Ipswich vs Liverpool: Premier League preview, team news, line ups, stats, where to watch, TV channel, live online stream and prediction

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4/09/2026
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Ipswich v Liverpool: Premier League preview

Unsurprisingly for a £20 million signing, Zian Flemming’s arrival from Burnley has been described as “essential” by Gary O’Neil earlier than his facet try to return to successful methods when Liverpool go to Portman Highway on Friday.

O’Neil says Emersonn and Chuba Akpom have been “glorious” however believes Ipswich “needed to get a 3rd” ahead, turning to Dutchman Flemming, who scored 11 objectives as Burnley have been relegated from the highest flight final season and netted thrice in 4 matches for the Clarets within the Championship this time round.

“He has scored Premier League objectives in a newly-promoted facet earlier than,” O’Neil mentioned of the 28-year-old. “He is a superb addition and brings extra competitors for locations.

“He brings bodily attributes, is an efficient lad, leads nicely from the entrance, trains laborious. It is very important recruit the proper sort of particular person.

“I used to be updated all through Monday and Tuesday, however this had been brewing for some time. We all the time felt like we’d get him.”

Whereas City began by beating Sunderland 2-1 at house and misplaced 5-2 at Manchester United on Sunday, Liverpool have begun Andoni Iraola’s reign with 2-2 attracts away to Newcastle and at house to Nottingham Forest.

“Ipswich have began nicely,” mentioned Iraola. “Even the opposite day, you take a look at the outcome and you may suppose, ‘OK, they have been removed from United’, however within the first half they have been most likely the higher staff till United scored [to make it] 2-1.

“[Then] the sport went extra open and so they needed to danger a little bit bit extra. They have been taking part in rather well, so we have now to be very prepared.

“I wish to concentrate on making an attempt to attain first as a result of all the pieces seems higher then; all the pieces seems simpler.

“We’ve been mainly dropping for 90% of the minutes this season as a result of we conceded very early objectives.”

Ipswich v Liverpool Premier League staff information

Emersonn was harm when the brand new signing landed awkwardly and jarred his knee at Previous Trafford however O’Neil says the 22-year-old Brazilian is “positive” and winger Jaden Philogene is “shut” to coming back from a hamstring harm.

Midfielders Azor Matusiwa (muscle) and Jack Taylor (knee) are out for City.

Ahead Bradley Barcola may make his Liverpool debut as a starter following the France worldwide’s £123 million arrival from Paris Saint-Germain, with Iraola saying the 24-year-old has skilled nicely whereas remaining cautious over his lack of taking part in time throughout pre-season.

With Barcola preferring to function on the left, Iraola failed in pursuit of a brand new right-winger, with central midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai among the many choices for that flank.

Iraola expects defender Joe Gomez to renew coaching subsequent week following a muscle harm and expects ahead Federico Chiesa, who has the identical situation, and centre-back Giovanni Leoni, who has been recovering from a long-term knee harm, to be again in coaching in October.

No timeframes have been set for full-back Conor Bradley (knee) and ahead Hugo Ekitike (Achilles) to make their comebacks from harm.

Ipswich v Liverpool predicted line ups

Ipswich beginning XI: Kjell Scherpen, Dara O’Shea, Issa Diop, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis, Exequiel Palacios, Sasa Lukic, Abdul Fatawu, Julio Enciso, Daizen Maeda, Zian Flemming

Liverpool beginning XI: Alisson, Jeremie Frimpong, Jeremy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Victor Munoz, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo, Alexander Isak

Ipswich v Liverpool stats, Premier League type

Ipswich have misplaced their final 4 Premier League video games in opposition to Liverpool throughout the 2001/02 and 2024/25 seasons, conceding 17 objectives and scoring as soon as

They’re unbeaten of their final 18 house league video games, comprising 17 within the Championship final season and that win in opposition to Sunderland this time period

The Tractor Boys haven’t received consecutive Premier League house video games since a run of 4 in December 2001 and January 2002

Throughout Ipswich’s opening two League video games, Abdul Fatawu has created extra probabilities (5), performed extra passes into the field (9) and received extra duels (14) than every other City participant, whereas solely Julio Enciso (178) has utilized extra pressures than the Ghanaian (120)

City have one clear sheet of their final 36 Premier League video games and none in 21 since a 2-0 house win over Chelsea in December 2024, whereas O’Neil has two clear sheets in his final 35 Premier League video games, each in opposition to sides who completed twentieth that season (Sheffield United in February 2024 and Southampton in November 2024, with Wolves)

Liverpool are unbeaten of their final 20 Premier League matches in opposition to newly promoted sides (W15 D5), however the final such staff to beat them have been Bournemouth, managed by O’Neil in March 202

The Reds may concede no less than two objectives in every of their first three video games for a second time, after the 2012/13 season in Brendan Rodgers’ first three matches in cost

Though he has solely created two probabilities in two Premier League video games this season, Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz has made 11 passes which have damaged the defensive position, with solely Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes making extra (13)

Reds striker Alexander Isak has 4 objectives in simply two Premier League appearances in opposition to Ipswich City, all for Newcastle in 2024/25

Three of these have been as a hat-trick at Portman Highway, making him the joint-second high scorer there that season, behind solely Liam Delap (6)

The place to look at Ipswich v Liverpool: TV channel, dwell on-line streams

Kick-off on Friday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with dwell protection within the UK on Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League and Sky Sports activities Extremely.

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Ipswich v Liverpool Premier League prediction

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