📏 Form Guide

Newcastle United

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Newcastle United will be hoping for a better result after a 4-1 Premier League loss in their previous game against Aston Villa.

In that game, Newcastle United had 51% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Newcastle United, the goalscorers were Fabian Schär (18') and Dan Burn (73' Own goal). On the other side, Aston Villa had 23 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Ollie Watkins (1'), Ian Maatsen (64') and Amadou Onana (75') scored for Aston Villa.

Three or more goals per game were recorded in 6 of the last 6 meetings where Newcastle United have played. Opposing sides scored 7 of them in this period whereas Newcastle United totted up 17. Historical results aside, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern might be replicated in this next match or not.

Heading into this contest, Newcastle United are unbeaten in their previous 4 home league matches.

Ipswich Town

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After tasting defeat last time out to Arsenal in Premier League action, Ipswich Town will be aiming to make amends here.

The numbers tell their own story, and Ipswich Town have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 14 goals overall. In defence, Ipswich Town have been far from perfect.

Going into this encounter, Ipswich Town haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 16/03/2002 shows that Newcastle United have won 3 of these games & Ipswich Town 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 overall which averages out at 3.83 goals per match.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Premier League match day 17 on 21/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Ipswich Town 0-4 Newcastle United.

On that day, Ipswich Town managed 41% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

For their opponents, Newcastle United had 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Alexander Isak (1', 45', 54') and Jacob Murphy (32') scored.

The referee was Stuart Attwell.

🗞️ Team News: Newcastle United

Sven Botman (Broken kneecap), Jamaal Lascelles (Fitness) and Lewis Hall (Ankle surgery) will be missing for Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe.

It looks as if The Magpies should use the 4-3-3 system for the game featuring Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schaer, Daniel Burn, Valentino Livramento, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak and Harvey Barnes.

ℹ️ Team News: Ipswich Town

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

There’s a good chance that The Tractor Boys could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Alex Palmer, Axel Tuanzebe, Dara O'Shea, Cameron Burgess, Jacob Greaves, Sam Morsy, Jens-Lys Cajuste, Ben Johnson, Julio Enciso, Jack Clarke and Liam Delap.

💡 Prediction

We believe that Ipswich Town have it within them to breach the defence of this Newcastle United side, however it probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid a loss.

Our selection here is for a 2-1 advantage for Newcastle United by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 13:02 26/04/2025