Ipswich vs Liverpool Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th September 2026

Ipswich hope to live up to their early billing as the Premier League title favourites on Friday when they welcome Liverpool over to the Portman Road for a round 3 match.

Ipswich have seen both sides of the coin already this season in the Premier League, and will out to double up on their share of wins in the coming match.

Ipswich enter this round three of the Premier League with three points in the bag, and they will be hoping to double that in the coming match.

It is early days yet, anything can happen and both Ipswich and Liverpool are still highly motivated of getting off to a good start. They both have talented squads, and we expect a cracking affair at Portman Road as the teams look to get one over each other.

Ipswich are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady ten goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of one per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 25 goals, or an average of 2.5 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.

The Reds travel to their next away match on Friday having performed a tolerable average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 18 goals, whilst shipping 17 goals against. An average of 1.7 goals against a game. They hung on to one clean sheets in this streak.

Liverpool beat Ipswich twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 4-1 and 2-0, respectively.

Ipswich vs Liverpool Prediction

Ipswich Form

Ipswich hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Sunderland by 2-1, before winning 3-1 against Leicester. The streak ended in a recent 5-2 defeat against Manchester United. Ipswich just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the Portman Road. They also drew zero and lost five of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded 15 goals.

Liverpool Form

In their previous three matches, Liverpool drew 1-1 with Brentford, 2-2 with Newcastle and 2-2 with Nottingham Forest. Liverpool managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring 14 time and letting in ten.

We don't expect Ipswich to pull off a surprise, and with goals flowing freely, they could be in for a hammering against strong looking Liverpool.

Ipswich vs Liverpool Squads

Ipswich Squad

O'Neil will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Liverpool from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Alex Palmer (0/0), Christian Walton (0/0), David Button (0/0), Kjell Scherpen (0/2), Cedric Kipre (0/0), Dara O'Shea (0/2), Darnell Furlong (0/1), Issa Diop (0/2), Jacob Greaves (0/2), Leif Davis (1/2), Abdoul Ouattara (0/2), Azor Matusiwa (0/0), Charlie Compton (0/0), Exequiel Palacios (0/1), Florentino (0/0), Jack Taylor (0/0), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/0), Kasey McAteer (0/2), Marcelino Nunez (0/2), Sasa Lukic (0/2), Sindre Walle Egeli (0/1), Tudor Mendel-Idowu (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/2), Anis Mehmeti (0/0), Cameron Humphreys (0/0), Chiedozie Ogbene (0/0), Chuba Akpom (1/2), Daizen Maeda (0/2), Emersonn (1/2), Jack Clarke (1/1), Julio Enciso (0/2), Larsen Toure (0/0).

Liverpool Squad

Here is the full team squad of Liverpool. The 44 year-old Andoni Iraola will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Alisson Becker (0/2), Freddie Woodman (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/0), Harvey Davies (0/0), Vitezslav Jaros (0/0), Conor Bradley (0/0), Giovanni Leoni (0/0), Jeremie Frimpong (0/2), Jeremy Jacquet (0/2), Joseph Gomez (0/0), Konstantinos Tsimikas (0/1), Milos Kerkez (0/2), Ronald Araujo (0/2), Virgil van Dijk (0/2), Alexis Mac Allister (0/2), Dominik Szoboszlai (1/2), Federico Chiesa (0/0), Florian Wirtz (0/2), Harvey Elliott (0/0), Ryan Gravenberch (0/2), Stefan Bajcetic (0/0), Trey Nyoni (0/1), Wataru Endo (0/0), Alexander Isak (1/2), Cody Gakpo (1/2), Hugo Ekitike (0/0), Rio Ngumoha (0/2), Victor Munoz (1/2).

Ipswich vs Liverpool Team News

Ipswich could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Liverpool. Ipswich have to alter their line-up, as both Darnell Furlong and Sindre Walle Egeli get a day in the shade.

Sidelined with an injury, Ipswich can't field Abdul Fatawu this coming Friday against Liverpool.

Apparently, Liverpool have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Friday. Alexis Mac Allister and Ronald Araujo racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Liverpool travelling party for their next match.

Ipswich vs Liverpool Lineups

Ipswich vs Liverpool H2H

Liverpool got the better of Ipswich in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 4-1 and 2-0, respectively. Ipswich have a 17% win rate against Liverpool, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 1-1-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Ipswich vs Liverpool Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out two times in the last six matches between Ipswich and Liverpool.

Ipswich vs Liverpool Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Chuba Akpom will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Liverpool hope Virgil van Dijk can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Ipswich claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Liverpool won two of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing seven in this series of matches. Goals are usually flowing for Ipswich on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Liverpool in their last 10 league games away from home.

In the last six encounters between Ipswich and Liverpool over 2.5 goals came out three times, as Ipswich averaged 0.51 goals a game. Liverpool scored an average of three goals in these, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Ipswich’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.1 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Liverpool, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.8 times goals per game themselves.