Ipswich Town vs Le Havre - prediction, team news, lineups

Ipswich Town invited Ligue 1 outfit Le Havre to Portman Road connected Tuesday evening for their latest nine affable fixture this summer.

In their erstwhile contest, the Tractor Boys claimed a 2-1 triumph distant to Wycombe Wanderers, portion Les Ciel et Marine drew 1-1 with Ligue 2 broadside Stade Lavallois Mayenne.

Match preview

Following relegation from the Premier League successful the 2024-25 campaign, finishing 19th with lone 22 points from their 38 matches, Ipswich impressively bounced backmost successful the Championship past season.

Despite losing cardinal players specified arsenic Liam Delap, Omari Hutchinson and Nathan Broadhead aft facing the drop, the Tractor Boys secured automatic promotion backmost to England’s apical formation astatine the archetypal clip of asking, beating Millwall to 2nd spot by a singular point.

However, contempt instantly starring them backmost to the Premier League, Kieran McKenna announced successful June that helium was stepping down arsenic Ipswich brag successful bid to instrumentality a interruption from shot and walk much clip with his family.

In his place, signing a three-year woody that volition support him astatine the nine until the summertime of 2029, erstwhile Wolves and Bournemouth caput manager Gary O’Neill has been appointed, though the 43-year-old has not endured the champion commencement to beingness successful Suffolk, losing 2 of his archetypal 3 matches successful charge.

Although they person ne'er earlier faced Le Havre, Ipswich support a beardown grounds against French opposition, astir precocious beating AJ Auxerre 3-0 successful a affable past play and O’Neill volition surely beryllium looking to respond with consecutive victories by continuing that streak connected Tuesday.

Finishing 3 points supra the Ligue 1 relegation playoff spot successful the 2025-26 season, Le Havre narrowly avoided the driblet for the 3rd consecutive run since winning promotion successful 2023.

Enduring a rocky spot successful the aboriginal spring, earning lone 1 constituent implicit a 5 crippled period, it looked arsenic though Les Ciel et Marine’s contention was tally successful the apical flight, but with conscionable 1 nonaccomplishment successful their past 7 fixtures, including a important 2-0 triumph distant to Lorient connected the last day, Le Havre secured their presumption for different year.

As they hole for yet different twelvemonth atop the French shot pyramid, Didier Digard’s men person had a mixed container of pre play results against Ligue 2 sides, losing to Amiens, beating Red Star and astir precocious drafting with Laval.

Although they person ne'er faced English absorption successful a competitory fixture, Le Havre did assertion a 2-0 triumph against present Premier League absorption Brighton & Hove Albion successful a affable fixture erstwhile the Seagulls were competing successful League One implicit 20 years ago.

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Team News

Ipswich volition beryllium without a big of unit for Tuesday's clash, with Azor Matusiwa and Jack Taylor recovering from surgery, portion Harry Clarke continues his rehabilitation from a genu tendon issue.

It remains to beryllium seen whether either Daizen Maeda oregon Kjell Scherpen volition feature, with some players having signed for the nine implicit the erstwhile week.

After competing for Senegal successful the World Cup, goalkeeper Mory Diaw is backmost successful grooming for Le Havre and has the accidental to commencement astatine Portman Road.

Following his declaration expiring astatine West Bromwich Albion, the French broadside volition besides beryllium looking see Nigerian guardant Josh Maja successful the squad, having signed for the nine connected Saturday.

Ipswich Town imaginable starting lineup:

Palmer; Johnson, O'Shea, Kipre, Davis; Nunez, Humphreys, Clarke; Burns, Akpom, Emersonn

Le Havre imaginable starting lineup:

Diaw; Camara, Pembele, Lloris, Vinette; Ndiaye, Bodmer, Kechta; Mizuta, Samatta, Vinette

We say: Ipswich Town 2-1 Le Havre

With immoderate promising summertime signings, Ipswich volition beryllium hoping that they tin involvement a stronger assertion astatine surviving successful the Premier League this play than they did past clip around.

Having bounced backmost from their opening affable decision to Amiens, Le Havre volition surely beryllium nary pushovers, but we expect the Tractor Boys to travel retired connected apical astatine Portman Road connected Tuesday evening

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