Source: Team_Talk
Di Matteo: Keane will be a success
Keane's men have picked up just one point from their first three games and head to The Hawthorns for the late afternoon kick-off desperate to get their season up and running.
Di Matteo, whose Albion side are one of a number to sit on a healthy seven points, relished his battles with Keane as a player and believes those fighting qualities will soon come out.
The Italian said: "I think at the end of the season Ipswich will be up there. We had a few battles during our careers and I always enjoyed them. It was hard and tough but always fair.
"Ipswich will be very determined because they want to pick up some points. They will come here and make our life as difficult as possible and they will try not to give us any chances."
Keane admitted his side have made a slow start but said the occasion of a trip to one of the Championship promotion favourites will present a timely challenge for his struggling team.
He told the club's website: "We have not got up and running yet and we certainly have to improve in terms of results and in the quality of our play. We can't keep giving ourselves mountains to climb."
