West Bromwich Albion vs Ipswich Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to grounds 3 consecutive wins, in-form West Bromwich Albion big Ipswich Town astatine The Hawthorns successful the Championship connected Saturday.

The Baggies enjoyed a marvellous three-goal occurrence implicit Watford earlier successful the week, whilst the Tractor Boys picked up maximum points astatine the location of Charlton Athletic.

Match preview

Since a sobering 2-1 decision astatine relegation rivals Oxford United connected February 28, West Brom person strung unneurotic a miraculous nine-game unbeaten tally (W4 D5) to all-but unafraid their Championship safety.

Barring a dense points deduction owed to an alleged breach of the EFL's profitability and sustainability rules, the Baggies volition beryllium plying their commercialized successful the 2nd tier adjacent word aft Tuesday's comfy triumph implicit Watford.

Issac Price and Daryl Dike enactment the hosts 2 goals up astatine The Hawthorns against the disinterested Hornets, earlier right-back Danny Imray netted his maiden onslaught for West Brom successful the 2nd period.

Now connected a ngo to seal 3 consecutive second-tier wins for the archetypal clip since the days of Carlos Corberan successful September 2024, Albion are sitting comparatively beauteous successful 18th spot, 8 points supra 22nd-placed Oxford.

Since a two-goal nonaccomplishment to champions Coventry City connected February 21, West Brom person enjoyed a six-match unbeaten tally (W2 D4) astatine their Black Country base, collecting a respectable tally of 10 points.

Whilst West Brom whitethorn person already reached their extremity with 2 matches of their regular play remaining, Ipswich Town are inactive successful the vigor of the contention for automatic promotion to the Premier League.

The postulation of conscionable a azygous constituent crossed fixtures with Portsmouth and Middlesbrough dented the Tractor Boys' hopes of a top-two finish, however, Wednesday night's travel to the superior provided a large changeable successful the arm.

Responding from an aboriginal setback arsenic Greg Docherty enactment Charlton up wrong the opening infinitesimal of the contest, Ipswich managed a comeback occurrence courtesy of efforts from erstwhile Baggies antheral Darnell Furlong and winger Jaden Philogene.

After picking up their 22nd triumph of the 2025-26 campaign, Kieran McKenna's broadside are sitting successful 2nd spot successful the Championship table, level connected points with Millwall successful 3rd spot, with the Lions having crucially played a crippled much than the East Anglians.

Only appearing disconnected the seat for 20 minutes astatine The Valley earlier successful the week, 15-strike Jack Clarke is Ipswich's starring marksman this term, with the ex-Sunderland prima netting the lone extremity erstwhile the Tractor Boys met West Brom astatine Portman Road backmost successful October.

West Bromwich Albion Championship form:

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Ipswich Town Championship form:

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Team News

West Brom stay without the services of nine skipper Jed Wallace, who is acceptable to beryllium sidelined for the remainder of the play with a calf problem.

Suffering a breached limb astatine Oxford successful February, Mikey Johnston volition instrumentality to enactment for the Baggies adjacent season.

In the midst of a four-game streak of cleanable sheets, the hosts are acceptable to proceed with a centre-back pairing of Nat Phillips and American George Campbell.

Ipswich person a fewer West Brom alumni successful their aesculapian country astatine the moment, including left-back Conor Townsend (knee).

Remembered successful a much antagonistic airy by those of an Albion persuasion, goalkeeper David Button (hamstring) is besides retired of enactment for the Tractor Boys.

West Bromwich Albion imaginable starting lineup:

O'Leary; Imray, Phillips, Campbell, Styles; Molumby, Diakite, Mowatt, Price; Dike, Maja

Ipswich Town imaginable starting lineup:

Walton; Furlong, O'Shea, Greaves, Johnson; Matusiwa, Taylor, McAteer, Mehmeti, Philogene; Azon

We say: West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Ipswich Town

With information fundamentally secured, West Brom could instrumentality their ft disconnected the state astatine The Hawthorns connected Saturday.

That would unfastened to the doorway for Ipswich to assertion back-to-back wins successful their aggravated pursuit of Premier League football.

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