Ipswich meet Norwich in a mid-table East Anglian derby in 2025-26 Sky Bet Championship.
Victory will lift Ipswich up to ninth in the table, whilst Norwich can leapfrog the Tractor Boys and climb to 16th with a win.
Team News
Ipswich have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 1-1 draw at Bristol City.
Wes Burns and Conor Townsend both remain sidelined with ACL injuries.
Norwich will have Kenny McLean available despite the winger struggling with a back injury in recent weeks, which saw him substituted in their 1-0 home loss to West Brom in midweek.
Ben Chrisene (hamstring) and Matias Kvistgaarden (knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Ipswich host Norwich at Portman Road on Sunday 5 October at 12pm BST, live on Sky Sports Main Event, Football, ITV1 and ITVX in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Ipswich are winless in their last 12 regular-season league meetings against Norwich (D5, L7).
- Norwich have avoided defeat in their last six regular-season trips to Ipswich (W3, D3).
- Ipswich has never drawn three consecutive home games against Norwich in all competitions.
- Ipswich’s Jaden Philogene has converted four of his shots on target into goals this season.
- No Norwich player has created more shots this season than Josh Sargent, with the American having produced 22 shots in eight appearances.
Prediction
Despite suffering just one defeat in their last six games, Ipswich are simply drawing too many games at the minute which is a concern if want to mount a proper promotion challenge, as their defence has just one clean sheet yet their defence is still delivering goals.
Norwich are in a similar boat defensively with just one clean sheet too having failed to win any of their last four matches and were incredibly wasteful in their midweek defeat to West Brom, but they can take heart from their strong record in this East Anglian derby.
In terms of predictions, I do see goals at both ends of the pitch but if Ipswich can maintain their goalscoring momentum, I fancy them to end their East Anglian derby rut.
Prediction: Ipswich 2-1 Norwich
Result: Ipswich 3-1 Norwich