Comments and predictions for Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Town: Nightmare for the away team
The match between Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Town in the Premier League takes place at 22:00 on March 8. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Town team information
Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta has joined Chadi Riad (knee), Cheick Doucoure (knee) and Joel Ward (calf) on the injury list, while Will Hughes will begin a two-match ban after picking up his 10th yellow card of the season last time out.
In Mateta's absence, Eddie Nketiah is likely to take on the central striker role, supported by Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr – who scored a brace in the 4-1 home win over Aston Villa in their most recent Premier League game.
In midfield, Adam Wharton is expected to replace Hughes to partner Jefferson Lerma. In defence, Ben Chilwell and Tyrick Mitchell will continue to compete for a starting spot on the left, while Daniel Muñoz remains a reliable option on the opposite flank.
For Ipswich, Sammie Szmodics will undergo ankle surgery and is expected to be out for a long time. Axel Tuanzebe also has a minor muscle injury and will need another operation to repair the thumb he nearly lost in a dishwashing accident earlier in the season.
Both players will join the injured list, along with Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles), Wes Burns, Conor Chaplin (both knee) and Arijanet Muric (shoulder). Meanwhile, Saturday's game seems too early for Omari Hutchinson and Julio Enciso (both knee), although both are approaching full recovery.
Cameron Burgess and Kalvin Phillips will undergo fitness tests ahead of the game due to calf problems. In goal, Christian Walton has recovered from a groin injury and is fit to return, but Alex Palmer is likely to remain the first choice between the sticks.
Latest expected lineup Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace:
Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Nketiah
Ipswich Town:
Palmer; Johnson, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Philogene, Taylor, Clarke; Delap
Latest Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Town football review
Crystal Palace have been in impressive form since the turn of the year, with eight wins and a draw in their last 11 games in all competitions. During that run, they have scored at least two goals in seven games and kept six clean sheets.
Oliver Glasner's side booked their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals after a 3-1 home win over Millwall last weekend. However, the joy of victory was overshadowed by the serious injury suffered by Jean-Philippe Mateta, who needed 25 stitches to his left ear after colliding with Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts.
Before facing Fulham in the FA Cup quarter-finals later this month, Crystal Palace will return to focus on the Premier League, where they are 12th and six points off the top 10, having won five of their last seven league games.
Since 3 December, only Liverpool (33 points) and Arsenal (29 points) have picked up more points than Palace (27 points – W8 D3 L3) in their last 14 Premier League games. However, only eight of those 27 points have come from games at Selhurst Park (W2 D2 L3).
Palace, however, will be confident of a win on Saturday, having gone unbeaten in their last 18 Premier League home games against relegation-threatened sides (W12 D6) since a 4-0 defeat at Sunderland in February 2017.
On the other side of the front line, Ipswich Town entered this match in a poor form. After two consecutive defeats to Tottenham Hotspur (1-4) and Manchester United (2-3) in the Premier League, they continued their FA Cup fifth round exit on Monday, losing 5-4 on penalties to Nottingham Forest after a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes at the City Ground.
Despite wanting to go further in the FA Cup, Kieran McKenna and his students can now focus all their attention on the remaining 11 matches in the Premier League to fight for the goal of staying in the top flight.
Ipswich are still looking for their first Premier League win of 2025, having drawn two and lost six of their eight games since the turn of the year. Remarkably, they have conceded at least two goals in seven of those games. It is the first time in the club’s history that they have failed to win their first nine games of a calendar year.
Currently 18th in the table and five points adrift of safety, Ipswich will look to close that gap in their next three games against Palace, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth, before facing Wolverhampton Wanderers – who are 17th – in a crucial game next month.
Ipswich last visited Selhurst Park in the league in November 2012, when they lost 5-0 to Palace in the Championship. Ipswich have not lost consecutive away games against Palace since a run of three defeats between 1988 and 1994.
Latest Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Town score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Townas follows:
- Sportsmole:Crystal Palace 2-0 Ipswich Town
- WhoScore:Crystal Palace 3-1 Ipswich Town
- Our newspaper predicts:Crystal Palace 3-1 Ipswich Town
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