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Chelsea – Ipswich Town
Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available
What the model expects
- Chelsea
- 46%
- Draw
- 28%
- Ipswich Town
- 26%
| Chelsea | Draw | Ipswich Town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair odds | 2.18 | 3.59 | 3.80 |
- Total goals
- 2.99
- Over 2.5 goals
- 59%
- Both teams to score
- 65%
One of these teams has only 5 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.
Model vs market
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Why the model leans Chelsea
46% Chelsea to win
- Attack
- 10th vs 19th
- Chelsea attack v Ipswich Town defence
- Defence
- 11th vs 11th
- Chelsea defence v Ipswich Town attack
- Recent xG form
- -0.42 vs -0.22
- xGD per match, last 5
- Projected goals
- 1.70 – 1.29
- Chelsea v Ipswich Town
The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 5 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.
How the model arrived here →Squad news
Chelsea
14 listed-
Robert Lynch Sánchez 0% chance
Goalkeeper · Has joined Como on loan for the rest of the season
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Marc Guiu Paz 0% chance
Forward · Has joined RB Leipzig permanently
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Dário Essugo 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined RC Strasbourg on loan for the rest of the season
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Trevoh Chalobah 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Como permanently
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Emmanuel Emegha 0% chance
Forward · Hamstring injury - Expected back 10 Oct
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Benoît Badiashile Mukinayi 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Napoli on loan for the rest of the season
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Filip Jörgensen 0% chance
Goalkeeper · Has joined RC Strasbourg on loan for the rest of the season
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Mamadou Sarr 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Real Sociedad on loan for the rest of the season
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Moisés Caicedo 50% chance
Midfielder · Calf injury - 50% chance of playing
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Marco Palestra 50% chance
Defender · Thigh injury - 50% chance of playing
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João Pedro 75% chance
Forward · Knee injury - 75% chance of playing
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Cole Palmer 75% chance
Midfielder · Muscular injury - 75% chance of playing
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Reece James 75% chance
Defender · Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing
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Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 75% chance
Midfielder · Ankle injury - 75% chance of playing
Ipswich Town
10 listed-
Abdul Fatawu 0% chance
Midfielder · Suspended until 17 Oct
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George Hirst 0% chance
Forward · Has joined Stoke City permanently
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Ben Johnson 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Stoke City on loan for the rest of the season
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Jack Taylor 0% chance
Midfielder · Knee injury - Unknown return date
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Chiedozie Ogbene 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Lincoln City on loan until January
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Ali Al Hamadi 0% chance
Forward · Has joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the rest of the season
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Wes Burns 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Leicester City permanently
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Cameron Humphreys 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Huddersfield Town on loan for the rest of the season
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Sam Szmodics 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Derby County on loan for the rest of the season
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Kayne van Oevelen 0% chance
Goalkeeper · Has joined Valencia on loan for the rest of the season
The status, the chance of playing and the note beside each name are Fantasy Premier League's own, and it covers this competition only. Nothing above this section knows about any of it: a rating fitted over recent matches describes the side that played them.
Team comparison
Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.
| Reading | Chelsea | Ipswich Town |
|---|---|---|
| xG / match | 1.47 · 11th | (better) 1.53 · 10th |
| xGA / match | 1.78 · 17th | (better) 1.75 · 15th |
| xGD / match | -0.31 · 14th | (better) -0.22 · 13th |
| xPts / match | 1.16 · 15th | (better) 1.41 · 11th |
| Last 6 xGD / match | -0.42 | (better) -0.22 |
The scorelines behind the model's numbers
No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 32% of the model's distribution.
- Chelsea clean sheet
- 25%
- Chelsea 2+ goals
- 53%
- Under 2.5 goals
- 41%
- Both teams to score: no
- 35%
Most likely scorelines
- 1:1
- 13.4%
- 2:1
- 10.9%
- 1:2
- 7.9%
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- Fit window
- the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
- Chelsea sample
- 20 matches
- Ipswich Town sample
- 5 matches
- Home xG sample · Chelsea
- 2 matches
- Away xG sample · Ipswich Town
- 3 matches
- Computed
- Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30
Warnings
- Ipswich Town has only 5 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.
Limitations
The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.