Championship 25/26 · 17 Jan 2026

Ipswich Town 3–0 Blackburn Rovers

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Ipswich Town favourites at 61%.

Ipswich Town won and made the better chances: 3.0 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Sean McLoughlin, 62.3 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Sean McLoughlin +19.7, Eiran Cashin +8.8.

Well below it: George Hirst −16.6, Leif Davis −13.2, Azor Matusiwa −10.8.

Each side's last five results before this match.

1 Jan 2026	W 2–1	v Oxford United Championship
29 Dec 2025	W 2–0	at Coventry City Championship
26 Dec 2025	D 0–0	at Millwall Championship
20 Dec 2025	W 3–1	v Sheffield Wednesday Championship
13 Dec 2025	L 1–3	at Leicester City Championship

4 Jan 2026	D 2–2	v Charlton Athletic Championship
1 Jan 2026	L 0–2	v Wrexham Championship
29 Dec 2025	D 0–0	at Sheffield Wednesday Championship
26 Dec 2025	D 0–0	at Middlesbrough Championship
20 Dec 2025	W 2–0	v Millwall Championship

2 Dec 2025	Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Ipswich Town Championship

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Jens-Lys Cajuste Midfielder	11	0	0	–	99.5	–
Sammie Szmodics Midfielder	11	1	0	0.61	70.9	–
Wes Burns Midfielder	22	0	1	–	55.7	–
Christian Walton Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	52.2	−0.8
Cédric Kipré Defender	90	0	0	0.06	44.9	+2.6
Jack Taylor Midfielder	79	1	0	0.28	40.4	−0.2
Jack Clarke Midfielder	51	0	0	0.16	35.1	−8.7
Marcelino Núñez Midfielder	79	0	0	0.84	34.5	−10.2
Dara O'Shea Defender	90	0	0	0.33	33.2	−8.9
Azor Matusiwa Midfielder	90	0	0	–	32.0	−10.8
Ivan Azón Forward	22	0	0	0.34	31.0	–
George Hirst Forward	68	0	0	0.01	28.7	−16.6
Sindre Walle Egeli Midfielder	68	0	0	0.39	27.6	−5.6
Darnell Furlong Defender	90	0	0	–	25.5	−5.3
Leif Davis Defender	90	0	0	–	22.2	−13.2
Jaden Philogene-Bidace Midfielder	39	0	0	–	20.5	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Sean McLoughlin Defender	90	–	62.3	+19.7
Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper	90	–	50.7	+1.5
Aodhan Doherty Midfielder	1	–	49.0	–
Eiran Cashin Defender	90	0.01	47.3	+8.8
Todd Cantwell Midfielder	90	–	46.7	+7.6
Sondre Tronstad Midfielder	89	0.02	45.8	+3.8
Axel Henriksson Midfielder	45	0.21	43.0	+7.1
Tom Atcheson Defender	90	–	42.7	–
Yuki Ohashi Forward	89	0.05	42.0	+3.9
Mathias Jørgensen Forward	45	0.04	38.8	−2.3
Moussa Baradji Midfielder	90	0.16	38.6	−0.3
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Midfielder	90	0.17	37.6	+1.7
Dion De Neve Midfielder	90	–	36.7	−0.4
Adam Forshaw Midfielder	1	–	5.4	–