Ipswich Town - Preston North End Under other circumstances, this match would be one of the classic "no bet", however, the developments of the last days by Ipswich, with the assumption of the technical leadership by Paul Lambert changed the data, forcing us to put it in ... microscope.
Without the coaches being miraculous in any case, we have mentioned many times the usually positive effect that such a move can have, usually changing the climate (psychology, if you prefer) of each team and especially at the beginning of the term. Something like this comes to mind in this case, being a very experienced coach, even if it is a fact that he will need a lot of work to "lay" his new team.
The timing, however, looks good, in the sense that in his debut he achieves the equally problematic Preston, which on the one hand has its many racing "issues", on the other hand it is the team with the worst harvest in terms of away games with only two points at seven (0-2-5 the relevant record). It is obvious, then, that he has striking weaknesses, therefore to be offered to us as a clear favorite probably does not stand, with the 3,42 of the ace in the goalbet being played in my eyes just fine.
For fans of the "little ones", note that the two previous times that Paul Lambert made his debut with a team in the Championship, in both cases and coincidentally again in November, the first opponent was ... Preston: in November 2015 on won 1-3 away as Blackburn coach and in November 2016 drew 0-0 as Wolves' guest coach.
