📏 Form Guide
Ipswich Town WLDLLD
Ipswich Town will play in this game after a 2-2 Premier League drawn match vs Everton.
In that match, Ipswich Town had 43% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Ipswich Town, the scorers were Julio César Enciso (41') and George Hirst (79'). At the other end, Everton had 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Beto (26') and Dwight McNeil (35') scored for Everton.
Fixtures featuring Ipswich Town have proved to be absorbing encounters lately with high scoring anticipated. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 21 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 7 of them belonging to Ipswich Town. With no two games being the same, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern might be sustained in this upcoming match.
Their prior results show that Ipswich Town:
- haven't beaten Brentford in their previous 4 league games.
- are without a win at home for the past 7 league matches. That's never good.
Brentford LDDWWW 📈
Brentford will come into the meeting following a 4-3 Premier League win vs Manchester United in their previous game.
In that match, Brentford managed 47% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Brentford, the goalscorers were Kevin Schade (33', 70') and Yoane Wissa (74'). For their opponents, Manchester United had 14 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Mason Mount (14'), Luke Shaw (27' Own goal), Alejandro Garnacho (82') and Amad Diallo (95') scored for Manchester United.
Proving their partiality to fruitful encounters, goals have been seen as many as 20 times in the last six matches in which Brentford have played, making it a mean average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposition teams have hit 8 from this total.
Their past results show that Brentford:
- have not beaten Ipswich Town in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
- are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
↔️ Head to head
A look at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 04/03/2017 shows us that Ipswich Town have won 1 of these and Brentford 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.
In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 of them for The Tractor Boys and 9 being from The Bees. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The previous league fixture between these sides was Premier League match day 9 on 26/10/2024 and the score finished Brentford 4-3 Ipswich Town.
On that day, Brentford managed 65% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. The goals were scored by Yoane Wissa (44') and Bryan Mbeumo (51', 96').
For their opponents, Ipswich Town had 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. Sammie Szmodics (28'), George Hirst (31'), Harry Clarke (45' Own goal) and Liam Delap (86') scored.
The match was refereed by Lewis Smith.
📋 Team News: Ipswich Town
Arijanet Muric (Shoulder injury), Conor Townsend (Thigh problems), Sammie Szmodics (Ankle injury), Nathan Broadhead (Hamstring injury), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles tendon rupture), Jaden Philogene (Knee injury) and Wes Burns (Knee surgery) won’t be able to feature for Ipswich Town gaffer Kieran McKenna.
In all likelihood, The Tractor Boys should line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Alex Palmer, Axel Tuanzebe, Dara O'Shea, Cameron Burgess, Jacob Greaves, Sam Morsy, Jack Taylor, Omari Hutchinson, Conor Chaplin, Julio Enciso and George Hirst.
📰 Team News: Brentford
Brentford manager Thomas Frank has not got a full squad to pick from. Aaron Hickey (Fitness), Fábio Carvalho (Shoulder injury), Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery) and Vitaly Janelt (Heel injury) will miss out on this game.
From our viewpoint, The Bees might utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Mark Flekken, Michael Kayode, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Keane Lewis-Potter, Christian Noergaard, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Bryan Mbeumo, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa.
🧠 Prediction
In our opinion, Ipswich Town should have enough to breach the defence of this Brentford team, although just one goal may not be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re going for a narrow 1-2 winning score for Brentford when the full-time whistle blows. It really should be an interesting one.
Renata Leite, 13:03 10/05/2025