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Match preview · Premier League

Ipswich Town – Brentford

Ipswich Town 11th in Premier League Home 1.60 projected goals by the model
Brentford 4th in Premier League Away 1.47 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.60 1.47
Ipswich Town Brentford
Ipswich Town
39%
Draw
28%
Brentford
33%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Ipswich Town Draw Brentford
Fair odds 2.56 3.57 3.04
Total goals
3.07
Over 2.5 goals
61%
Both teams to score
67%
Data coverage · thin

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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The model's case

Why the model leans Ipswich Town

39% Ipswich Town to win

Attack
11th vs 16th
Ipswich Town attack v Brentford defence
Defence
19th vs 4th
Ipswich Town defence v Brentford attack
Recent xG form
-0.22 vs +0.34
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.60 – 1.47
Ipswich Town v Brentford

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

From Fantasy Premier League

Ipswich Town

10 listed
  • Abdul Fatawu 0% chance

    Midfielder · Suspended until 17 Oct

  • George Hirst 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Stoke City permanently

  • Ben Johnson 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Stoke City on loan for the rest of the season

  • Jack Taylor 0% chance

    Midfielder · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Chiedozie Ogbene 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Lincoln City on loan until January

  • Ali Al Hamadi 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the rest of the season

  • Wes Burns 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Leicester City permanently

  • Cameron Humphreys 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Huddersfield Town on loan for the rest of the season

  • Sam Szmodics 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Derby County on loan for the rest of the season

  • Kayne van Oevelen 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined Valencia on loan for the rest of the season

Brentford

6 listed
  • Nathan Collins 0% chance

    Defender · Calf injury - Unknown return date

  • Kaye Furo 0% chance

    Forward · Unspecified injury - Unknown return date

  • Sepp van den Berg 0% chance

    Defender · Groin injury - Unknown return date

  • Mathias Jensen 0% chance

    Midfielder · Unspecified injury - Expected back 10 Oct

  • Antoni Milambo 0% chance

    Midfielder · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Josh Dasilva 0% chance

    Midfielder · Hamstring injury - Expected back 10 Oct

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.

Overview: Ipswich Town and Brentford compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Ipswich Town Brentford
xG / match 1.53 · 10th (better) 1.96 · 3rd
xGA / match 1.75 · 15th (better) 1.26 · 4th
xGD / match -0.22 · 13th (better) +0.70 · 2nd
xPts / match 1.41 · 11th (better) 1.66 · 5th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.22 (better) +0.34

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.

Ipswich Town clean sheet
20%
Ipswich Town 2+ goals
49%
Under 2.5 goals
39%
Both teams to score: no
33%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
13.2%
2:1
9.9%
1:2
9.0%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Ipswich Town sample
5 matches
Brentford sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Ipswich Town
2 matches
Away xG sample · Brentford
2 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.