Ipswich Town vs Liverpool Prediction

The opening weekend of the Premier League season is finally upon us and what a way to kick things off on Saturday 17th August 2024. Newly promoted Ipswich Town taking on Liverpool at Portman Road.

Ipswich Town vs Liverpool Key Stats

• Ipswich have won 2 of their last 3 games
• Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 9 games in all competitions
• Liverpool have kept 4 clean sheets in their last 6 including against Manchester United and Real Betis
• Liverpool have scored 12 goals in their last 6 conceding just 2

Ipswich Town vs Liverpool Previous Meetings

This is set to be the 73rd meeting between these two sides having played each other 72 times already in their histories.

Liverpool have a huge advantage in terms of head to heads having won 37 of those meetings to Ipswich’s 14. 21 however have ended in draws.

Believe it or not, they haven’t actually played each other since 2002 but Liverpool are on a streak of 4 games unbeaten against this weekend’s hosts.

Ipswich Town vs Liverpool Team News & Predicted Lineups

Kieran McKenna’s side come into this game with a number of injury issues. Harry Clarke, George Hirst, Nathan Broadhead, Janoi Donacien and Cameron Humphereys are all major doubts for this game.

Kalvin Phillips has just joined the club from Manchester City on loan but he is not expected to be available to make his debut in the starting eleven at least either.

Liverpool on the other hand come into this one with no major injury issues at all. Bobby Clark was the only potential absentee for them but he is on the verge of joining RB Salzburg so isn’t expected to be an issue.

Ipswich Town - Arijanet Muric, Axel Tuanzebe, George Edmundson, Jacob Greaves, Ben Johnson, Massimo Luongo, Sam Morsy, Leif Davis, Omari Hutchinson, Liam Delap, Marcus Harness

Liverpool - Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnols, Virgil Van Dijk, Jarrell Quansah, Andrew Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz

Ipswich Town vs Liverpool Player To Watch - Mohamed Salah

Picking a player to watch for a Liverpool match is normally pretty self explanatory and this is no difference.

Mohamed Salah managed 25 goals and 14 assists in all competitions last season. Always prolific in front of goal and creates plenty of chances. If Liverpool are going to score in this game you know he will be involved somehow.

Ipswich Town vs Liverpool Prediction

Ipswich Town are back in the top flight of English football and they certainly aren’t going to make it easy for Liverpool. They need to prove to everyone why they are going to stay in the league with many tipping them to go down come the end of the season.

However they couldn’t have asked for a much tougher test than Liverpool. Arne Slot’s first Premier League match and after a terrific preseason it is hard to argue against them in this game.

Considering their attacking record and defensive stability so far under Slot, our team of professional experts have decided that backing Liverpool To Win To Nil is the way to go. With odds of 8/5, £10 could potentially return up to £26 making it our best value tip for this fixture.

Where To Watch Ipswich Town vs Liverpool

This game is set to kick off on Saturday 17th August 2024 at 12:30 pm in the UK. And if you are looking to catch all the action you can live on TNT Sports 1.