Championship

Championship | Gameweek 24

Dec 26, 2023 at 7.45pm UK

Portman Road Stadium

Ipswich
1 - 1
Leicester

Morsy (90+3')
Harness (61')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Mavididi (24')
Ndidi (53'), Pereira (58')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Championship clash between Ipswich Town and Leicester City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Ipswich Town

All competitions

Last Game: Leeds 4-0 Ipswich
Saturday, December 23 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Leicester City

All competitions

Last Game: Leicester 3-0 Rotherham
Saturday, December 23 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Ipswich Town 1-2 Leicester City

Curiously, Leicester City have lost seven of their last nine league games on Boxing Day, with their sole success an unlikely one - against Manchester City in 2018. They are not likely to slip up again on this occasion, as the league leaders travel to Portman Road following a confidence-shaking stumble for closest Championship challengers Ipswich. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Ipswich Town win with a probability of 41.42%. A win for Leicester City had a probability of 36.04% and a draw had a probability of 22.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Ipswich Town win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (5.82%) and 2-0 (5.16%). The likeliest Leicester City win was 1-2 (7.86%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.56%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood.

Result
Ipswich Town	Draw	Leicester City
41.42%	22.54%	36.04% ( 0)

Both teams to score 66.97%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

66.34% (

33.65% (

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

44.53% (

55.47%

Ipswich Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.02%

16.98% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

52.92%

47.08% (

Leicester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.66% (

19.33%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.9% (

51.1% (

Score Analysis

Ipswich Town 41.42%

Leicester City 36.04%

Draw 22.54%

Ipswich Town	Draw	Leicester City
2-1 @ 8.48% 1-0 @ 5.82% 2-0 @ 5.16% 3-1 @ 5.01% 3-2 @ 4.12% 3-0 @ 3.05% 4-1 @ 2.22% 4-2 @ 1.83% 4-0 @ 1.35% 4-3 @ 1% Other @ 3.38% Total : 41.42%	1-1 @ 9.56% 2-2 @ 6.97% 0-0 @ 3.28% 3-3 @ 2.26% Other @ 0.46% Total : 22.54%	1-2 @ 7.86% 0-1 @ 5.39% ( 0) 0-2 @ 4.43% 1-3 @ 4.31% 2-3 @ 3.82% 0-3 @ 2.43% 1-4 @ 1.77% 2-4 @ 1.57% 0-4 @ 1% ( 0) 3-4 @ 0.93% Other @ 2.54% Total : 36.04%