Championship: Sheffield Wednesday vs Ipswich – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 38 match between Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Sheffield Wednesday enjoy home advantage, when visitors Ipswich swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Championship. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Team form: Sheffield Wednesday vs Ipswich

Sheffield Wednesday Form

A single draw is all Sheffield Wednesday have to show from their last three games, where they came up short, losing 1-3 and 2-1 against Southampton and Derby respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation with a 1-1 against Watford. Sheffield Wednesday are without a win in their last six Championship matches on home soil, which produced a record of one draws and five defeats, in which they conceded ten and scored three goals.

Ipswich Form

Ipswich currently look solid after going three matches unbeaten. They laid the groundworks by beating Hull with a 1-0 scoreline, before settling for a draw in a 1-1 game against Leicester. Their latest match once again had them draw, this time 3-3 against Stoke. Ipswich won half their previous six away matches in the Championship, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 13 goals whilst conceding 12.

Betting facts for Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Sheffield Wednesday vs Ipswich

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, George Hirst has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Saturday, it is because Ipswich bank on him to build on these numbers against Sheffield Wednesday. The latter relies on Jerry Yates, who found the target three times in six games.

Betting markets: Sheffield Wednesday vs Ipswich

Full-time result

Sheffield Wednesday didn’t win a single one of their previous 10 games Hillsborough across all tournaments, but did at least manage to draw three along the way. They endured seven defeats in this run. Ipswich won three of their last 10 league games away, as well as drawing three and losing four. Ipswich didn’t lose any of their 5 most recent games. Ipswich have not lost to Sheffield Wednesday in 5 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Sheffield Wednesday only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Curiously, Ipswich only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Ipswich managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Ipswich have scored in 9 consecutive meetings with Sheffield Wednesday when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Sheffield Wednesday, who scored an average of 0.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Ipswich, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches. Amazingly, Sheffield Wednesday failed to keep a clean sheet in their 14 last matches. Ipswich scored at least one goal in their last 13 matches.