Chelsea - Ipswich Town predictions

Chelsea should stroll into a fairly easy victory this Sunday. The odds are decidedly in their favour, with most top bookies pricing a home win at 1.30.

From the current standpoint, the situation is obvious. Given the strength of Chelsea and the 8.91 odds given to Ipswich Town to win, it is easy to see that a win for the visiting team would be a stunning surprise.

The Blues played their previous Premier League match away and walked away with a rather disheartening draw. Although initial predictions were relatively optimistic, they failed to gain a lead throughout the match and the two teams were tied from beginning to end.

Ipswich Town dropped an early lead against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the previous round of Premier League, which ultimately resulted in a narrow 1:2 loss for them. Most online sportsbooks and pundits saw the teams as evenly matched, though Ipswich Town had a home-field advantage.

Chelsea leave quite the impression whenever we see them play in front of their fans at Stamford Bridge. They scored more than 5 goals in total the last 3 times they did so, which is a solidly impressive record.

The visitors’ main concern will be cutting down the concession rate. They conceded more than 5 times in their latest 3 matches, and bucking the trend will be a great step in the right direction.

If they keep their current spot number 4th, we’ll be seeing The Blues in the next Champions League. That said, the league title is well within reach as well.

Ipswich Town are way down in the relegation zone, and they’d need another 0 points to move up. They’ve displayed quite a poor form so far, however, and most bookmakers online are expecting them to lose. The end of the season is rapidly approaching as well, so even their most ardent supporters aren’t feeling too confident.

Surprisingly enough, the hosts already lost to Ipswich Town once this season. This came as a bit of an upset, to say the least, considering they are widely believed to be the stronger team.

Decent offers are in short supply for this match, so our best tip is to risk an HT/FT bet and go for Draw/Home. It’s quite a bold offer to take at odds of 6.27, but the betting value makes it interesting.