Ipswich vs Bournemouth prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-12-07 14:00.
[p]Ipswich Town’s midweek 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace left them in the bottom three and beginning to lose ground on the rest of the Premier League following two straight defeats. Kieran McKenna said his side can “do better”- and they must – following their third successive winless league game (D1, L2) and second consecutive defeat by a 1-0 scoreline.[/p]
[p]Ahead of a first ever top-flight clash with Bournemouth, the Tractor Boys are competitive wherever they go but aren’t getting the results to show for it and they remain the only Premier League side without a home league win this season (D4, L3). That’s their worst start to a campaign at home since 2018/19 when they went ten home fixtures in the Championship without a win![/p]
[p]Bournemouth should make the trip in good spirits as league wins over Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-2) and Tottenham Hotspur (1-0) saw them start the round inside the top half after Dutch teenager Dean Huijsen netted their midweek winner against Spurs. His emergence comes at a good time with fellow defender Marcos Senesi set for a long spell on the sidelines due to injury.[/p]
[p]Now the Cherries look to put together back-to-back league away wins for the first time this calendar year and break a sequence of three consecutive score draws in league fixtures here. However, Andoni Iraola’s side might have reservations about playing at the end of the week as they’ve won just one of their last six Premier League games on a Sunday (L5).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Left-back Leif Davis is one of just three players to have scored at home for Ipswich in the Premier League this season and his last five goals for the club were netted here. Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert has scored four times across his last two league appearances on the road, including a hat-trick of penalties against Wolves – four of his five goals this term were from the spot.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: After matchday 14, Bournemouth had conceded a joint league-high six goals between half-time and the 60th minute in the Premier League.[/p]
[p][i]Written by John Pennington[/i][/p]