Leicester City – Ipswich Town

The match rivals in Leicester will score at least one goal each.

One of the central matches of the next game day of the Championship will take place in Leicester. Ten years ago, the 'Foxes', who became champions of England, were relegated for the second time in three seasons after just one season in the country's elite division. This time it will be extremely difficult for Leicester City to return to the Premier League straight away. Not only are the 'Foxes' situated in the middle of the league table, but they also look weaker than the leaders in terms of pure gameplay. One of these leaders is Ipswich Town, which is slowly beginning to blossom. Bookmakers have previously included the 'Tractorists' among the strongest teams in the division, and now this is being confirmed in practice. For about a third of the season, Ipswich Town was positioned in the middle of the league table, but the last couple of weeks highlighted the team's clear focus on returning to the Premier League. The 'Tractorists' demonstrated more effective crisis management after their relegation from the Premier League than their upcoming opponents. Bookmakers have identified the guests as favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 2.14 for their victory. Leicester City approaches the match as the thirteenth club in the Championship. Theoretically, from such a position, one can 'shoot' up if there is a prolonged stable series of point gains. However, the 'Foxes' keep demonstrating poor results. For example, at the end of October, the team recorded a three-match losing streak, and at the end of November, they lost twice in a row. The last four rounds brought Leicester only one victory. At the same time, in terms of the proposed odds, one cannot fail to emphasize the scoring ability of the 'Foxes'. In the last seven matches, they only failed to score against Southampton. Despite a convincing win over Coventry City (3:0) and a pragmatic victory over Stoke City (1:0) in the last rounds, Ipswich Town is still not showing championship form. The statistics of the 'Tractorists' this season indicate that they finished less than half of the rounds with wins. Moreover, only every third of Ipswich Town's nine victories comes from away matches. We’ll place a bet that the opponents will play roughly equal football and exchange goals.