Manchester City vs Ipswich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th October 2026

Ipswich go up against Manchester City on Saturday for a Premier League meeting at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City enjoy the view from the top of the table with 18 points after six matches. Ipswich find themselves positioned as number 10 in the Premier League with nine points following six rounds.

Manchester City took down Ipswich in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Saturday.

The Sky Blues scored 2.4 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 24 times. They conceded eight goals, an average of 0.8 and pulled off five clean sheets.

Ipswich are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 12 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.2 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 20 goals, and while Ipswich claimed zero clean sheets, they conceded an average of two goals per match.

Manchester City won the last two meetings against Ipswich by a comfortable margin. A 6-0 win was the follow-up to a 4-1 win in two entertaining encounters.

Manchester City vs Ipswich Prediction

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City beat Sunderland by 5-3 and Liverpool by 0-3, before losing against Paris Saint-Germain by 2-4. Manchester City won five of their last six Premier League matches at Etihad Stadium, scoring 15 and conceding six along the way. They lost once but didn't draw a single match.

Going into the season as a title candidate in the Premier League, The Citizens are currently on track to fulfil the expectations.

Ipswich Form

Ipswich suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Arsenal in a 2-4 defeat. Everton also proved too hard to handle as they won 1-0, before Ipswich were able to strike back in a 2-1 win against Fulham. Ipswich only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 15 goals to seven.

Ipswich were spoken of as contenders for a title, but current form has them running a little behind in the Premier League.

The Citizens are far too strong to let a home win slip against Ipswich, but at the same time, we don't expect the visitors to get over-run. This makes us target the home win in a match with less than three goals.

Manchester City claimed six wins, zero draws as well as zero defeats in the Premier League this season. Ipswich enjoy a record of three wins, zero draws and three defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Ipswich Squads

Manchester City Squad

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

Geronimo Rulli (0/0), Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/6), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/3), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (1/6), Marc Guehi (1/6), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/0), Rico Lewis (0/1), Ruben Dias (0/6), Vitor Reis (0/1), Ayyoub Bouaddi (0/3), Elliot Anderson (0/6), Enzo Fernandez (1/5), Jeremy Doku (1/2), Mateo Kovacic (0/2), Matheus Nunes (0/4), Nico O'Reilly (0/5), Phil Foden (0/4), Rayan Cherki (4/6), Ryan McAidoo (0/2), Allan (0/1), Antoine Semenyo (2/6), Erling Haaland (6/6), Iliman Ndiaye (0/6).

Ipswich Squad

Here is the full team squad of Ipswich. The 43 year-old Gary O'Neil will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Alex Palmer (0/0), Christian Walton (0/2), David Button (0/0), Kjell Scherpen (0/4), Cedric Kipre (0/0), Dara O'Shea (1/6), Darnell Furlong (0/1), Issa Diop (0/6), Jacob Greaves (0/4), Leif Davis (2/6), Abdoul Ouattara (1/6), Azor Matusiwa (0/0), Exequiel Palacios (0/5), Florentino (0/3), Jack Taylor (0/0), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/3), Kasey McAteer (0/3), Marcelino Nunez (0/2), Sasa Lukic (0/6), Sindre Walle Egeli (0/2), Abdul Fatawu (0/5), Anis Mehmeti (0/0), Chuba Akpom (1/4), Daizen Maeda (0/6), Emersonn (2/6), Jack Clarke (1/5), Julio Enciso (0/6), Larsen Toure (0/0), Zian Flemming (1/4).

Manchester City vs Ipswich Team News

Manchester City just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Ipswich at Etihad Stadium. For their upcoming match in round 7, Manchester City are unable to call upon Iliman Ndiaye, who is suspended.

Ipswich face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Saturday against Manchester City. Darnell Furlong and Sindre Walle Egeli racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Ipswich travelling party for their next match.

Abdul Fatawu nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Ipswich.

Manchester City vs Ipswich Lineups

Manchester City vs Ipswich H2H

Manchester City won the last two meetings against Ipswich by a comfortable margin. A 6-0 win was the follow-up to a 4-1 win in two entertaining encounters. Manchester City enjoyed a field day, when they last squared up to Ipswich. A 6-0 win left the former in a jubilant mood, with the latter licking their wounds. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 2/9.

Manchester City vs Ipswich Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out three times in the last four matches between Manchester City and Ipswich.

Manchester City vs Ipswich Betting Tips

Leif Davis shows decent form right now for Ipswich, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Manchester City, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Erling Haaland also look a nice prospect as he scored six goals in his last six Premier League matches.

Manchester City claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Ipswich won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches. Goals are flowing freely for Manchester City on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target six times in Ipswich''s last 10 league games away from home.

In the last four encounters between Manchester City and Ipswich over 2.5 goals came out four times, as Manchester City averaged 3.25 goals a game. Ipswich scored an average of 1.5 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Manchester City, who scored an average of 2.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Ipswich, who managed to hit the net 2.1 times on average in these games.