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

Tue 24th Feb, 19:45 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

the Vicarage Road plays host on Tuesday evening, as Javier Gracia Carlos's Watford welcome Kieran McKenna's Ipswich Town in the Championship. This preview has odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for seventeen different markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you explore. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall performance can be found, while you'll also find head-to-head history a little further down the page.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 37%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Ipswich 37%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Ipswich 1-0 9%	-	-
Watford 1-0 9%	-	-
Ipswich 2-1 8%	-	-
Watford 2-1 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Ipswich 2-0 6%	-	-
Watford 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Ipswich 3-1 4%	-	-
Watford 3-1 4%	-	-
Ipswich 3-0 3%	-	-
Watford 3-0 3%	-	-
Ipswich 3-2 2%	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	-	-
BTTS - No 46%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 17%	-	-
Home/draw 63%	-	-
Away/draw 63%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 55%	-	-
Away DNB 55%	-	-
Watford win to nil 20%	-	-
Ipswich win to nil 20%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 31 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 5 and won 4. Watford have conceded 16 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Watford have played 16 games at home, winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 24 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Ipswich lay in 3rd place on 54 points in the Championship league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 9 and losing 5 games. They have scored 45 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Ipswich have conceded 27 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Ipswich have played 14 away games, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 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	Watford Ipswich
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	M'Boro	31	18	7	6	19	61	w 3-0F	Apr 25	Apr 18	l 2-1A
2	Coventry	31	17	8	6	28	59	May 2	l 3-1A	w 3-0F	w 0-2F
3	Ipswich	30	15	9	6	22	54	Feb 24	d 1-1F	-	-
4	Hull	31	16	6	9	7	54	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	Mar 3	w 0-2F
5	Millwall	31	15	8	8	3	53	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	Mar 21	d 0-00-0
6	Wrexham	31	12	11	8	5	47	Mar 7	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0	Feb 21
7	Preston	31	12	11	8	4	47	d 1-1A	Feb 14	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
8	Bristol C	31	13	7	11	5	46	d 1-1F	Feb 27	w 2-0F	d 1-1A
9	Derby	31	12	9	10	6	45	Feb 21	w 2-3A	d 2-2F	w 1-2F
10	Birmingham	31	12	9	10	4	45	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	Apr 6	d 1-1A
11	Watford	31	11	11	9	3	44	-	-	d 1-1A	Feb 24
12	QPR	31	12	8	11	-1	44	w 2-1F	Apr 3	May 2	w 1-4F
13	Stoke	31	12	7	12	6	43	w 1-0F	Mar 14	w 1-0F	Mar 10
14	Southampton	31	11	10	10	3	43	d 2-2A	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	Apr 3
15	Swansea	31	12	6	13	1	42	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	Feb 28	w 1-4F
16	Norwich	32	11	6	15	0	39	w 3-2A	w 0-1F	w 3-1F	Apr 11
17	Sheff Utd	31	12	3	16	-1	39	Apr 18	l 1-0A	w 5-0F	l 3-1A
18	Charlton	30	9	9	12	-9	36	Apr 6	l 1-0A	l 0-3A	Apr 22
19	Portsmouth	29	8	9	12	-11	33	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	w 2-1F	-
20	West Brom	31	9	6	16	-15	33	w 2-1A	Apr 21	w 1-0F	Apr 25
21	Leicester	31	10	8	13	-6	32	Mar 21	w 1-2A	Mar 7	l 3-1A
22	Blackburn	31	8	8	15	-13	32	l 0-1A	d 1-1F	w 3-0F	Sep 20
23	Oxford Utd	32	6	10	16	-16	28	w 2-1A	Apr 11	w 2-1F	l 2-1A
24	Sheff Wed	31	1	8	22	-44	-7	d 1-1A	Mar 10	w 3-1F	Mar 14

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	0 - 2	Swansea
Watford	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Watford	0 - 2	Millwall
Watford	3 - 0	Birmingham
Watford	1 - 0	Stoke
Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
Watford	3 - 2	Norwich
Watford	1 - 1	Preston
Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
Watford	3 - 0	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
Watford	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
Watford	2 - 1	Hull
Watford	0 - 1	Blackburn
Watford	2 - 2	Southampton
Watford	2 - 1	QPR
Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
Watford	1 - 0	Hull
Watford	0 - 0	Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Watford	0 - 1	Southampton
A	Watford	0 - 0	Hull
H	Watford	0 - 2	Swansea
A	Watford	1 - 1	Blackburn
H	Watford	1 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Watford	0 - 2	Millwall
H	Watford	3 - 0	Birmingham
A	Watford	1 - 0	Norwich
A	Watford	2 - 1	Leicester
H	Watford	1 - 0	Stoke
A	Watford	2 - 2	Wrexham
H	Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Watford	3 - 2	Norwich
A	Watford	1 - 2	Birmingham
H	Watford	1 - 1	Preston
A	Watford	3 - 2	Derby
H	Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Watford	1 - 1	Ipswich
H	Watford	3 - 0	M'Boro
A	Watford	1 - 3	Coventry

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Bournemouth	1 - 2	Ipswich
C Palace	1 - 0	Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Ipswich	0 - 0	Wrexham
A	Ipswich	4 - 1	Swansea
H	Ipswich	1 - 1	Watford
A	Ipswich	4 - 1	QPR
H	Ipswich	1 - 0	West Brom

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford

Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 15

13 / 15

Clean sheets

2 / 15

3 / 15

WAT

IPS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
	1 - 2	Ipswich
	0 - 1	Ipswich
Watford	3 - 1
	0 - 1	Ipswich
Watford	2 - 1
Watford	2 - 1
Watford	2 - 1
Watford	2 - 1
Watford	2 - 0
Watford	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Ipswich
	0 - 2	Ipswich
Watford	1 - 0
	2 - 3	Ipswich

Ipswich

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 16

13 / 16

Clean sheets

3 / 16

5 / 16

WAT

IPS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ipswich
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Ipswich	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 2	Watford
	1 - 2	Watford
	0 - 3	Watford
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Watford
	0 - 1	Watford
	1 - 2	Watford
Ipswich	4 - 1
Ipswich	4 - 2
Ipswich	3 - 2
Ipswich	4 - 2

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Watford of late. It has been 6 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Tuesday evening against Ipswich Town.

	Watford 11th	Ipswich 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Watford 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	-6 Watford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+1 Ipswich’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	8	6	8
I Louza	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	N Irankunda

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	29	8	1	1 -
M Bola DEF	27	1	3	2 -
J Ngakia DEF	27	2	4	2 -
I Louza MID	27	6	6	6 1
N Irankunda FWD	26	2	3	7 1
E Selvik GLK	25			1 -
H Kyprianou MID	25		1	8 -
E Kayembe MID	25	3		3 -
M Pollock DEF	22	1	1	5 -
K Keben DEF	22		1	3 -
M. Doumbia FWD	21	3	1	3 -
K Baah FWD	21	1	1	4 -
V Semedo FWD	21	3	1	2 -
M Sissoko MID	20			-
T Ince FWD	19	4		-
J Abankwah DEF	18			1 1
O. Maamma FWD	18	3	1	1 -
M. Alleyne DEF	16			2 -
G Chakvetadze MID	15		1	4 -
R Vata FWD	12	2	2	-
N Mendy MID	10			-
J Petris DEF	9			2 -
N Baxter GLK	7			-
C Wiley DEF	5			-
F Mendy DEF	3			-
J Morris DEF	2			1 -
P Dwomoh MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	23	6	13
L Kjerrumgaard	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	I Louza

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	8	23	1	1
I Louza MID	6	15	6	13
T Ince FWD	4	13		2
E Kayembe MID	3	8		4
M. Doumbia FWD	3	9	1	3
V Semedo FWD	3	13	1
O. Maamma FWD	3	12	1	2
J Ngakia DEF	2	4	4	5
N Irankunda FWD	2	10	3	6
R Vata FWD	2	8	2	2
M Bola DEF	1	8	3	4
M Pollock DEF	1	3	1
K Baah FWD	1	7	1	1
H Kyprianou MID		3	1	1
K Keben DEF		1	1	1
M Sissoko MID		1
M. Alleyne DEF				1
G Chakvetadze MID		3	1	4
J Petris DEF				2
C Wiley DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1697	95	162
I Louza	J Ngakia	J Ngakia

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
I Louza MID	1697	39	112
M Pollock DEF	1184	20	121
J Ngakia DEF	1065	95	162
M Bola DEF	1029	27	96
K Keben DEF	1028	19	80
H Kyprianou MID	872	28	112
E Selvik GLK	755	1	14
J Abankwah DEF	741	23	88
E Kayembe MID	730	14	67
M. Alleyne DEF	712	28	72
G Chakvetadze MID	372	12	36
O. Maamma FWD	364	34	102
M. Doumbia FWD	327	9	65
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	316	9	106
N Irankunda FWD	308	18	102
T Ince FWD	288	11	32
N Mendy MID	238	10	20
M Sissoko MID	189	16	26
N Baxter GLK	189		1
R Vata FWD	152	9	28
K Baah FWD	140	4	33
J Petris DEF	131	5	34
V Semedo FWD	111	5	31
C Wiley DEF	92	7	11
F Mendy DEF	49	6	10
P Dwomoh MID	2
J Morris DEF	1	1	1

Ipswich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	12	7	8
D O'Shea	J Clarke	M Espinoza	A Matusiwa

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D O'Shea DEF	30	1	1	-
J Clarke FWD	30	12	1	2 -
A Matusiwa MID	29		1	8 -
L Davis DEF	28	2	2	2 -
J Cajuste MID	26	1	3	1 -
J Taylor MID	26	1	1	6 -
G Hirst FWD	26	6	1	5 -
J Philogene FWD	25	9	2	2 -
D Furlong DEF	24		2	7 -
I Azón FWD	24	2	1	-
M Espinoza MID	23	3	7	1 -
C Akpom FWD	22	2		1 -
C Walton GLK	21			2 -
C Kipré DEF	21	2	1	4 -
S Egeli FWD	21	2	2	2 -
K McAteer MID	17		1	3 -
S Szmodics MID	16	1		-
A Young DEF	13			-
J Greaves DEF	12	1		2 -
A Palmer GLK	10			-
B Johnson DEF	9			1 -
W Burns MID	8	1	1	-
C Humphreys MID	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	22	7	9
J Clarke	J Philogene	M Espinoza	L Davis

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Clarke FWD	12	16	1	8
J Philogene FWD	9	22	2	3
G Hirst FWD	6	17	1	2
M Espinoza MID	3	13	7	7
L Davis DEF	2	5	2	9
I Azón FWD	2	16	1	1
C Akpom FWD	2	8
C Kipré DEF	2	5	1	2
S Egeli FWD	2	9	2	3
D O'Shea DEF	1	9	1	3
J Cajuste MID	1	5	3	1
J Taylor MID	1	6	1	4
S Szmodics MID	1	8		2
J Greaves DEF	1	6		1
W Burns MID	1	2	1	1
A Matusiwa MID		1	1	1
D Furlong DEF		1	2	2
K McAteer MID		6	1	4
A Young DEF				1
B Johnson DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2035	68	144
D O'Shea	A Matusiwa	D O'Shea

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D O'Shea DEF	2035	14	144
A Matusiwa MID	1360	68	143
C Kipré DEF	1258	25	90
D Furlong DEF	1051	32	111
L Davis DEF	1033	20	116
J Taylor MID	743	19	66
C Walton GLK	634	1	13
J Greaves DEF	625	13	86
M Espinoza MID	577	22	52
J Clarke FWD	507	25	107
J Cajuste MID	491	22	70
J Philogene FWD	443	29	93
S Egeli FWD	374	19	50
A Young DEF	304	10	19
A Palmer GLK	275	1	6
G Hirst FWD	254	10	75
C Akpom FWD	212	8	56
I Azón FWD	196	2	45
K McAteer MID	193	17	46
B Johnson DEF	181	8	12
S Szmodics MID	159	2	24
W Burns MID	64	4	9
C Humphreys MID	12	1	1