Ace Football previews the Premier League game between Ipswich and Manchester City who meet up on Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Manchester City are highly favoured to claim a win against Ipswich, whom they face this coming Sunday. In their current shape, a win at Portman Road seems to be the obvious outcome.
Ipswich are number 18 in the table on 16 points after 21 matches. Manchester City rank as number 6 with 35 points after 21 matches played.
Form: Ipswich vs Manchester City
Ipswich Form
Ipswich have seen it all in their last three matches, which added four points to their account. They first shared the points in a 2-2 draw with Fulham, before claiming 3 points in a 3-0 win against Bristol Rovers. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Brighton. Ipswich only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Portman Road in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded ten goals.
Manchester City Form
In their three most recent outings, Manchester City won 4-1 and 8-0 against West Ham and Salford City, before drawing 2-2 against Brentford. Manchester City only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by ten goals to eight.
Betting stats and facts for Ipswich and Manchester City
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Ipswich and Manchester City. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 15 of the last 17 Ipswich home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Ipswich home matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Ipswich matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Ipswich matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Ipswich matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 3 Manchester City matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Manchester City matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Manchester City away matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Manchester City away matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Manchester City matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: Ipswich vs Manchester City
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Liam Delap, who is performing well for Ipswich. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Manchester City.The visitors will be looking to Phil Foden to find the net once again, after managing four Premier League goals for Manchester City in recent matches.
Betting markets: Ipswich vs Manchester City
Full-time result
Ipswich won two of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Portman Road. They drew three and lost five as well, while Manchester City won one of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost seven. Manchester City were on the scoreboard at least once in their previous 8 matches.
Both teams to score
Ipswich scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Manchester City got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Manchester City managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Ipswich have scored in 5 consecutive league meetings with Manchester City.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Ipswich, who scored an average of one goal along the way. In the last ten games for Manchester City, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.4 times goals per game themselves. Manchester City scored at least once in their previous 8 matches on the bounce.