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Match preview · Premier League

Ipswich Town – Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 11th in Premier League Home 1.59 projected goals by the model
Crystal Palace 15th in Premier League Away 1.23 projected goals by the model

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

What the model expects

expected goals
1.59 1.23
Ipswich Town Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town
44%
Draw
29%
Crystal Palace
27%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Ipswich Town Draw Crystal Palace
Fair odds 2.27 3.45 3.72
Total goals
2.82
Over 2.5 goals
55%
Both teams to score
62%
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

44% Ipswich Town to win

Attack
11th vs 14th
Ipswich Town attack v Crystal Palace defence
Defence
19th vs 18th
Ipswich Town defence v Crystal Palace attack
Recent xG form
-0.22 vs -0.79
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.59 – 1.23
Ipswich Town v Crystal Palace

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

Crystal Palace

12 listed
  • Forward · Hamstring injury - Expected back 11 Oct

  • Dean Henderson 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Foot injury - Expected back 11 Oct

  • Axel Disasi 0% chance

    Defender · Suspended until 25 Oct

  • Rio Cardines 0% chance

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

  • Romain Esse 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Millwall on loan for the rest of the season

  • Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 0% chance

    Midfielder · has joined Kasimpasa on loan for the rest of the seaon.

  • Justin Devenny 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Stoke City permanently

  • Christantus Uche 0% chance

    Forward · has returned to Getafe CF

  • Matheus França 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Alverca on loan for the rest of the season

  • Borna Sosa 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined FC Cologne on loan for the rest of the season

  • Chadi Riad Dnanou 0% chance

    Defender · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Takehiro Tomiyasu 75% chance

    Defender · Calf injury - 75% chance of playing

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 Crystal Palace compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Ipswich Town Crystal Palace
xG / match (better) 1.53 · 10th 1.25 · 15th
xGA / match (better) 1.75 · 15th 1.89 · 20th
xGD / match (better) -0.22 · 13th -0.64 · 17th
xPts / match (better) 1.41 · 11th 0.95 · 17th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) -0.22 -0.79

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 33% of the model's distribution.

Ipswich Town clean sheet
26%
Ipswich Town 2+ goals
49%
Under 2.5 goals
45%
Both teams to score: no
38%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
14.4%
2:1
10.8%
1:2
8.1%
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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
Crystal Palace sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Ipswich Town
2 matches
Away xG sample · Crystal Palace
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.