Ipswich vs Everton prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-10-18 14:00.
[p]Premier League football returns to Portman Road after the international break where two sides meet looking to secure a win that could prove crucial come the end of the campaign. Ipswich Town start the round a place below visitors Everton and just one above the relegation zone after a winless return to England’s top tier thus far (D4, L3), yet the four draws coming across their last five matches suggests Kieran McKenna’s men are finding their feet. [/p]
[p]Despite that, Ipswich will be desperate to get their first win of the campaign here, and indeed the Tractor Boys have never in their history gone eight games without a victory at the start of a top-flight campaign. That could be seen as a good omen, as could the fact they have beaten Everton in three of the past four Premier League meetings (D1), albeit the last came way back in 2002![/p]
[p]After a slow start to the season, Everton look to be finding their feet again and do have the opportunity to go four Premier League games unbeaten (W1, D2) for the first time since a run of five back in May. They could only secure a 0-0 draw last time out at home to Newcastle United, though that clean sheet would have felt significant for a team that has conceded the joint second-most goals in the division ahead of the round (15). [/p]
[p]Irrespective of the signs of improvement in the Toffees, away form remains a big concern for manager Sean Dyche, especially with new ambitious owners watching and waiting in the wings. Everton have gone 14 away league games without victory (D5, L9), having had longer winless runs on the road just twice in their Premier League history (19 – December 1997, 16 – December 2017). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Liam Delap has been Ipswich’s main threat of late, with three goals in his last two appearances – two of which came inside the opening ten minutes. Iliman Ndiaye gave Everton a scare over the international break when he went off injured after setting up a goal for Senegal against Malawi, but he’s been ruled fit though and did score in the Toffees’ last away league game at Leicester. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Everton have scored before half-time in four of their last five away league matches. [/p]
[p][i]Written by David HÂ [/i][/p]