Ipswich Town vs Liverpool - prediction, team news, lineups

Still waiting for their first Premier League win of the season, Liverpool volition question to look promoted broadside Ipswich Town astatine Portman Road connected Friday.

The Tractor Boys volition beryllium hoping to debar different thrashing this week, portion the Reds are hopeless to yet instrumentality maximum points.

Match preview

Gary O'Neil's Ipswich kicked disconnected their 2026-27 run successful fantabulous fashion, but rounded retired August by crashing backmost down to Earth.

The Tractor Boys were thoroughly beaten 5-2 by Manchester United connected Sunday, successful a crippled that saw Bruno Fernandes deed a hat-trick and Jacob Greaves people an ain goal.

To beryllium just to O'Neil's men, they were capable to instrumentality the pb through Leif Davis with little than fractional an hr connected the clock, but the manager was disappointed with the mode successful which they capitulated astatine Old Trafford.

Up against different Premier League elephantine connected Friday, Ipswich volition beryllium buoyed by playing astatine Portman Road, wherever they ran retired 2-1 victors against Sunderland successful their opener, acknowledgment to a 90th-minute victor from Jack Clarke.

Adding to the Tractor Boys' consciousness of cautious optimism is the information that they besides downed EFL Cup opponents Leicester City 3-1 successful beforehand of a location assemblage connected August 25, meaning they person won six of their past 7 games overall.

Meanwhile, Andoni Iraola's Liverpool person made a lacklustre commencement to the season, and volition beryllium looking for a triumph this week to respire spark beingness into their campaign.

The Reds came from down doubly to gain a constituent successful a 2-2 gully against Nottingham Forest past Saturday, erstwhile summertime signing Victor Munoz lashed location a precocious equaliser connected his archetypal competitory start.

Iraola's broadside were connected the hunt for much reinforcements successful the transportation market, but deals for the likes of Brighton & Hove Albion's Yankuba Minteh, Crystal Palace's Ismaila Sarr and Chelsea's Malo Gusto failed to materialise earlier the deadline.

However, Monday saw Liverpool denote the signing of £123m winger Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain, and the nine volition beryllium hoping the 24-year-old tin assistance to propulsion them implicit the borderline towards 3 points connected Friday.

The Reds were little than awesome connected the roadworthy during their 2-2 stalemate with Newcastle United connected matchday one, but bolstered by the accomplishment of Barcola, thing different than triumph connected Friday would beryllium seen arsenic a large disappointment.

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Team News

Ipswich are missing near winger Jaden Philogene-Bidace owed to an ankle injury, and person doubts astir the fittingness of striker Emersonn, who is simply a uncertainty with a genu issue.

If the second is unavailable, past Sindre Walle Egeli could pb the line, flanked by Abdul Fatawu and Daizen Maeda, with Julio Enciso successful the fig 10 role.

The Tractor Boys are besides lighter than perfect successful the centre of the park, fixed that Azor Matusiwa has a musculus injury, Jack Taylor has a genu problem, and Florentino Luis is simply a doubt.

In their absence, Marcelino Nunez and Sasa Lukic are apt to enactment up successful O'Neil's treble pivot connected Friday, shielding Issa Diop and Jacob Greaves astatine the bosom of the hosts' defence.

Liverpool volition beryllium without a fig of semipermanent absentees erstwhile again this week, arsenic striker Hugo Ekitike recovers from an Achilles rupture, portion centre-back Giovanni Leoni and right-back Conor Bradley acquisition rehabilitation aft suffering large genu injuries past term.

Compounding their absences is the musculus wounded that Joe Gomez picked up successful pre-season, arsenic good arsenic the insignificant backmost contented that has prevented guardant Federico Chiesa from making an quality successful 2026-27.

With that successful mind, expect to spot Alexander Isak commencement up top, supported by a trio of Cody Gakpo, Florian Wirtz and Victor Munoz, with Bradley Barcola apt to commencement connected the bench.

At the other extremity of the pitch, Virgil van Dijk looks acceptable to beryllium partnered by Jeremy Jacquet erstwhile again, portion Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez run arsenic full-backs.

Ipswich Town imaginable starting lineup:

Scherpen; O'Shea, Diop, Greaves, Davis; Nunez, Lukic; Fatawu, Enciso, Maeda; Walle Egeli

Liverpool imaginable starting lineup:

Alisson; Frimpong, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Gakpo, Wirtz, Munoz; Isak

We say: Ipswich Town 1-2 Liverpool

Ipswich whitethorn person been thrashed by Man United past clip out, but they started that crippled brightly, and should beryllium capable to airs a menace connected Friday.

However, Liverpool are hopeless for their archetypal triumph of the season, and contempt their lacklustre antiaircraft showings truthful far, the Reds volition beryllium expecting a constrictive triumph this week.

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