Ipswich Town couldn’t have been handed a much more challenging start to life back in the Premier League as they follow up their opener against Liverpool with a trip to Manchester City.
The Tractor Boys turned out for their first Premier League match since 2002 last weekend when they hosted Liverpool. Despite a respectable performance, they fell to a 2-0 defeat following goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah.
Things get even trickier this Saturday as they visit the Premier League champions. The two clubs haven’t crossed paths for almost 23 years and it promises to be a very different affair this weekend.
Man City began the defence of their title with a convincing 2-0 victory over Chelsea. Erling Haaland opened his account as he pursues a third successive Golden Boot and former Blues midfielder Mateo Kovacic added some gloss to the scoreline late on. Pep Guardiola should have even more players at his disposal for the visit of Ipswich.
Here is 90min’s guide to Man City vs Ipswich at the Etihad.
Man City vs Ipswich H2H Record (Last Five Games)
Current form (all competitions)
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Chelsea 0-2 Man City – 18/08/24 |
Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool – 17/08/24 |
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Man City 1-1 (7-6p) Man Utd – 10/08/24 |
Ipswich 1-0 Nice – 10/08/24 |
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Man City 4-2 Chelsea – 03/08/24 |
Hoffenheim 0-1 Ipswich – 03/08/24 |
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Man City 2-2 Barcelona – 31/07/24 |
Ipswich 1-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf – 27/07/24 |
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Man City 2-3 Milan – 27/07/24 |
Ipswich 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk – 20/07/24 |
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Man City may have to cope without linchpin Rodri once again as the Spaniard recovers from a hamstring injury suffered in the Euro 2024 final. However, he hasn’t been ruled out of the clash with Ipswich yet.
Oscar Bobb will miss the visit of the Suffolk side as he stares at several months on the sidelines and summer recruit Savinho could also be absent after sustaining a knock on his competitive debut against Chelsea.
Kyle Walker and John Stones should be fit and raring to go for the Cityzens, with Jack Grealish also available again.
Man City predicted lineup vs Ipswich (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Walker, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Silva, Kovacic; Savinho, De Bruyne, Doku; Haaland.
Kieran McKenna will be without a number of players for the trip to Man City, including summer loan signing Kalvin Phillips who is ineligible to…
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