Ipswich – Sheffield Wed Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (22.11.2017)

Ipswich Town and Sheffield Wednesday meet at Portman Road Stadium, in a match for the 18th round of the Championship. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 3 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 04-24-2017, in a match for the Championship which ended in a Sheffield Wednesday victory by (0-1). The only goal of the match was scored by K. Lee (77 ‘). Despite being a match between 8th and 10th of the table, it is actually a match between the 6th classified in home matches and the 17th as a visitor.

Ipswich :

The home team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 25 points won, after 8 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Preston North End, by (3-0). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Hull City, by (2-2). This is a stronger team in his stadium, where he has won 15 points, against only 10 in his away matches. In their last 8 home matches for the championship Ipswich Town won 5 and lost 3, so they have won 15 points out of 24 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 8 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 10 times and only managed 3 comebacks.

The Ipswich comes to this game after a two-way outsider draw on the visit to Hull City. The home team usually acts in a 4-3-3, favoring a slower style of play, channeling, mostly, their game through the central corridor. In this tactical scheme, the three most advanced players are Garner, McGoldrick and Waghorn. In the most central area of ​​the land it is possible that Skuse, Celina and Connolly act. One of the strengths of the team of the house are the aerial duels, attending to the stature of its players. Coach Mick McCarthy will not be able to count on Dozzell, injured.

Sheffield Wed:

After 6 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, the away team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 24 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Aston Villa, by (1-2). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Bristol City, by (0-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 8 points in away matches and 16 at their stadium, with 6 goals scored and 9 conceded at home, against 15 goals scored and 10 conceded at home. In the last 8 away league matches Sheffield Wednesday has a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 8 points out of 24 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 8 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 17 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have only won 1 result. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 10 away matches for all competitions: they have suffered 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).

The Sheffield Wednesday comes to this performance after a home draw, to zero, at the reception at Bristol. The visiting team usually acts in a 4-4-2, privileging a slower style of play, attacking, in general, through the central corridor. The two arrows pointing to the goal of the rival will be Jordan Rhodes and Gary Hooper, being that the intervener responsible for defining and leading the attacks of his team is midfielder Ross Wallace. Act Bannan, Butterfield, Reach and Ross Wallace in the most central area of ​​the terrain.