Middlesbrough FC vs Ipswich Town FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Fri 17 Oct 2025 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Middlesbrough FC vs Ipswich Town FC — Championship .

Middlesbrough FC 46 games · 80 pts (2026/27)
Ipswich Town FC 46 games · 84 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Matt Donohue

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Middlesbrough FC 6 games · Avg 2.5 goals Ipswich Town FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-17 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Ipswich Town FC 2024-04-13 Ipswich Town FC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC 2023-12-09 Middlesbrough FC 0–2 Ipswich Town FC 2018-12-29 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Ipswich Town FC 2018-10-02 Ipswich Town FC 0–2 Middlesbrough FC

Recent Form

Middlesbrough FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Oct	Ipswich Town FC	H	2–1	W
04 Oct	Portsmouth FC	A	0–1	L
30 Sep	Stoke City FC	H	0–0	D
27 Sep	Southampton FC	A	1–1	D
19 Sep	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	2–1	W
13 Sep	Preston North End FC	A	2–2	D

Ipswich Town FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Oct	Middlesbrough FC	A	1–2	L
05 Oct	Norwich City FC	H	3–1	W
30 Sep	Bristol City FC	A	1–1	D
27 Sep	Portsmouth FC	H	2–1	W
12 Sep	Sheffield United FC	H	5–0	W
30 Aug	Derby County FC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Middlesbrough FC		Ipswich Town FC
#5	Position	#2
80	Points	84
46	Played	46
22 / 14 / 10	W / D / L	23 / 15 / 8
72	Scored	80
47	Conceded	47
+25	GD	+33
1.74	PPG	1.83
48%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Middlesbrough FC are 5th (80 pts). Ipswich Town FC are 2nd (84 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Middlesbrough FC and Ipswich Town FC.
The final score is 2-1.

Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

Ipswich Town FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Muhamed Besic	1
Kasey McAteer	1
Stewart Downing	1
David Strelec	1
Muhamed Besic	1
Tommy Conway	1
Stewart Downing	1
Marcus Tavernier	1

Head to Head

Middlesbrough FC Form

2025-10-17 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Ipswich Town FC W 2025-10-04 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Middlesbrough FC L 2025-09-30 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Stoke City FC D 2025-09-27 Southampton FC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC D 2025-09-19 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2025-09-13 Preston North End FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC D

Ipswich Town FC Form

2025-10-17 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Ipswich Town FC L 2025-10-05 Ipswich Town FC 3–1 Norwich City FC W 2025-09-30 Bristol City FC 1–1 Ipswich Town FC D 2025-09-27 Ipswich Town FC 2–1 Portsmouth FC W 2025-09-12 Ipswich Town FC 5–0 Sheffield United FC W 2025-08-30 Ipswich Town FC 2–2 Derby County FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.46 Middlesbrough FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.08 Ipswich Town FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC47% Draw27% Ipswich Town FC26%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.54

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Middlesbrough FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Ipswich Town FC

53%

Middlesbrough FC or Ipswich Town FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Middlesbrough FC31% Draw48% Ipswich Town FC21%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.4%

1 – 0

10.5%

0 – 0

10%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

8.1%

0 – 1

7.5%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

4.8%

0 – 2

4.5%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC

Handicap	Middlesbrough FC covers	Push	Ipswich Town FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	22%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	16%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Ipswich Town FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.