Derby County vs Ipswich Town Prediction & Betting Tips - League One

Prediction published on 29/03/2023, 18:00  by Steve Ashfield in Football Predictions

Derby County are sixth in League One and struggling to stay in the promotion play-off positions. They host third placed Ipswich Town who definitely have their eyes on automatic promotion to the Championship. Derby are only a point clear of seventh placed Peterborough and dropping down to that position would doom them to another season in League One. Their current form is worrying though with three of their last four league fixtures being lost. The most recent of those was a 2-0 loss at Peterborough last weekend. The Rams have a strong home record with 12 league wins this season and only three defeats. However, they have no wins in their last two at home, being beaten by Fleetwood Town in their most recent match. Four goals have been conceded in their last two home league fixtures.

Ipswich Town are only four points behind Sheffield Wednesday who are in the second and final automatic promotion place. They have a game in hand on Wednesday who are struggling for form at present. Ipswich come into this match in top form with six straight league wins. Even better, all of those matches were won to nil and Derby face a tough task getting past their defence. Ipswich have now won 21 league games this season with 12 draws and just four losses. They have won nine of their away league matches with 30 goals scored. Ipswich are unbeaten in their last four away games in League One. They won the reverse fixture 1-0 and our tip here is for them to get a win here to boost their automatic promotion hopes.