Portman Road gave Ipswich a serious advantage last season. Only one Championship side left there with a league win, while Town picked up 14 victories on their own ground. By the end of May, that home record had helped carry them to second place and straight back into the Premier League.
The season finished on 84 points, with 80 goals scored and 47 allowed. Jack Clarke chipped in 16 of those goals, but Ipswich weren’t relying on chaos at the other end to get results. Seventeen clean sheets made their defensive record one of the strongest in the Championship.
Kieran McKenna’s departure changes the picture quite a bit. Gary O’Neil now has the job, and he inherits plenty of players who experienced Ipswich’s last Premier League season rather than arriving completely new to the level. His previous work with Bournemouth and Wolves also means a relegation battle won’t be unfamiliar territory.
For 2026/27, two Ipswich Town stats feel particularly useful: home results and goals conceded. If Portman Road remains awkward and that defensive record survives the step up reasonably well, Ipswich give themselves something to build around.
Their results, fixtures and player numbers can sit alongside BetVictor’s wider football stats coverage. The current Premier League betting section gives the wider league context throughout the season. Both URLs are live.
