Ipswich vs Southampton Preview: Team News & Prediction
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With Southampton destined for the Championship and already 11 points adrift ahead of this weekend, this is a game Ipswich Town must surely win if they want to avoid relegation.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 1st February, 2025: UK – 3:00pm / US ET – 10:00am / US PT – 7:00am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – Peacock
Ipswich Team News: Burns' ACL injury
After being stretchered off against Liverpool last weekend, it has now been confirmed that Wales international Wes Burns has suffered an ACL injury and will be unavailable for the rest of this campaign. Chiedozie Ogbene, Conor Chaplin and Sammie Szmodics all also remain sidelined for the Tractor Boys.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Walton; Tuanzebe, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Philogene, Hutchinson, Enciso; Delap
Unavailable: Ogbene (Injured), Burns (Injured), Chaplin (Injured), Szmodics (Injured)
Questionable: Davis (Injured), Cajuste (Fitness)
Southampton Team News: Saints should get Dibling and Sulemana back
Ivan Juric has confirmed that key attackers Kamaldeen Sulemana and Tyler Dibling have trained late in the week and could be available for this weekend, amid rumoured interest from elsewhere with a few days of the transfer window remaining. He is also hopeful that Aaron Ramsdale will be available as they make the trip up to Suffolk.
Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Ramsdale; Bree, Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis; Walker-Peters, Ugochukwu, Aribo, Manning; Fernandes; Onuachu, Armstrong
Unavailable: Fraser (Injured), Stewart (Injured)
Questionable: Ramsdale (Injured), Stephens (Injured), Dibling (Fitness), Gronbaek (Injured), Sulemana (Fitness)
Ipswich vs Southampton Prediction
Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich Town enjoyed a spurt just before the end of the year with a 2-0 win over Chelsea at Portman Road giving them a real chance of survival. However, the Tractor Boys come into this one on the back of collecting just one point from their next four matches, conceding 14 goals in the process, albeit against tough opposition. Southampton’s performances have minorly improved since the appointment of Ivan Juric with a more direct and conservative approach. They took the lead against Newcastle United last weekend but eventually suffered a 3-1 loss and they remain on just six points, five adrift of the record lowest points tally in Premier League history, set by Derby County in 2008. Saints will fancy their chances of exploiting an open Ipswich back-line but the hosts must surely get themselves a vital three points in Suffolk this weekend.
Ipswich vs Southampton Tip: Ipswich to win & both teams to score
