🏴 Ipswich Town vs Liverpool 🏴 — Prediction
Premier League · Matchday 3 · Fri, 04 Sept 2026, 21:00 CEST · Portman Road, Ipswich
Why we called it
Liverpool have opened Andoni Iraola's reign with back-to-back 2-2 draws (at Newcastle, then at home to Nottingham Forest), scoring freely through Alexander Isak but leaking goals with Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni, Joe Gomez and Hugo Ekitike all sidelined and a makeshift back line of Frimpong, Araujo, Van Dijk and Kerkez. Ipswich beat Sunderland 2-1 with Liam Delap leading the line but were dismantled 5-2 at Old Trafford, so their defence is the weak link even at a lively Portman Road under the Friday-night lights. Bookmakers make Liverpool clear favourites at around 1.55 but not overwhelming, and both sides have shipped goals in every game so far. Classified as clear-but-not-overwhelming: Liverpool by one goal, 2-1, with Isak and Wirtz on target and Delap grabbing Ipswich's consolation.