📊 Form Guide

Ipswich Town

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Ipswich Town will be hoping for a better result after the 2-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Leicester City.

In that game, Ipswich Town had 49% possession and 20 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. For their opponents, Leicester City got 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Jamie Vardy (28') and Kasey McAteer (69') scored for Leicester City.

Ipswich Town have really been misfiring in recent times. Their goals record equals just 4 vs opposition teams during their last 6 matches. In those games, Ipswich Town have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 14.

Coming into this clash, Ipswich Town haven’t won at home in the past 8 matches in the league. Something needs to change.

West Ham United

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Nottingham Forest in Premier League competition, West Ham United and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, West Ham United managed 61% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for West Ham United was Jarrod Bowen (86'). At the other end, Nottingham Forest had 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. Morgan Gibbs-White (11') and Nikola Milenković (61') scored for Nottingham Forest.

The stats don’t lie, and West Ham United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. In defence, West Ham United seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this match, though.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 18/05/2004 shows that Ipswich Town have won 2 of these games & West Ham United 3, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from The Tractor Boys and 10 being from The Hammers. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Premier League match day 7 on 05/10/2024 when it finished West Ham United 4-1 Ipswich Town.

On that occasion, West Ham United had 53% possession and 23 shots on goal with 13 on target. The scorers were Michail Antonio (1'), Mohammed Kudus (44'), Jarrod Bowen (49') and Lucas Paquetá (69').

At the other end, Ipswich Town had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Liam Delap (6') scored.

The match was refereed by Anthony Taylor.

📰 Team News: Ipswich Town

Arijanet Muric (Shoulder injury), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles tendon rupture), Jaden Philogene (Knee injury) and Wes Burns (Knee surgery) aren’t available for Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna.

In our view, The Tractor Boys will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Alex Palmer, Axel Tuanzebe, Dara O'Shea, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis, Sam Morsy, Jens-Lys Cajuste, Omari Hutchinson, Conor Chaplin, Nathan Broadhead and George Hirst.

📋 Team News: West Ham United

West Ham United boss Graham Potter has to choose a team with limited availability. Michail Antonio (Broken leg) and Crysencio Summerville (Thigh problems) are not able to play.

We believe The Hammers will likely begin the game with a 3-4-3 formation by sending out Lukasz Fabianski, Jean-Clair Todibo, Max Kilman, K. Mavropanos, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Edson Alvarez, James Ward-Prowse, Oliver Scarles, Jarrod Bowen, Niclas Fuellkrug and Tomas Soucek.

🧠 Prediction

In this game, Ipswich Town will likely create enough chances to find the net against this West Ham United outfit, although just one goal possibly won’t quite be enough.

We therefore reckon that it will be a close game with a 1-2 advantage for West Ham United after 90 minutes. It really should be an interesting one.

Victor Martins, 14:01 25/05/2025