Brentford vs Ipswich prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-10-25 14:00.
[p]Early goals haven’t helped Brentford to many Premier League wins of late, as even though they’ve now opened the scoring in six successive matches, the London side have gone on to win just twice (D1, L3). The latest of those defeats came against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday, though as the other two defeats came against Tottenham and Manchester City, the calibre of opponent certainly hasn’t helped in their poor run.  [/p]
[p]Squandering the lead is a long-standing problem for Brentford which remains troublesome, as Thomas Frank’s side dropped a league-high 30 points from winning positions last term, and they lead the way on that front again this term with 11 already. Another slip in a first-ever top-flight H2H against Ipswich is something that the hosts can ill-afford, but they should be confident of overcoming that problem on this occasion having lost just one of the last nine league H2Hs (W4, D4).[/p]
[p]A 2-0 defeat to Everton last time out helped newly-promoted Ipswich to make unwanted history, as they’re one of four sides to remain winless after their first eight league games this season. That’s never previously happened in the English top-flight, while only twice before have the Tractor Boys endured a longer winless start to a season, most recently in 2018/19 when they went on to be relegated to the third tier![/p]
[p]That’s where manager Kieran McKenna has elevated them from, and he insists that his side are “not that far away” from finally breaking their Premier League duck. If history is anything to go by then Ipswich may be waiting at least a week longer, as they’ve lost each of their last three league visits to Brentford without scoring, though none of those came at the Gtech Community Stadium.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Brentford’s Ethan Pinnock opened the scoring against Manchester United with a towering header and now he’s looking to become the first Premier League player since Harry Kane in August 2022 to score a header in three consecutive matches. No Premier League side has taken fewer shots or accumulated a lower XG total than Ipswich this term, but that’s not stopped Liam Delap scoring four times – the rest of his teammates have combined for just two![/p]
[p]Hot stat: Brentford’s Premier League home matches have produced more goals (17) than any other side. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]