📊 Form Guide

Watford

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Watford will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-0 Championship success versus Derby County.

In that game, Watford managed 45% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Watford, the scorers were Luca Kjerrumgaard (5') and Mamadou Doumbia (90'). For their opponents, Derby County had 5 shots on goal with 1 on target.

Fewer than three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Watford have taken part. Regarding the goal attribution during that period, their opponents scored a total of 7 and Watford managed the sum of 4. That sort of pattern might not follow through into this game, though.

A look at their previous results shows us that Watford:

• have not lost a league tie with Ipswich Town in their last 2 matches.
• haven't beaten Ipswich Town in their last 5 league games.

Ipswich Town

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Wrexham in Championship competition, Ipswich Town will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Ipswich Town had 51% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Ipswich Town, the scorers were Anis Mehmeti (20'), Azón (45') and Cédric Kipré (47'). For their opponents, Wrexham got 17 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Kieffer Moore (6'), Josh Windass (37'), George Thomason (66'), Callum Doyle (75') and Nathan Broadhead (86') scored for Wrexham.

Throughout their six previous matches, Kieran McKenna's Ipswich Town have seen their goal attempts be successful 9 times, yielding them the goals per game average of 1.5.

Going into this one, Ipswich Town have not lost to Watford when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings dating back to 19/04/2014 shows us that Watford have won 1 of them and Ipswich Town 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A sum of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 5 for The Hornets and 6 for The Tractor Boys. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Championship match day 14 on 04/11/2025 when it finished Ipswich Town 1-1 Watford.

That time, Ipswich Town had 59% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jaden Philogene (21').

Watford got 4 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Imrân Louza (16') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by David Webb.

📋 Team News: Watford

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the sole fitness concern for the Watford manager Ed Still to contend with from a near full-strength squad. Rocco Vata (Hamstring injury) is sidelined.

It’s our opinion that The Hornets may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system in the match and select Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, James Abankwah, Saba Goglichidze, Stephen Mfuni, Imran Louza, Nampalys Mendy, Nestory Irankunda, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze and Luca Kjerrumgaard.

📰 Team News: Ipswich Town

Owing to an otherwise healthy group, there is only the one fitness issue for the Ipswich Town gaffer Kieran McKenna to be concerned with. Conor Townsend (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that The Tractor Boys might elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Christian Walton, Darnell Furlong, Dara O'Shea, Cédric Kipré, Leif Davis, Azor Matusiwa, Dan Neil, Kasey McAteer, Marcelino Núñez, Jack Clarke and Iván Azón.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Watford might need a bit of good fortune to score goals against this Ipswich Town side who will likely gain the upper hand.

We’ve gone for a very competitive game with a 0-1 victory for Ipswich Town at the end of this game.

Peter Guest, 04:05 24/02/2026