- Team form: Crystal Palace are on a run of 2 wins and 3 defeats from their last 5 games in all competitions
- Recent form: Ipswich have lost their last 2 matches, having beaten Leicester City 3-1 in the EFL Cup 2026/2027 in their previous game
- Odds: Palace are the favourites to win at 1.9, ahead of Ipswich at 4.0 and the draw at 3.7
Palace still have a few kinks to work out
Palace will be glad to have a game that should allow them to play to their strengths when they face an Ipswich team that have had an up-and-down start to the Premier League 2026/2027 season. The Eagles come into this matchup off a 3-2 win at Fulham in their third league game after consecutive defeats by Everton and Manchester City.
Pierre Sage appears to be installing a 3-4-2-1 system on them with the width provided by the wing-backs. They still look a work in progress, but Sage has clearly stamped his mark on this team in the limited time he has been at the club, so they should be a matchup-up for Ipswich.
Tractor Boys will have to win away from home
Away form
The Tractor Boys are still looking for a first away win in the Premier League 2026/2027. They have conceded five goals on the road in one game, and Gary O'Neil's side were thrashed 5-2 away by Manchester United and beaten 2-0 by Liverpool at home.
Tactical approach
So this should be a chess match between a Palace side that are not yet firing on all cylinders and a more pragmatic Ipswich team that has looked solid in blocks when the matchups were right.
- O'Neil wants his team to stay compact, look to stay narrow and then spring forwards on quick transitions.
- But this could be a battle of wills, and Palace will do better if they can stretch out the Tractor Boys wide of centre-backs.
- Eagles' Tyrick Mitchell has been their best end-product player so far with 2 goals in 3 Premier League 2026/2027 games and 2 of the last 3 Palace goals overall.
Ipswich’s stats are better
Chuba Akpom has 1 goal in 2 games to top the scoring charts for the Tractor Boys in the Premier League 2026/2027. While Julio Enciso has 2 assists in 3 games, so he is a good option as an anytime scorer bet.
A home win for Palace looks the most likely result in this matchup at Selhurst Park, with the Eagles 13th in the table on 3 points from 3 games, one place and level on points with 14th-placed Ipswich. The head-to-head record also leans to Palace, who have won the last 2 meetings with the Tractor Boys and beat them 1-0 at home in the Premier League 2024/2025.
