Ipswich v Newcastle Betting Preview – Championship 17th April 3.00pm
Newcastle slipped up in their last away game out at Sheffield Wednesday but they should have an easier time of things at Portman Road. The Magpies have won three of their last four visits there and with Ipswich looking out of sorts at the moment, there is a big shot at three points for the visitors in this one.
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Ipswich v Newcastle Betting Tips
Ipswich are safe in the bottom half of the table and they have a decent air of resiliency about them because they have drawn a heck of a lot of games since the turn of the new year. Ipswich have picked up five draws in their last six home games in the Championship (W1) so they have been a hard side to beat at Portman Road. A 1-1 correct score at Bet365 for the game is trading at 6/1 because you can’t ignore all of those draws. The Tractor Boys lost 3-0 at St James Park earlier in the season against Newcastle and going up against the Magpies again, honestly, this is the toughest side that they will have faced for a long while in the second tier. Ipswich have scored one goal only in their last four home games against Newcastle. Therefore a Newcastle to win to nil wager at Bet365 has to have a little bit of appeal at a price of 15/8. Overall this season, the Tractor Boys have posted a W7 D10 L4 record at home and have lost just one of their last nine there.
So this should be a real work out for the Magpies who will have to try and crack that resilience from Ipswich. Newcastle do have that decent form at Portman Road going through but their current away form in the league is a bit dodgy. They have failed to win any of their last three away from St James’ Park (D2 L1) in the Championship and have failed to score in two of those three games. But still, punters may expect them to snap back to winning away form in this one. Dwight Gayle is up as favourite in the Bet365 Anytime Goalscorer market at a price of 6/5. Ayoze Perez (2) and Matt Ritchie were the scorers against Ipswich earlier in the season. The Magpies have a good overall away record of W13 D4 L4 and with the title in sight, they are going to have to pull out the stops. Under 2.5 goals at Bet365 is trading at an appealing 9/10. You can back Newcastle to win by a one-goal margin for 13/5 as it probably won’t be by a bigger margin than that if they manage to bag the three points.
Ipswich v Newcastle Betting Odds
Newcastle 4/5, Draw1/5, Ipswich 15/4
Ipswich v Newcastle Predictions
Newcastle Away Win: The away form of Newcastle has been letting them down a little bit lately but they should find the going easy enough against Ipswich. The Magpies have decent form at Portman Road, look for it to continue.
