Ipswich vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th January 2025

Mid-placed Brighton travel to Portman Road to face struggling Ipswich in a round 21 game, which kicks-off this coming Thursday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.

Placed 18th in the table Ipswich have amassed 16 points after 20 matches. On 28 points, Brighton rank tenth with 20 matches played this season.

The Seagulls have collected too many draws recently which have slowed down their progress. Their upcoming duel with Ipswich could be a good chance to get three well-needed points.

Ipswich only average a modest one goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored ten goals. They also conceded 14 for an average of 1.4 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Brighton scored 13 goals, conceded 15 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Ipswich played Brighton. The pair finished even in a 0-0 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

Ipswich vs Brighton Prediction

Ipswich Form

In their last three matches, Ipswich won 2-0 against Chelsea, before recording a draw in a 2-2 match against Fulham. They were back on top last time out, defeating Bristol Rovers 3-0. Ipswich claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored five and conceded nine goals.

Brighton Form

In their last three matches, Brighton drew 2-2 with Aston Villa, 1-1 with Arsenal and beat Norwich by 0-4. Brighton managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring 11 time and letting in nine.

Brighton and Ipswich seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues on Thursday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Brighton won one of their previous six outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed seven points. They scored nine and conceded eight goals. Ipswich have a record of three wins, seven draws and ten defeats in the Premier League this season. Brighton are looking at six wins, ten draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Ipswich vs Brighton Squads

Ipswich Squad

McKenna will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Brighton from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Arijanet Muric (0/17), Christian Walton (0/3), Cieran Slicker (0/0), Axel Tuanzebe (0/9), Ben Godfrey (0/0), Ben Johnson (0/12), Cameron Burgess (0/9), Conor Townsend (0/0), Dara O'Shea (0/17), Harry Clarke (0/7), Jacob Greaves (0/11), Leif Davis (1/20), Luke Woolfenden (0/8), Conor Chaplin (1/15), Jack Taylor (1/15), Jens-Lys Cajuste (0/14), Kalvin Phillips (0/11), Massimo Luongo (0/5), Omari Hutchinson (2/18), Sam Morsy (1/18), Sammie Szmodics (4/18), Ali Al Hamadi (0/11), Chiedozie Ogbene (0/5), George Hirst (1/8), Jack Clarke (0/16), Larsen Toure (0/0), Liam Delap (8/19), Nathan Broadhead (0/6), Wes Burns (0/16).

Brighton Squad

Below is the full team squad of Brighton. The manager Hurzeler will pick his starting XI against Ipswich from these players:

Bart Verbruggen (0/18), Jason Steele (0/2), Adam Webster (0/0), Igor (0/12), Imari Samuels (0/0), Jan Paul van Hecke (0/18), Joel Veltman (0/14), Lewis Dunk (0/15), Pervis Estupinan (0/16), Tariq Lamptey (2/7), Cameron Peupion (0/0), Carlos Baleba (2/17), Diego Gomez (0/0), Ferdi Kadioglu (1/6), Jack Hinshelwood (1/10), Jakub Moder (0/0), James Milner (0/3), Kaoru Mitoma (3/20), Mats Wieffer (1/13), Matthew O'Riley (1/8), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/17), Adrian Mazilu (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/10), Danny Welbeck (6/14), Evan Ferguson (1/12), Georginio Rutter (2/19), Joao Pedro (5/14), Julio Enciso (0/11), Simon Adingra (2/14), Yankuba Minteh (2/15).

Ipswich vs Brighton Team News

Brighton seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Portman Road to face Ipswich.

Solly March is too injured to face Brighton.

Ipswich vs Brighton Lineups

Ipswich vs Brighton H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Ipswich played Brighton. The pair finished even in a 0-0 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. Ipswich have a 0% win rate against Brighton, who won zero of these matches. The total record reads 0-1-0, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Ipswich vs Brighton Results

Ipswich vs Brighton Betting Tips

Liam Delap is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Brighton look to Tariq Lamptey, hoping he can add to his current total of two Premier League goals in his latest games.

Ipswich claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing four. Brighton won three of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost three of the games in this run. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. Ipswich managed a clean sheet in two of their games at home, Brighton kept a clean sheet in two of their last 10.

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Ipswich’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Brighton, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game.