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Premier League · Round 7 · Sat 17 Oct, 14:00

Manchester City
3–2
Full time
Ipswich

Pre-match prediction

82%
12%
Manchester City 82% Draw 12% 6% Ipswich

✓Based on the confirmed starting lineups, not just each club's overall record.

Expected goals
3.12 – 0.83
Over 2.5 goals
75%
Both teams to score
54%
Model confidence
normal

Most likely scorelines

3-0 10% 2-0 9% 3-1 8% 2-1 8% 4-0 8%

Compared to the betting market (reference only, not used as a model input)

Manchester City
82% vs 77%
Draw
12% vs 14%
Ipswich
6% vs 9%

Lineups

Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.

Ipswich 4-2-3-1
28
Walton GK
6.7 1455
3
Davis LB
6.3 1334
6
Diop CB
6.4 1502
24
Greaves CB
6.2 1376
26
O'Shea RB
6.1 1349
10
Enciso CDM
5.8 1471
12
Florentino CDM
5.9 1506
25
Palacios LW
1736
38
Maeda CAM
Goal 7.0 1502
42
Ouattara RW
1A 6.8 1500
19
Emersonn ST
6.3 1504
1
Donnarumma GK
6.0 1664
3
Dias LB
7.0 2038
6
Guéhi CB
6.9 1636
27
Nunes CB
6.2 1718
33
O'Reilly RB
5.8 1711
7
Ndiaye CDM
1501
8
Kovačić CDM
1A 7.7 1650
11
Doku LW
1A 7.3 1621
32
Bouaddi CAM
1491
47
Foden RW
Goal 8.2 1886
9
Haaland ST
Goal2 9.8 1794
Manchester City 4-2-3-1

Manchester City · Bench

E. Anderson, R. Cherki, E. Fernández, R. Aït-Nouri, J. Gvardiol, G. Rulli, Allan, A. Semenyo, A. Khusanov

Ipswich · Bench

D. Furlong, C. Kipré, A. Matusiwa, A. Fatawu, Z. Flemming, J. Philogene, C. Akpom, K. Scherpen, J. Clarke

Manchester City · last 5 C

Paris Saint Germain (H) 2-4 L Liverpool (A) 0-3 W Sunderland (H) 5-3 W Manchester United (A) 0-1 W Porto (A) 0-2 W

Ipswich · last 5 C

Fulham (H) 2-1 W Everton (A) 1-0 L Crystal Palace (A) 2-3 W Liverpool (H) 0-2 L Manchester United (A) 5-2 L

Head-to-head

17 Oct 2026 Manchester City 3–2 Ipswich 19 Jan 2025 Ipswich 0–6 Manchester City 24 Aug 2024 Manchester City 4–1 Ipswich

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