Portman Road hosts Ipswich Town and West Brom in the Saturday early kick off in the Championship. Ipswich are looking to return to the automatic promotion spots, whereas West Brom look to continue building a gap in the Play-off spots.
Ipswich currently sit fourth in the Championship after 29 games. The Tractor Boys have 17 wins, eight draws and four losses, leaving them on 59 points, only two points from Southampton in the automatic promotion spot and just one point from Leeds in third.
In their last five games in all competitions, Ipswich have two wins, one draw and two losses.
The Third Round of the FA Cup, Ipswich took on League Two Wimbledon. A Josh Davison own goal gave Ipswich the lead in the eighth minute, but a penalty from Jake Reeves levelled it for Wimbledon. A goal from Axel Tuanzebe regained the lead for Ipswich before halftime, and following the red card to Wimbledon’s Harry Pell early in the second half, Jack Taylor’s late goal secured the 3 - 1 win for Ipswich. Back in the Championship, Ipswich hosted Sunderland. Jack Clarke gave Sunderland the lead, but Kayden Jackson and Conor Chaplin both scored to give Ipswich the 2 - 1 win.
The trip to top of the league Leicester saw a Leif Davis own goal give The Foxes the 1 - 0 lead. However, in the 89th minute Jeremy Sarmiento grabbed a goal as the game finished as a 1 - 1 draw. In the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, Ipswich hosted National League South Maidstone United. Lamar Reynolds gave Maidstone the unlikely 1 - 0 lead at halftime. Sarmiento equalised early in the second half, but a goal from Sam Corne gave Maidstone the shock 2 - 1 win.
The last time out for Ipswich was against Preston. A brace from Will Keane and an own goal from George Edmundson gave Preston the 3 - 0 lead at halftime. Despite a brace from Kieffer Moore, Preston held on for the 3 - 2 win.
West Brom sit just below Ipswich in fifth in the Championship. In 29 games, The Baggies have 14 wins, six draws and nine losses which leaves them on 48 points, 11 points behind Ipswich and just three points within the Play-offs.
In their last five games in all competitions, West Brom have three wins and two losses.
In the Third Round of the FA Cup, West Brom hosted National League Aldershot Town. Oliver Bray grabbed a goal for Aldershot in the 95th minute, but goals from Nathaniel Chalobah, Jovan Malcolm, Daryl Dike and Tom Fellows gave West Brom the 4 - 1 win. Back in the Championship, West Brom picked up another 4 - 1 win, this time against Blackburn. Fellows opened the scoring and a brace from Brandon Thomas-Asante along with an own goal from Dominic Hyam, gave West Brom the win.
Josh Sargent and Jonathan Rowe both scored in the 2 - 0 win for Norwich over West Brom. The Fourth Round of the FA Cup saw a fiery clash between West Brom and Wolves. Pedro Neto and Matheus Cunha were on the scoresheet in the 2 - 0 win for Wolves.
The most recent outing for West Brom was against Birmingham. Andreas Weimann scored the only goal of the game in the 85th minute for the 1 - 0 win for West Brom.
This will be the 75th meeting between Ipswich and West Brom, with the first meeting coming back in 1961. Ipswich have the better record in the fixture with 34 wins in comparison to West Brom’s 23 wins, with the other 17 games ending in a draw.
