Ipswich vs. Fulham Betting Tips: Back goals at Portman Road on Wednesday

Championship surprise package Ipswich Town have the opportunity to eliminate Premier League opposition once again when Fulham make the dreaded visit to Portman Road for their League Cup fourth round clash on Wednesday.

Having secured promotion back to the Championship during the club's 145th season, Ipswich have not looked back since fleeing League One after four consecutive campaigns in the third tier. The Tractor Boys have lost just one game and dropped points only twice this term, sitting five points behind league leaders Leicester with a game in hand over their main competitors. Town impressed with their home win over Premier League side Wolves during the last round and will envisage a similar story when Fulham come to visit this week.

Meanwhile, Marco Silva's Fulham look like a shadow of their former selves. After unexpectedly securing a top-half finish in their immediate response since winning promotion back to the top flight, star forward Aleksandar Mitrovic's summer exit coupled with the speculation surrounding a similar loss of their manager has seen The Cottagers left completely void of personality and purpose. They edged past a Championship in Norwich during the third round, but home advantage in that tie may have been a determining factor in its eventual outcome.

Goals have been a staple of games played at Portman Road this season and Wednesday is set to be no exception in our eyes for Fulham's visit. Prospects for Fulham's season will have dwindled with their underwhelming on-pitch and boardroom performance, however, the excitement of a potential quarter-final tie in this competition may see Marco Silva travel strong to Suffolk.

Since returning to the Championship, The Blues' season ticket holders have certainly got their money's worth. Their home games have already seen mighty scorelines such as 4-3, three 3-2s, 4-2 and 3-2, giving success to this bet on all but one occasion. Compare that to how Kieran McKenna's side have travelled, with their away matches failing to his this goals line even once, finishing with four 1-0 wins in six fixtures.

Town are the Championship's joint-top scorers with 29 goals, averaging a whopping 3.1 in home matches. Meanwhile,The Cottagers have travelled slightly better than they've performed at home, well evidenced by earning a point on the road against Brighton last Sunday. They'll know they're in for a game at Portman Road and we're happy to side with this higher goals line in what could be Wednesday's eye-catching clash for the neutral.

For a lot of the reasons listed above, we believe it's worth having a punt on Ipswich to win the man inside 90 minutes. They've lost just one match in their 2023/24 slate, winning seven of their last eight and six in a row at home, including that impressive win over Wolves in this knockout tournament. Fulham are winless in their last five on the road, and while that run does include Arsenal and Manchester City, they've shown many frailties without possessing the comfort blanket of Craven Cottage.

This game should suit Ipswich who will look to push the pace and with a great degree of expectation on the Premier League outfit to have the lion's share of possession and to navigate their way through to the next round, we anticipate the second tier club having their name entered into the draw for December's quarter-finals.