Manchester City vs Ipswich Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking to bounce backmost from their midweek decision successful the Champions League, Manchester City invited Ipswich Town to the Etihad Stadium for gameweek 7 successful the Premier League connected Saturday afternoon.

The Citizens person fond memories of their astir caller brushwood with the Tractor Boys successful January 2025, erstwhile they secured a thumping 6-0 triumph astatine Portman Road.

Match preview

Enzo Maresca’s eight-game winning streak crossed each competitions arsenic Man City manager has travel to an end, aft his Citizens broadside – watched connected by Pep Guardiola astatine the Etihad – suffered a 4-2 location defeat to reigning Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain successful a thrilling contention connected Wednesday.

It was a crippled of 2 halves that saw a scintillating PSG outfit contention into a 3-0 pb wrong the opening half-hour, earlier City fought backmost and dominated the 2nd 45 minutes, with Erling Haaland netting two record-breaking UCL goals for a Citizens broadside that had 27 shots and 52 penalty-box touches successful total.

A “lucky” triumph for PSG came 3 days aft Man City secured a connection 3-0 triumph against Liverpool at Anfield successful their archetypal Premier League lucifer since they were found guilty of breaching the division’s fiscal regulations. Maresca’s men are the lone squad boasting a cleanable grounds aft six top-flight games and sit beauteous astatine the summit, 3 points wide of champions Arsenal.

Maresca could go the archetypal manager successful PL past to commencement a caller run with 7 consecutive wins if City prevail against Ipswich, portion the Sky Blues could go conscionable the 3rd squad to execute the aforesaid awesome feat aft Chelsea successful 2005-06 and Liverpool successful 2019-20 – some sides went connected to triumph the rubric successful those seasons.

In beforehand of a raucous ambiance for their archetypal Premier League location crippled since the 114 charges verdict, Man City should beryllium assured of occurrence connected Saturday arsenic they person been beaten successful lone 2 of their past 32 top-flight matches (W22 D8), portion they person mislaid conscionable 2 of their past 22 location league fixtures since the commencement of past play (W17 D3).

Ipswich person won 3 of their opening six matches astatine the commencement of a Premier League play for conscionable the 2nd clip aft 1993-94 (W3 D2 L1) and they presently beryllium 10th successful the array aft securing promotion past season.

It took the Tractor Boys 19 games to registry 3 victories during the 2024-25 campaign, but Gary O'Neil’s broadside person followed up triumphs this word against Sunderland and Crystal Palace with a dramatic 2-1 comeback triumph astatine location to Fulham past weekend, contempt trailing with lone 2 minutes of mean clip remaining.

Abdoul Ouattara’s equaliser was netted soon earlier skipper Dara O'Shea headed location a 92nd-minute victor to seal a “deserved” triumph for O’Neil, who has been encouraged by the “quality” shown by his squad that helium believes is required to vie successful the apical tier.

Premier League endurance remains the fig 1 precedence for Ipswich, who already beryllium six points supra the relegation portion and volition effort to triumph their archetypal top-flight lucifer distant against Man City since November 2000 (3-2) erstwhile they question to the Etihad this weekend.

However, concerns stay successful defence for the Tractor Boys, who person conceded the associated second-most goals successful the part this word (12), and person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful immoderate of their past 25 Premier League matches, shipping a full of 62 goals astatine a complaint of 2.48 per game.

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Team News

Man City person a cleanable measure of wellness for the sojourn of Ipswich, portion Phil Foden is disposable for enactment aft serving a three-game Premier League suspension pursuing his reddish paper against rivals Man United connected September 13.

Ayyoub Bouaddi, Iliman Ndiaye and Matheus Nunes each made affirmative impressions arsenic half-time substitutes against PSG and volition anticipation to beryllium rewarded with a commencement connected Saturday. Nunes is seemingly the astir apt to gain a callback astatine right-back astatine the disbursal of Abdukodir Khusanov.

A imaginable commencement for Bouaddi could spot Rayan Cherki marque mode and Enzo Fernandez pushed into an precocious midfield position, portion Ndiaye volition conflict with Jeremy Doku and Antoine Semenyo for a commencement connected either flank.

Erling Haaland is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile again; the Norwegian striker has scored 10 goals successful conscionable 9 appearances crossed each competitions this term, portion helium besides netted 4 times successful conscionable 2 games against Ipswich during the 2024-25 season.

As for the Tractor Boys, they besides person nary wounded oregon fittingness concerns, portion Abdul Fatawu is pushing for a callback connected the close flank aft serving a one-match suspension. Daizen Maeda and Jaden Philogene are some astatine hazard of losing their starting spots retired wide.

Florentino Luis and Sasa Lukic some started successful midfield against Fulham, but the erstwhile could beryllium replaced by Exequiel Palacios, portion goalkeeper Christian Walton is hoping to commencement his 3rd consecutive league crippled up of 6ft 9in summertime signing Kjell Scherpen.

O’Neil whitethorn beryllium tempted to deploy a five-man defence for the archetypal clip this season, but helium whitethorn alternatively instrumentality with a backmost 4 including Ouattara, O’Shea, Issa Diop and Leif Davis.

Manchester City imaginable starting lineup:

Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Guehi, O’Reilly; Anderson, Fernandez; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland

Ipswich Town imaginable starting lineup:

Walton; Ouattara O'Shea, Diop, Davis; Palacios, Lukic; Fatawu, Enciso, Clarke; Emersonn

We say: Manchester City 4-0 Ipswich Town

A chorus of boos during the pre-match Premier League anthem from the Etihad faithful is expected, and the Sky Blues should capitalise connected a roaring location assemblage arsenic they endeavour to marque different connection successful the apical tier and bounce backmost from their nonaccomplishment to PSG.

Facing an Ipswich outfit that is acold from watertight astatine the back, conceding an mean of 2 league goals per crippled this term, Man City person much than capable attacking verve to breach the visitors' antiaircraft lines, and we tin envisage a sky-blue onslaught from Maresca’s men connected location soil.

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