SportsMall previews Saturday's Premier League clash between Ipswich Town and Everton, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
They sat a little higher on either side. Premier League relegation zone See you at Portman Road on Saturday. ipswich town host Everton.
It will be the first meeting between the two clubs in over 20 years and the Toffees will surely hope the Tractor Boys can improve on the results they enjoyed the last time they were in a top-flight team.
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After Ipswich beat Everton in the Premier League at Goodison Park in February 2002, they would win just one of their last 12 games that season.
It took 22 years for the Tractor Boys to return to the top flight, but that run extended to one win in 19 as Ipswich remained winless since their return.
Never before had Ipswich gone eight games without winning to start a season in the top flight, so the coach Kieran McKenna His team, despite a respectable start after a rocky start, will avoid creating unnecessary history here.
Liverpool and Manchester City were unlucky in their first two games, and Ipswich showed they are capable at this level by drawing their next four games in a row.
However, a 4-1 defeat against West Ham United This is not how McKenna wanted to leave before the international break, and it illustrates the true reality of Premier League football and how unforgiving it can be.
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With Everton and Leicester City meeting at Portman Road in their next two matches, the East Anglian side will be hoping for their first Premier League win of the season before the next round of international matches; Otherwise, they are likely to fall into the bottom three. . , Crystal Palace is just one point behind.
Ipswich came close to winning against Aston Villa and Fulham thanks to some players Liam Delap Ahead, but they couldn't cross the finish line, settling for one point in both.
Although it was two decades ago, the home faithful will look back on their most recent results against Everton as a form of confidence here, and rightly so, considering Ipswich have picked up 10 points from their four games with the Toffees. Best flying year between 2000 and 2002.
During the 1990s, Everton won five of six meetings between 1993 and 1999, but their recent away record suggests they may struggle against the newly promoted team.
Only twice in Premier League history have Everton won more time away from home than their current run of 14, but there are signs of hope after a terrible start.
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Everton fans need no reminding of their disastrous defeats against Bournemouth and Aston Villa, with fourth-tier Doncaster Rovers the only side to avoid defeat in their first six EFL Cup matches.
Since then, Everton has gone three games without losing, picking up its first point of the season in Leicester, beating Crystal Palace and Newcastle United drew goalless Before the break.
Antonio Gordon He became the first former Everton player to save his England team-mate's penalty at Goodison Park in 102 years. Jordan Pickford He was denied a penalty in the first half and Everton were furious that they didn't get one of their own after the break. Don Burns seemed to travel Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
The point lifted Everton to 16th place and two points above the relegation zone with games against Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City in the space of three and a half weeks in December. Sean DycheWin's team really needs to get wins soon.
The previous five matches pitted Everton against Ipswich, then Fulham, Southampton, West Ham and Brentford, and with the new owners set to take over at that point, Dyche will have his work cut out for him if he cannot move Everton. above the table. under threat.
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General's Gazette And the former Everton player Nathan Broadhead In one place returns to Ipswich are closed after typos, but Janoy Donatsian AND Ali al-Hamadi It failed in its international duty to Saint Lucia and Iraq as they continue to recover from setbacks.
Axel Tuanzebe Then it will come out He almost lost his thumb In a freak accident at home earlier this month Massimo LuongoHis fitness is also in doubt after missing the West Ham defeat.
Delap fit for hosts but England Under-21 teammate Omari Hutchinson He was in top form during the international break, scoring three goals in Tuesday's 7-0 win over Azerbaijan.
Everton fans got a scare at half-time indian education He limped off in Senegal's win over Malawi, but the Toffees' key player recovered quickly and came on as a substitute in their second match a few days later.
Jared Branthwaite He took advantage of the break to recover from the hamstring problem that kept him out of the draw with Newcastle, but Dyche revealed he would make a decision on his inclusion 24 hours before kick-off.
With full-back being a problem area for Everton at the moment, Vitaly MykolenkoThe return would be good news, but James Esquina He will miss last week with a back injury.
Ipswich Town Possible Starting Lineup:
Muric; Johnson, O'Shea, Greaves, Davies; Morsey, Phillips; Burns, Hutchinson, Clark; delab
Everton's probable starting lineup:
Pickford, Young, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Gueye, Doucoure; Harrison, McNeil, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin
We say: Ipswich Town 1-1 Everton
Everton's away problems have been well documented since mid-December without a win away at Goodison, and Ipswich have been difficult to beat at home since their return to the top flight.
So far only Liverpool have won at Portman Road, but unfortunately for Ipswich, that includes them too, and while it was billed as a successful encounter, there was little to separate the sides.
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