Ipswich Town v Sheffield Wednesday: play-off push meets survival fight | OneFootball

Ipswich Town host Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship at Portman Road on Saturday, 20 December 2025, with a play-off push meeting a survival bid. The hosts sit fifth, while the visitors are 24th after just one win.

Ipswich Town beat Sheffield Wednesday 6-0 in March 2024 and arrive in the top six with 34 points, while the visitors are bottom on -9. The wider picture frames a high-stakes meeting for both ends of the table.

The Tractor Boys have taken two wins and a draw from their last five league games, including back to back home victories over Coventry and Stoke before defeat at Leicester. The Owls are winless in five, with four defeats in that run and a draw at Watford.

Conor Townsend is out for the hosts, with Wesley Burns and Sindre Egeli also sidelined. The Owls are without Nathan Redmond and Di'Shon Bernard, while Olaf Kobacki is also injured, trimming options for Henrik Pedersen.

The Tractor Boys have scored 35 league goals and average 1.7 per game with 55% possession and 81.89% pass accuracy, while the Owls have conceded 40 at a rate of 2.0 per game. Jaden Philogene has seven league goals, George Hirst six, and Marcelino Núñez has supplied five assists. Those threats could test a stretched away defence.

A win would lift the Tractor Boys to 37 points and could nudge them up within the play-off places. Victory for the Owls would move them to -6 and cut the deficit in the survival fight, though they would remain in the relegation zone.