD	479	31	72
E Horvath GLK	461	2	7
P Charles GLK	458		5
B Cadamarteri FWD	270	17	107
J. Thornton MID	270	9	20
R. Johnson DEF	175	13	24
I Ugbo FWD	100	11	30
O Kobacki FWD	81	10	23
N Chalobah MID	47	1	4
R Shipston MID	13	1	1

Ipswich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	12	7	9
D O'Shea	J Clarke	M Espinoza	D Furlong

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D O'Shea DEF	35	1	1	-
J Clarke FWD	35	12	1	2 -
A Matusiwa MID	34	1	1	8 -
L Davis DEF	32	2	4	3 -
G Hirst FWD	31	8	1	5 -
J Taylor MID	30	1	2	6 -
D Furlong DEF	29		2	9 -
I Azón FWD	29	4	2	-
M Espinoza MID	28	3	7	2 -
J Cajuste MID	28	1	3	1 -
C Walton GLK	26			4 -
C Kipré DEF	26	3	1	8 -
J Philogene FWD	25	9	2	2 -
C Akpom FWD	24	2		1 -
S Egeli FWD	24	4	2	2 -
K McAteer MID	19		1	3 -
S Szmodics MID	16	1		-
J Greaves DEF	14	1	1	2 -
A Young DEF	13			-
W Burns MID	13	1	1	2 -
A Palmer GLK	10			-
B Johnson DEF	10			1 -
C Humphreys MID	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	22	7	12
J Clarke	G Hirst	M Espinoza	L Davis

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Clarke FWD	12	17	1	8
J Philogene FWD	9	22	2	3
G Hirst FWD	8	22	1	2
I Azón FWD	4	20	2	2
S Egeli FWD	4	12	2	3
M Espinoza MID	3	15	7	8
C Kipré DEF	3	7	1	2
L Davis DEF	2	5	4	12
C Akpom FWD	2	9
D O'Shea DEF	1	11	1	3
A Matusiwa MID	1	2	1	1
J Taylor MID	1	7	2	5
J Cajuste MID	1	5	3	1
S Szmodics MID	1	8		2
J Greaves DEF	1	6	1	2
W Burns MID	1	2	1	2
D Furlong DEF		1	2	2
K McAteer MID		7	1	4
A Young DEF				1
B Johnson DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2393	75	173
D O'Shea	A Matusiwa	D O'Shea

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D O'Shea DEF	2393	16	173
A Matusiwa MID	1614	75	163
C Kipré DEF	1582	28	115
D Furlong DEF	1276	34	131
L Davis DEF	1159	27	136
J Taylor MID	837	24	74
C Walton GLK	803	1	15
M Espinoza MID	705	30	67
J Greaves DEF	686	14	99
J Clarke FWD	641	35	136
J Cajuste MID	503	22	71
J Philogene FWD	443	29	93
S Egeli FWD	417	23	59
A Young DEF	304	10	19
G Hirst FWD	276	10	84
A Palmer GLK	275	1	6
I Azón FWD	254	3	66
C Akpom FWD	219	8	57
K McAteer MID	210	20	50
B Johnson DEF	182	8	12
S Szmodics MID	159	2	24
W Burns MID	118	6	22
C Humphreys MID	12	1	1