Ipswich Town – Stoke City

The guests will impose a struggle on the favorites of the confrontation.

Since the very beginning of the season, bookmakers have considered Ipswich Town among the favorites of the current Championship draw. At least for the second position on the list of contenders for the gold medals, the 'Tractors' have been making it from round to round, even despite their placement in the middle of the league table. The last round clearly demonstrated the level of foresight of the bookmakers' analysts. In the central match of the entire first round, Ipswich Town hosted Coventry City. The same team that unconditionally leads in the championship race and had a record of ten wins in eleven previous rounds before the match. The 'Tractors' not only achieved victory over Lampard's team, but they did it with a significant score difference - 3:0. This result moved Ipswich Town to the fourth position in the league table - right in the middle of the dense group of pursuers of Coventry City. Stoke City has accustomed the football community to its status as a mid-table team over the past few years. However, the first half of the season has exceeded all the expectations of the 'Potters' fans. Before the twentieth round, the team is in sixth place, just one point behind the upcoming opponent. The bookmakers have named the home team as favorites for the upcoming match, offering a coefficient of 1.63 for their victory. Despite such a convincing victory over Coventry City, it is still not time to sing the praises of Ipswich Town. The statistics of the 'Tractors' performances this season indicate that on average only two out of five rounds end in their victories. Only twice in nineteen rounds has Ipswich Town won two games in a row. This occurred at the end of September and at the turn of October and November. Moreover, the victory over the leader broke the mini-series of the 'Tractors' of two matches without a win. In turn, Stoke City has won exactly as many matches in the league as their opponent. Despite the fact that the visiting team's form cannot be called optimal at the moment, they have only suffered two defeats since the start of the season by a margin of more than one goal. Personal meetings between the teams have not occurred often during the current period of history. However, in four cases, Ipswich Town has only won once. Let's bet that Stoke City will give their opponent a fight.