Premier League: Ipswich vs Liverpool – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 3 match between Ipswich and Liverpool and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Ipswich hope to live up to their early billing as the Premier League title favourites on Friday when they welcome Liverpool over to the Portman Road for a round 3 match.

Ipswich put three points on the board from the first two rounds of the Premier League season. With the advantage of playing at Portman Road they will be hopeful of three more points against Liverpool.

Team form: Ipswich vs Liverpool

Ipswich Form

In their last three matches, Ipswich beat Sunderland by 2-1 and Leicester by 3-1, before losing against Manchester United by 5-2. Ipswich just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the Portman Road. They also drew zero and lost five of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded 15 goals.

Liverpool Form

Having recorded three draws from their previous three matches without winning, Liverpool are on the lookout for a win again. Against Brentford, they settled for a 1-1 draw, before finishing level with Newcastle in a 2-2 draw. In their latest match, they once again had to settle for a draw after a 2-2 match against Nottingham Forest. Liverpool claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 14 goals to ten.

Betting stats and facts for Ipswich and Liverpool

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Ipswich and Liverpool. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Ipswich vs Liverpool

It is the beginning of a new Premier League campaign, and both Ipswich and Liverpool will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Popular betting markets: Ipswich vs Liverpool

Full-time result

Ipswich won six of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing one as well. Liverpool won two from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost seven in this run. Liverpool conceded a goal in their 8 most recent matches. Liverpool have not lost to Ipswich in 6 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Ipswich scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Curiously, Liverpool only scored the opening goal of the match in one of the last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 6 consecutive away games Liverpool played. Ipswich managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Liverpool have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Ipswich when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Ipswich, who scored an average of 2.1 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Liverpool, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.8 times goals per game. Astonishingly, Ipswich conceded a goal in their last 21 matches. Liverpool are on a fine streak of scoring at least one goal in their last 19 matches.