West Bromwich Albion FC vs Ipswich Town FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
West Bromwich Albion FC vs Ipswich Town FC — Championship at The Hawthorns.
- West Bromwich Albion FC 46 games · 51 pts (2025/26)
- Ipswich Town FC 46 games · 84 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Matt Donohue
27 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 2.8 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Ipswich Town FC H 0–0 D 21 Apr Watford FC H 3–0 W 18 Apr Preston North End FC A 2–0 W 10 Apr Millwall FC H 0–0 D 06 Apr Blackburn Rovers FC A 0–0 D 03 Apr Wrexham AFC H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr West Bromwich Albion FC A 0–0 D 22 Apr Charlton Athletic FC A 2–1 W 19 Apr Middlesbrough FC H 2–2 D 14 Apr Portsmouth FC A 0–2 L 11 Apr Norwich City FC A 2–0 W 06 Apr Birmingham City FC H 2–1 W Season Stats
West Bromwich Albion FC Ipswich Town FC #21 Position #2 51 Points 84 46 Played 46 13 / 14 / 19 W / D / L 23 / 15 / 8 48 Scored 80 58 Conceded 47 -10 GD +33 1.11 PPG 1.83 28% Win % 50% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
West Bromwich Albion FC this season37% Clean Sheets
Ipswich Town FC this seasonWest Bromwich Albion FC are 21st (51 pts). Ipswich Town FC are 2nd (84 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
West Bromwich Albion FC0-151/–16-301/–31-452/246-60–/161-751/176+2/–■ Scored ■ ConcededIpswich Town FC0-153/116-301/131-454/346-602/161-75–/176+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
West Bromwich Albion FCAune Heggebo 9 G 4 A Isaac Price 8 G 2 A Ipswich Town FCJack Clarke 16 G 1 A Jaden Philogene-Bidace 12 G 2 A George Hirst 11 G 3 A Anis Mehmeti 10 G 7 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at The Hawthorns. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Ipswich Town FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' The travelling Ipswich Town FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' It’s high time Kieran McKenna made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Ipswich Town FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 27' A meaty challenge results in booking for Cedric Kipre on 27.
- 32' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 37' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for George Campbell suffering a number of foals already.
- 42' Ipswich Town FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 47' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ousmane Diakite, as he is very good at scoring at The Hawthorns with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 52' Ipswich Town FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 57' It’s a booking for Ipswich Town FC player. Azor Matusiwa gets a card.
- 58' West Bromwich Albion FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 58.
- 63' Jaden Philogene-Bidace needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 65' The Ipswich Town FC manager makes a substitution. Anis Mehmeti departs to be replaced by Marcelino Nunez.
- 70' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Ipswich Town FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 71' West Bromwich Albion FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Josh Maja is hanging Daryl Dike on the field on 71 minute.
- 75' The supporters are chanting for George Hirst. He replaces Ivan Azon on 75 minute.
- 79' The referee calls foul for George Campbell. He receives a card.
- 80' Another substitution for West Bromwich Albion FC to replace Alex Mowatt by Karlan Grant on 80 minute.
- 85' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nathaniel Phillips made 438 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 88' Time for substitution for West Bromwich Albion FC. Aune Heggebo is replaced by Tammer Bany.
- 90' Ipswich Town FC player sees a card in front of him.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
West Bromwich Albion FC Lineups
Starting XI
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27
Alex Mowatt ↓ Karlan Grant 80'
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- 8
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19
Aune Heggebo ↓ Tammer Bany 88'
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- 6
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12
Daryl Dike ↓ Josh Maja 71'
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- 21
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- 30
Bench
- 29
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9
Josh Maja ↑ 71'
- 20
- 14
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10
Karlan Grant ↑ 80'
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26
Tammer Bany ↑ 88'
- 49
- 18
- 37
Coach James MorrisonIpswich Town FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 26
- 19
- 47
- 28
- 4
- 14
- 5
- 24
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33
Anis Mehmeti ↓ Marcelino Nunez 65'
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20
Kasey McAteer ↓ Wes Burns 75'
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31
Ivan Azon ↓ George Hirst 75'
Bench
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7
Wes Burns ↑ 75'
- 29
- 12
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- 18
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9
George Hirst ↑ 75'
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32
Marcelino Nunez ↑ 65'
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11
Jaden Philogene-Bidace ↑ 65'
Coach Kieran McKenna -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Stefan Johansen 1 Jon Nolan 1 Grady Diangana 1 Darnell Furlong 1 John Swift 1 Tom Fellows 1 Nathan Broadhead 1 Omari Hutchinson 1 Head to Head
West Bromwich Albion FC Form
2026-04-25 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Ipswich Town FC D 2026-04-21 West Bromwich Albion FC 3–0 Watford FC W 2026-04-18 Preston North End FC 0–2 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2026-04-10 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Millwall FC D 2026-04-06 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2026-04-03 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–2 Wrexham AFC DIpswich Town FC Form
2026-04-25 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Ipswich Town FC D 2026-04-22 Charlton Athletic FC 1–2 Ipswich Town FC W 2026-04-19 Ipswich Town FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC D 2026-04-14 Portsmouth FC 2–0 Ipswich Town FC L 2026-04-11 Norwich City FC 0–2 Ipswich Town FC W 2026-04-06 Ipswich Town FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.97 West Bromwich Albion FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.17 Ipswich Town FC xGI would bet for: West Bromwich Albion FC or Ipswich Town FC 69% + Under 2.5 goals 64%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.14Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 63% 37% ± 2.5 36% 64% ± 3.5 17% 83% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
West Bromwich Albion FC or Draw 64%Draw or Ipswich Town FC 67%West Bromwich Albion FC or Ipswich Town FC 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.3%0 – 0 Actual0 – 1 12.5%1 – 0 10.2%0 – 2 7.7%1 – 2 7.6%2 – 1 6.3%2 – 0 5.3%2 – 2 3.8%1 – 3 3%0 – 3 2.9%3 – 1 2.1%Asian Handicap — West Bromwich Albion FC
Handicap West Bromwich Albion FC covers Push Ipswich Town FC covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 8% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 18% 71% -0.5 29% — 71% +0.5 62% — 38% +1 62% 22% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 11% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
West Bromwich Albion FC keeps clean sheet 32% ✗Ipswich Town FC keeps clean sheet 38% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.