📊 Form Guide
Ipswich Town DDDLDW
Ipswich Town will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 5-0 Championship triumph vs Sheffield United.
In that match, Ipswich Town had 47% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 11 on target. For Ipswich Town, goals were scored by Jaden Philogene (20', 51', 68'), George Hirst (61') and Jack Clarke (78'). Sheffield United got 10 shots on goal with 2 on target.
It has not been often in recent games that Ipswich Town have shown defensive steel. In fact, Ipswich Town have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 6 goals along the way.
Pre-game facts show that Ipswich Town:
- are unbeaten in the league by Portsmouth in their last 4 matches.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
Portsmouth LLDWDL
Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Sheffield Wednesday in Championship competition, Portsmouth and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that game, Portsmouth managed 69% possession and 25 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Sheffield Wednesday had 13 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Barry Bannan (12') and George Brown (50') scored for Sheffield Wednesday.
It is worth noting that Portsmouth have made hard work of scoring goals over their previous 6 encounters, recording the disappointing return of only 4. In those fixtures, Pompey have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 7. Putting that to one side, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend shall persist in this upcoming game or not.
Pre-game facts show that Portsmouth:
- are winless against Ipswich Town when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 5 away league matches.
- are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
↔️ Head to head
If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 20/03/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with Ipswich Town winning 2 of those games, Portsmouth 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.
A combined total of 18 goals were scored between them in these games, with 10 for The Tractor Boys and 8 belonging to Pompey. The average goals per game has been 3.
The previous league match between these sides was League One match day 24 on 29/12/2022 which ended up with the score at Portsmouth 2-2 Ipswich Town.
The match was refereed by Sam Allison.
📋 Team News: Ipswich Town
Conor Townsend (Cruciate ligament tear) and Wes Burns (Knee surgery) will not be able to play for Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna.
It seems likely that The Tractor Boys will probably line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, handing starts to Alex Palmer, Darnell Furlong, Dara O'Shea, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis, Azor Matusiwa, Jens Cajuste, Kasey McAteer, Chuba Akpom, Jaden Philogene and George Hirst.
ℹ️ Team News: Portsmouth
Thanks to a mainly full-strength group, there’s just the one fitness worry for the Portsmouth boss John Mousinho to be concerned with. Harvey Blair (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.
There’s a good chance that Pompey appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Ben Killip, Zak Swanson, Regan Poole, Josh Knight, Connor Ogilvie, John Swift, Andre Dozzell, Adrian Segecic, Conor Chaplin, Florian Bianchini and Colby Bishop.
⚡ Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Ipswich Town will, in all likelihood, dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
In contrast, Portsmouth won’t find it easy to find the back of the net although we do think it’s probable that they will be hitting back at some stage here.
We’re predicting a 3-1 win for Ipswich Town at the end of the 90 minutes.
Peter Guest, 13:05 27/09/2025