Ipswich Town vs Rayo Vallecano - prediction, team news, lineups

Ipswich Town's pre-season continues connected Saturday erstwhile they invited Rayo Vallecano to Portman Road.

The hosts are backmost successful the Premier League, having earned promotion from the Championship past season, portion the visitors stay successful La Liga.

Match preview

Ipswich finished 2nd successful the Championship to gain an contiguous instrumentality to the Premier League, but they are entering a caller epoch aft manager Kieran McKenna discontinue astatine the extremity of the season.

McKenna had been successful complaint for four-and-a-half years, but decided to measurement down successful bid to walk much clip with his household and has been replaced by Gary O'Neil.

Ipswich person made a fig of caller signings truthful acold this summer, with the likes of Emersonn, Abdul Fatawu, Florentino Luis, Issa Diop, Kjell Scherpen and Chuba Akpom joining the club.

The Tractor Boys besides look to beryllium uncovering immoderate signifier successful pre-season, having picked up consecutive victories aft Wycombe Wanderers and Le Havre pursuing disappointing defeats to Osasuna and Oxford United.

O'Neil felt the 1-0 triumph implicit Le Havre was a "decent performance" from his broadside and believes the clash with Vallecano volition "feel much similar a existent game".

Rayo Vallecano enjoyed an awesome run past play arsenic they finished eighth successful La Liga and reached the UEFA Conference League final, wherever they were beaten 1-0 by Crystal Palace.

However, they person mislaid their highly-rated caput manager Inigo Perez to Villarreal and cardinal defender Pep Chavarria looks set to articulation Chelsea.

Benat San Jose has been appointed arsenic Perez's replacement and helium volition beryllium looking to proceed his predecessor's bully work.

Vallecano picked up their archetypal pre-season triumph past week, a melodramatic 3-2 triumph implicit Charleroi, pursuing disappointing 2-1 defeats to Hearts and Feyenoord.

Ipswich Town pre-season affable form:

Rayo Vallecano pre-season affable form:

Team News

Emersonn is expected to get the motion up beforehand for Ipswich up of Akpom and George Hirst, with chap caller signings Fatawu and Daizen Maeda providing enactment retired wide.

Luis could marque his archetypal quality since joining from Burnley, with the midfielder expected to spouse Cameron Humphreys.

Alemao is apt to pb the enactment for Rayo Vallecano, with Jorge de Frutos, Randy Nteka and Fran Perez acceptable to diagnostic down him.

Captain Oscar Valentin is acceptable to beryllium partnered successful midfield by Unai Lopez.

Ipswich Town imaginable starting lineup:

Palmer; Furlong, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Humphreys, Luis; Maeda, Mehmeti, Fatawu; Emersonn

Rayo Vallecano imaginable starting lineup:

Batalla; Ratiu, Fernández, Lejeune, Balliu; Valentin, Lopez; De Frutos, Nteka, Perez; Alemao

We say: Ipswich Town 2-1 Rayo Vallecano

Ipswich person the stronger squad connected insubstantial and look to person recovered immoderate signifier nether their caller boss, which is wherefore we are backing them to triumph this friendly.

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