Boxing day brings us the derby in the Championship. After losing to Leeds 4-0, Ipswich will welcome the toughest opponent from the league, Leicester. There is no doubt that Ipswich is the biggest surprise of the league season. After promotion from League One last season, after 23 rounds they are in second place in the table and with 52 points they are six points behind Leicester and seven points more than Leeds and Southampton. How well they are playing this season is shown by the fact that they have won more points than the winners of the Championship in the last 20 years. Every team with this number of points at the halfway point of the season entered the promotion. They suffered a heavy defeat against Leeds on Saturday in a game in which they only had two shots on goal. It was their second consecutive game without a win in the league. Certainly, one bad match does not mean that there has been a drop in form, but it is quite certain that they did not need such a defeat against the best team in the league. This season Ipswich, together with Leicester, have the best attack in the league, but they allow more goals than they should. Especially at home. They are fantastic at home with nine wins in 11 games, but their nine home games have ended with both teams scoring.

Leicester is breaking all the records in the history of the Championship this year. After 23 games, they are leading with 19 wins and 58 points. Never in history has a team had as many points after 23 games as Leicester. As expected, they don't have too many problems in the league, because it is really a very high-quality team, which has too much quality for the championship and they definitely have a place in the Premier League. They have 6 points more than Ipswich and 13 points more than Leeds and Southampton. A potential victory in Ipswich will make a big difference at the top. Despite the relegation from the Premier League, important players such as Vardy, Dak, Dewsbury-Hall and many others did not leave the team. By all parameters, Leicester is by far the best team in the league. They have the best attack in the league with 47 goals scored, the best defense in the league with 16 goals conceded, they are in the best shape, and playing at home or away doesn't make any difference to them. At home they won 30 points after 12 games and away they won 28 after 11 rounds. Ipswich are really playing great this season and this is one of the matches that can go either way, but I honestly think that Leicester is a much better opponent and that they have a great chance to win at least one point in this match.

节礼日为我们带来了英冠德比。在0 - 4不敌利兹之后，伊普斯维奇将迎来联赛中最难对付的对手——莱斯特城。毫无疑问，伊普斯维奇是本赛季联赛最大的惊喜。上赛季从英甲晋级后，经过23轮的比赛，他们以52分的积分排在积分榜的第二位，落后莱斯特城6分，比利兹和南安普顿多7分。他们这个赛季的表现可以从他们赢得的积分比过去20年的冠军还要多这一事实中看出。每支在赛季中期得分达到这个数字的球队都进入了升班期。他们在周六与利兹联队的比赛中惨败，那场比赛他们只有两次射门。这是他们在联赛中连续第二场没有获胜。当然，一场糟糕的比赛并不意味着状态下降，但可以肯定的是，他们不需要在面对联赛中最好的球队时遭遇这样的失败。本赛季伊普斯维奇和莱斯特城拥有联赛中最好的进攻，但是他们丢的球太多了。尤其是在家里。他们在主场的11场比赛中取得了9场胜利，但他们的9场主场比赛都以两队得分告终。

莱斯特城今年打破了英冠历史上的所有记录。23场比赛后，他们以19胜58分领先。历史上从来没有一支球队像莱斯特城这样在23场比赛后就能拿到这么多分。正如预期的那样，他们在联赛中没有太多的问题，因为这是一支非常高质量的球队，有足够的实力争夺冠军，他们在英超联赛中绝对有一席之地。他们比伊普斯维奇多6分，比利兹和南安普顿多13分。在伊普斯维奇的一场潜在胜利将在积分榜上产生巨大的影响。尽管从英超降级，重要的球员，如瓦尔迪，达克，杜斯伯里-霍尔和许多其他人并没有离开球队。从各方面来看，莱斯特城都是目前联赛中最好的球队。他们有联赛中最好的进攻，打进47球，联赛中最好的防守，丢了16球，他们的状态最好，无论在主场还是客场比赛对他们来说都没有任何区别。12场比赛后，他们在主场赢了30分，11轮比赛后，他们在客场赢了28分。伊普斯维奇本赛季踢得很好，这是两场比赛中的一场，但老实说，我认为莱斯特城是一个更好的对手，他们有很大的机会在这场比赛中至少赢得一分。