Ipswich Town FC vs Manchester United FC, English Premier League 2024-25, Today Match Prediction

Ipswich Town FC vs Manchester United FC Match Prediction & Analysis

Ipswich were handed their first ever win in the Premier League after 22 years courtesy of goals by Szmodics and Delap. The Tractor Boys have struggled to hold onto leads in top-flight. But they worked it out despite mounting pressure from a Spurs side. Ed Sheeran will be happy now just about the win, but about the fact that the third pink kit was worn in ode to him. 

Before the Spurs game, Ipswich had led for a paltry 86 minutes, despite scoring in 5 out of 10 games. They have dropped 12 points from winning points, only second to Brentford (14). Victory lifted the Tractor boys to 17th in the table, a point above the relegation zone, and ended a wait of 8,238 days for a Premier League win. 

The last Portuguese manager won important accolades at the club. Jose Mourinho was classed as the ‘Special One’. But now talk of the town suggests that the ‘Second Special One’ has been appointed. Only time will tell if that is true or not. Ruben Amorim has only coached in a Portuguese league in which 3 teams compete. The Premier League has a story and challenge of its own. What makes it so special is that anyone can be anyone on their day. 

He led Sporting to their first Premiera title in 19 years in his first full season with a loss of just one game. Funnily, Amorim is only a week older than Portuguese and Man United legend Cristiano Ronaldo. He once featured against John O’Shea who played for United in his first stint. Now, the Portuguese will be managing the Irishman. 

Man United did well without Erik Ten Hag with Ruud in charge. Bruno Fernandes marked his 250th appearances for United with a goal and an assist. Ruud’s managerial career has been short lived in comparison to the 5 seasons he spent as a player scoring 150 goals. Leicester clearly didn’t take advantage of United’s precarious position. But now Kieran McKenna has a chance. 

Head-to-Head Record : Both teams have played each other 51 times. Ipswich has won 17, Man United has won 25, with 9 draws played. 

Current Standings : The Tractor Boys are in 17th after scraping through the Spurs test. Man United are in 13th with 15 points. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Ipswich Town FC Preview

Ipswich have lost four of their last five Premier League games against Man Utd (D1), failing to score in each defeat. This is their first such meeting since a 1-0 home loss in April 2002. After their first Premier League win of the season last time out away to Tottenham, Ipswich are looking to earn back-to-back wins in the competition for the first time since February 2002 (a run of four that started with a 2-1 win against Tottenham). 

Ipswich are the only side without a home win in the Premier League this season (P5 D3 L2). Only five newly promoted sides have failed to win their opening six home matches of a Premier League campaign, all of which went on to be relegated: Swindon Town in 1993-94, Crystal Palace in 1997-98, Norwich City in 2004-05, Sunderland in 2005-06, and Burnley in 2023-24. Ipswich have had the fewest shots (108), shots on target (33), touches in the opposition’s box (199), and expected goals (10.2) of any side in the Premier League in 2024-25. 

​​Liam Delap has scored six of Ipswich’s 12 league goals this season, and is one of only three players to have scored at least half of his side’s Premier League goals this term along with Erling Haaland for Man City (55% - 12/22), and Chris Wood for Nottingham Forest (53% - 8/15).

Stats That Matter - Ipswich Town are ranked second worst in ball possession with 31% averaging 9.4 shots per game. The Tractor Boys score an average of 1.09 goals per match with a shooting accuracy of 41%. Liam Delap is the top scorer with 6 goals. Sammie Szmodics has also scored 3 goals this season. The team has an average of 4.1 saves per game, the 2nd best in the season. They have conceded an average of 2 goals per match.

Injury list - Jack Taylor, Jacob Greaves, Wes Burns, Nathan Broadhead and Cheidozie Ogbene are all ruled out. 

Ipswich Probable Starting Lineup -  Muric (GK), Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Burgess, Davis (DEF), Morsy, Cajuste, Johnson, Hutchinson, Szmodics (MID), Delap (FWD).

Manchester United FC Preview

Manchester United won their last away league game against Ipswich (1-0 in April 2002). Only once in their league history have they won consecutive visits to Portman Road, doing so in 1962/1963. Manchester United have won 17 of their last 19 Premier League games against newly promoted opponents (D2) since a 4-1 loss at Watford in November 2021. Away from home, they have won their last nine league games at promoted sides; in English top-flight history, only Chelsea have won 10+ away matches in succession against such opponents (21 in a row from October 2002 to November 2008). This will be Rúben Amorim’s first match in charge of Manchester United.

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes has made 137 passes which have broken the opposition’s offside line in the Premier League this season, at least 15 more than any other player. Alejandro Garnacho has been directly involved in 20 Premier League goals for Manchester United (13 goals, 7 assists), one of only two non-British players to reach that figure for the Red Devils before turning 21, along with Cristiano Ronaldo (25 – 14 goals, 11 assists).

Stats That Matter - Manchester United are ranked 8th in ball possession with 51.5% averaging 14 shots per game. The Red Devils score an average of 1.09 goals per match with a shooting accuracy of 37%. Alejandro Garnacho is the top scorer with 3 goals. Bruno Fernandes has also scored 2 goals this season. The team has an average of 2.5 saves per game, the fourth worst in the season. They have conceded an average of 1.09 goals per match.

Injury list - Malacia, Yoro, Mainoo, Maguire and Shaw are ruled out. 

Man Utd Probable Starting Lineup -  Onana (GK), Dalot, De Ligt, Martinez, Mazraoui (DEF), Casemiro, Ugarte, Diallo, Fernandes, Rashford (MID), Hojlund (FWD).

IPSWICH TOWN FC vs MANCHESTER UNITED FC
Winning Prediction

Ruben Amorim will have to pinch himself to make believe that he is at the ‘Theatre of Dreams’. The Portuguese will hope his relationship with the club doesn’t turn sour as his predecessors. The Tractor Boys beat Spurs and will take a lot of confidence from that game apart from their 3 draws at home. 

They need to pressurise United into making mistakes. Amorim will have hardly any time to get his ideas across to his players. There will be a lot of hype surrounding the new arrival. But if McKenna can get his boys firing on all cylinders, he can show his contemporary the reason why he was also in contention for the United job. 

Man United to Win (1-2)

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