Ipswich Town will face-off good-form Arsenal in the Premier League on this afternoon (Sunday).
Arsenal battles Ipswich Town after a successful outing in Madrid. A 2-1 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu saw Mikel Arteta’s side ease into the semi-finals of the Champions League, where a scintillating Paris Saint-Germain await.
Arsenal’s sole focus lies with their continental campaign, but Arteta has the Premier League to navigate before Luis Enrique’s in-form outfit visit the Emirates at the end of April.
Ipswich’s fate is all but secured, with an immediate return to the Championship inevitable. However, Kieran McKenna’s team aren’t down just yet. They enter the weekend 14 points behind 17th-place Wolves with six games to play. Arsenal, meanwhile, are 13 points adrift of runaway leaders Liverpool and have an in-form Newcastle on their tail.
Below is Mainwap’s breakdown of the Meeting
Match Details
- Date: Sunday 20 April
- Kick-off Time: 14:00 BST / 09:00 ET / 06:00 PT
- Location: Ipswich, England
- Stadium: Portman Road
- Referee: Chris Kavanagh
- VAR: Darren England
- Ipswich vs Arsenal h2h records (last 5 games)
- Ipswich: 1 wins
- Arsenal: 4 wins
- Draws: 0
Last EPL meeting: Arsenal 1-0 Ipswich (27 December 2024)
Ipswich team news
Liam Delap was named on the bench last Sunday at Chelsea, and the striker is set to return to McKenna’s starting eleven against the visitors, replacing George Hirst.
Jaden Philogene sustained a knee injury at Stamford Bridge and is expected to endure a period on the sidelines, while Omari Hutchinson isn’t expected to be available to face his former club.
An Achilles injury could keep Kalvin Phillips sidelined. Wes Burns, Sammie Szmodics, Arijanet Muric and Chiedozie Ogbene are all out.
Arsenal team news
The visitors are bound to be much-changed from their win in Madrid, with the likes of Jurrien Timber, Declan Rice, Myles Lewis-Skelly, and Mikel Merino earning rests.
Arteta has said that Kai Havertz will return “earlier than expected” from hamstring surgery but is still a few weeks away from making a potential comeback. Riccardo Calafiori is hopeful of being fit for the first leg against PSG.
Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel and Takehiro Tomiyasu are long-term absentees. Jorginho was added to the injury list last week.
Ipswich vs Arsenal Correct score prediction
Ipswich are bound to be spirited, and they may fancy their chances on home soil against a rotated Arsenal team.
However, The Gunners might be struggling to win this fixture due to Injury problems and a bid to over stress players ahead of champions their league encounter with PSG. In the other hands, Ipswich will be battling to escape relegation.