📏 Form Guide

Everton

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Everton will be hoping for a better result after a 1-0 Premier League losing effort in their last game against Chelsea.

In that game, Everton had 45% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 on target. Chelsea had 10 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Nicolas Jackson (27') scored for Chelsea.

Everton have been quite ineffective in attack in recent times. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 against opposition teams during the course of their last 6 outings. In those games, Everton have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 6. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be replicated in this next match or not.

Coming into this contest, Everton are without a win at home for the past 5 league games. Things will have to change soon.

Ipswich Town

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Newcastle United in Premier League competition, Ipswich Town and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Ipswich Town had 22% possession and 4 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. Newcastle United had 25 shots on goal with 5 on target. Alexander Isak (45'), Dan Burn (56') and Will Osula (80') scored for Newcastle United.

In a total of 6 of the previous 6 games featuring Ipswich Town, three or more goals have gone in. The overall average goals scored per game in that spell is 3.83, with the number of goals averaged by Ipswich Town equalling 1.17.

Their prior results show that Ipswich Town:

• remain unbeaten by Everton when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 09/05/1995 shows that Everton have won 2 of these games & Ipswich Town 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A sum of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 4 of them for The Toffees and 7 being from The Tractor Boys. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The last league match featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 19/10/2024 and the score finished Ipswich Town 0-2 Everton.

On that day, Ipswich Town had 55% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 on target.

For their opponents, Everton had 11 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Iliman Ndiaye (17') and Michael Keane (40') scored.

The match was refereed by Michael Oliver.

📰 Team News: Everton

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Hamstring injury), Jesper Lindstrøm (Groin surgery), James Tarkowski (Hamstring injury) and Orel Mangala (Knee injury) won’t be playing for Everton gaffer David Moyes.

We are thinking that The Toffees will probably make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Jordan Pickford, Ashley Young, Jake O'Brien, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Idrissa Gana Gueye, James Garner, Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Carlos Alcaraz and Youssef Chermiti.

📰 Team News: Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has to currently contend with reduced team options. Kalvin Phillips (Achilles tendon problems), Arijanet Muric (Shoulder injury), Jaden Philogene (Knee injury), Sammie Szmodics (Ankle injury), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles tendon rupture) and Wes Burns (Knee surgery) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We’re of the thinking that The Tractor Boys seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Alex Palmer, Dara O'Shea, Luke Woolfenden, Cameron Burgess, Jacob Greaves, Sam Morsy, Jack Taylor, Omari Hutchinson, Conor Chaplin, Julio Enciso and Liam Delap.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Everton will probably be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

Conversely, Ipswich Town will be up against it getting on the scoresheet but we do fancy them being dangerous for periods.

We can therefore see a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Everton after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 13:02 03/05/2025