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Blackburn - Ipswich
England Championship - Ewood Park
Blackburn and Ipswich lock horns at Ewood Park in what promises to be an enthralling English Championship fixture on Friday, March 29th. Can Rovers derail Ipswich’s title bid in Lancashire? View our Championship betting tips for the encounter below.
Blackburn vs Ipswich prediction: Goals likely at Ewood Park
🔥 Hot Tip
Both Teams to Score
⚽ Correct Score prediction
Blackburn 1-2 Ipswich
⚽ Anytime Goalscorer
Nathan Broadhead
Key Stats
- Ipswich beat Blackburn in a seven-goal thriller (4-3) in the teams’ last meeting in September.
- Both teams managed to score in each of Blackburn’s last nine matches at Ewood Park in league and cup.
- Nathan Broadhead scored against Blackburn in September and has notched 12 times in the Championship overall this term for Ipswich.
- Ipswich have won seven of their last eight matches in the Championship.
Pre-game odds and win probability: Visitors are odds on favourites
- HOME: 12/5 (3.40) – 29.4%
- DRAW: 14/5 (3.80) – 26.3%
- AWAY: 4/5 (1.80) – 55.6%
*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change
Blackburn were in the middle of a nine-game winless slump before the international break, so they probably welcomed the chance to pause and reset. Rovers remain one of the division’s relegation-threatened outfits and while they could do with picking up points on Friday, the bookmakers reckon they have only a 29.4% chance of bloodying Ipswich’s nose.
In contrast, Ipswich didn’t want the break to come following a searing run of eight wins in nine. The Tractor Boys are well over their mid-season blip and our football tips for Friday’s clash have backed them to pick up where they left off.
Last five H2Hs: Town chasing a league double
England Championship 23/09/23
Ipswich
Blackburn
England Championship 19/01/19
Blackburn
Ipswich
England Championship 04/08/18
Ipswich
Blackburn
England Championship 14/01/17
Ipswich
Blackburn
England Championship 15/10/16
Blackburn
Ipswich
Ipswich won a topsy-turvy meeting with Blackburn at Portman Road earlier in the campaign (4-3), though we have to jet back to 2019 to find the most recent encounter between the clubs before that.
Blackburn preview: Sigurdsson a significant absentee
Amor Sigurdsson, Joe Rankin-Costello, John Fleck and Hayden Carter are all in the treatment room at Blackburn while Harry Leonard is considered a doubt. Rovers are only three points above the Championship's drop zone.
Predicted lineup: Pears – Brittain, Hyam, Wharton, Pickering – Tronstad, Buckley, Hedges, Szmodics, Dolan – Gallagher
England Championship 12/04/25
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Luton
0
Blackburn
1
England Championship 08/04/25
D
Sheff Wed
2
Blackburn
2
England Championship 04/04/25
L
Middlesbrough
2
Blackburn
0
England Championship 29/03/25
L
Portsmouth
1
Blackburn
0
England Championship 15/03/25
L
Cardiff
2
Blackburn
1
Ipswich preview: Town at full-strength again
Ipswich have had an excellent injury record this season and the Tractor Boys will take a fully fit squad to Ewood Park this week. Town are just one point off top spot in the Championship following their superb run.
Predicted lineup: Hladky – Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis – Luongo, Morsy, Burns, Hutchinson, Broadhead – Moore
England Premier League 13/04/25 D Chelsea 2 Ipswich 2 England Premier League 05/04/25 L Wolverhampton 2 Ipswich 1 England Premier League 02/04/25 W Bournemouth 1 Ipswich 2 England Premier League 15/03/25 L Nottm Forest 4 Ipswich 2 England Premier League 08/03/25 L Crystal Palace 1 Ipswich 0
Player to watch – Omari Hutchinson
It took him some time to settle, however, Omari Hutchinson is now starting to thrive at Ipswich and the 20-year-old scored twice in his last appearance for the title chasers against Sheffield Wednesday before the international break.
Loanee Hutchinson is a potential match winner
Hutchinson, who is on loan at Ipswich from Chelsea for the duration of the season, won the Championship’s Player of the Month Award for February, and his dynamic displays on the flank have helped to rekindle Town’s form.
