📊 Form Guide

Watford

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Watford, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-0 Championship victory versus Derby County.

In that match, Watford managed 45% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Watford, the goals were scored by Luca Kjerrumgaard (5') and Mamadou Doumbia (90'). For their opponents, Derby County got 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 action, Ipswich Town and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Ipswich Town had 51% possession and 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Ipswich Town, the goals were scored by Anis Mehmeti (20'), Azón (45') and Cédric Kipré (47'). On the other side, Wrexham got 17 attempts on 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

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 19/04/2014 shows us that Watford have won 1 of these and Ipswich Town 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

A combined total of 11 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them from The Hornets and 6 belonging to The Tractor Boys. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.

The last league contest between these clubs was Championship match day 14 on 04/11/2025 which ended up with the score at Ipswich Town 1-1 Watford.

In that game, Ipswich Town managed 59% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jaden Philogene (21').

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

The match was refereed by David Webb.

🗞️ Team News: Watford

There’s just the lone fitness concern for the Watford boss Ed Still to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Rocco Vata (Hamstring injury) is sidelined.

It seems likely that The Hornets will probably kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, utilising 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

From a largely full-strength group, there is only a single fitness worry for the Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna to be concerned with. Conor Townsend (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

We’re of the thinking that The Tractor Boys seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out 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, 15:04 24/02/2026