Man City vs Ipswich Prediction: Betting Tips & Odds

Manchester City put their perfect Premier League record on the line against Ipswich Town at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday morning NZT.

Kickoff is 3am. City are top on 18 points from six games, while Ipswich are 10th on nine after scoring twice from the 88th minute onwards to beat Fulham.

I don’t think the match odds are worth anyone’s time here. City are around $1.22, so I’ve spent most of this Man City vs Ipswich preview working out where the goals come from.

My bet is a player market just north of $3, and it’s one to compare across the best new betting sites before Sunday.

Man City

Sunderland scored three times at the Etihad on 20 September.

City still won 5-3, meaning that one game accounts for more than half the goals they’ve conceded all season. Bournemouth and Crystal Palace managed one each, and nobody else has scored against them.

Anfield on 11 October was a lesson in patience. City created very little for an hour, then Ryan Gravenberch was sent off and they scored three times in 13 minutes. Jeremy Doku came off the bench and had a hand in the first two, curling in the second himself.

Rayan Cherki finished off a 45-touch move for the third. He’s starting to look like the main creator alongside Erling Haaland.

And all of this has come with the club found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules, a verdict they’re appealing. I half expected a wobble after the verdict on 29 September. It hasn’t come yet.

Team News: Foden is available after serving a three-match ban. There are no fresh injury concerns.

Predicted Lineup: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol; Anderson, Fernandez; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland.

Ipswich

All three of Ipswich’s wins have been settled late.

Sunderland and ten-man Crystal Palace both went that way, and Fulham led 1-0 at Portman Road on 10 October until the 88th minute. Abdoul Ouattara smashed in a 30-yard equaliser before Dara O’Shea headed the winner from a Jack Clarke free kick in stoppage time.

I’ll give them credit for that. Their substitutes turned the game, with Clarke and Exequiel Palacios both coming on just after the hour. But Fulham edged the xG 1.81 to 1.15, and I can’t see City being as wasteful with their chances.

Their defence has been leaky away from home. Manchester United put five past them, and they’ve shipped eight goals in three away league games.

If you bet on football in-play, Ipswich after the 80th minute are worth a small interest. They don’t fold, and a City side with PSG in their legs might ease off once the game is won.

Team News: Fatawu is available again after a one-match ban.

Predicted Lineup: Walton; Ouattara, O’Shea, Diop, Davis; Palacios, Lukic; Fatawu, Enciso, Clarke; Emersonn.

• City beat Ipswich 4-1 and 6-0 in the 2024-25 Premier League.
• City have won all three of their home league games this season.
• Ipswich have failed to score in two of their six league games.
• City have kept three clean sheets in six league games.
• Ipswich have won three of their opening six games for only the second time in the Premier League.

A lot depends on how City come through the PSG game.

If they rotate a lot, Ipswich will fancy a goal or two. If the first-choice side starts, I think this gets ugly for the visitors fairly quickly.

Either way, I’m backing City to win. I like what I’ve seen from Ouattara at right-back and Ipswich have been brave this season, but they conceded seven across their games against Manchester United and Liverpool. The Etihad won’t be any kinder.

I do think they’ll score, though. Emersonn’s flicked header came back off the woodwork against Fulham after Julio Enciso curled in a lovely cross from the left.

I’m calling it 3-1 City. BTTS is close to a coin flip in the market and I’d side with yes, but I wouldn’t stake much on it on its own.

Erling Haaland to Score 2+ Goals @ $3.20

Haaland scored four times against Ipswich across the two meetings in 2024-25, including a hat-trick at the Etihad.

He’s got six league goals already, including the opener at Anfield.

O’Shea and Issa Diop will spend most of this one defending deep.

My worry is the PSG game. If Haaland plays 90 minutes there, he could be withdrawn early here with the points safe, and that ends a 2+ bet. It’s a risk I’ll take.

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