📊 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 1-2 FA Cup loss in their previous game against Manchester City.

In that game, Bournemouth managed 36% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Bournemouth was Evanilson (21'). On the other side, Manchester City got 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. Erling Haaland (49') and Omar Marmoush (63') scored for Manchester City.

Bournemouth have been conceding pretty frequently lately, but they have also managed to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Bournemouth have seen their goal breached in 6 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Heading into this contest, Bournemouth are without a win at home for the past 3 league games.

Ipswich Town

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After a loss in their previous game against Nottingham Forest in Premier League competition, Ipswich Town and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Ipswich Town had 56% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Ipswich Town, the goalscorers were Jens-Lys Cajuste (82') and George Hirst (93'). For their opponents, Nottingham Forest got 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Nikola Milenković (35'), Anthony Elanga (37', 41') and Jota Silva (87') scored for Nottingham Forest.

Proving their penchant for action-packed matches, goals have been seen as many as 21 times in the prior 6 games in which Ipswich Town have played, making it an average of 3.5 goals per fixture. Opposition teams have got 14 of this grand total.

Coming into this fixture, Ipswich Town have not won away from home in their last 6 league matches.

👥 Head to head

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Premier League match day 15 on 08/12/2024 and the score finished Ipswich Town 1-2 Bournemouth.

On that day, Ipswich Town managed 43% possession and 18 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Conor Chaplin (21').

On the other side, Bournemouth had 22 shots at goal with 6 on target. Enes Ünal (87') and Dango Ouattara (95') scored.

The referee was Michael Salisbury.

🗞️ Team News: Bournemouth

We think that The Cherries could go for a 4-2-3-1 system this time, utilising Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Tyler Adams, Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, Dango Ouattara and Evanilson.

📰 Team News: Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Axel Tuanzebe (Broken thumb), Conor Chaplin (Fitness), Arijanet Muric (Shoulder injury), Sammie Szmodics (Ankle injury), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles tendon rupture) and Wes Burns (Knee surgery) miss out here.

We’re of the thinking that The Tractor Boys seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Alex Palmer, Dara O'Shea, Luke Woolfenden, Cameron Burgess, Leif Davis, Sam Morsy, Jens-Lys Cajuste, J. Philogene-Bidace, Omari Hutchinson, Julio Enciso and Liam Delap.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Ipswich Town are likely to put a goal past this Bournemouth outfit, but that probably won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 victory for Bournemouth by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. There looks to be little in this one.

Lucas Pereira, 18:03 02/04/2025