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Ipswich Town vs Liverpool

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Portman Road

Date: 17th August 2024

Kick-off time – 12:30 GMT

Ipswich will begin their Premier League journey with a game against Liverpool this Saturday.

After a 22-year absence from the English top flight, the hosts return to the Premier League and will be looking to make this season as memorable as their last two. Ipswich has enjoyed back-to-back promotions in their last two seasons so fans will be expecting another successful season. Their goal this time is to remain in the top flight despite the heavy competition at this level.

The Tractor Boys have been busy during the off-season in many ways, upgrading Portman Road to Premier League standard, whilst on the pitch they’ve managed to persuade highly touted manager Kieran McKenna to stay and spent over £50m to improve their squad. 

They will be delighted to begin their campaign in front of their home crowd who have had plenty to celebrate in recent times after seeing their side lose just one of their last 39 home league matches (W28, D10). They also have a habit of avoiding defeat in their season opener as you would have to go back eleven seasons to find the last time Ipswich lost on the opening day of a league campaign (W6, D4).

However, the hosts have not met an opponent like Liverpool in those eleven years. The Reds are one of the toughest sides Kieran McKenna’s side could ever face in the top flight and they have a top three finish from last season as proof.

However, the Reds are not the team they were last season. If nothing else, they have a new manager in the dugout having replaced their most successful manager in the Premier League era, Jürgen Klopp, with Arne Slot over the summer.

The Dutchman has promised to build on Klopp’s legacy but a lack of summer signings has many Reds fans wondering what he has in store. However, Liverpool are also used to hitting the ground running, last tasting defeat on the opening day 12 seasons ago (W8, D3). If that isn’t inspiring enough, then their record against newly-promoted clubs make for equally good reading as they are currently on an eight-game unbeaten run against such teams (W7, D1). 

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 3, 2024
Ipswich Town 20:30 Crystal Palace
Leicester City 21:15 West Ham United
December 4, 2024
Everton 20:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 20:30 Nottingham Forest
Newcastle United 20:30 Liverpool
Southampton 20:30 Chelsea
Arsenal 21:15 Manchester United
Aston Villa 21:15 Brentford
December 5, 2024
Fulham 20:30 Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth 21:15 Tottenham Hotspur
December 7, 2024
Everton 13:30 Liverpool
Aston Villa 16:00 Southampton
Brentford 16:00 Newcastle United
Crystal Palace 16:00 Manchester City
Manchester United 18:30 Nottingham Forest
December 8, 2024
Leicester City 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Fulham 15:00 Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Chelsea
December 9, 2024
West Ham United 21:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 13 11 1 1 26 8 +18 34
2 Arsenal 13 7 4 2 26 14 +12 25
3 Chelsea 13 7 4 2 26 14 +12 25
4 Brighton & Hov… 13 6 5 2 22 17 +5 23
5 Manchester City 13 7 2 4 22 19 +3 23
6 Nottingham Forest 13 6 4 3 16 13 +3 22
7 Tottenham Hotspur 13 6 2 5 28 14 +14 20
8 Brentford 13 6 2 5 26 23 +3 20
9 Manchester United 13 5 4 4 17 13 +4 19
10 Fulham 13 5 4 4 18 18 +0 19
11 Newcastle United 13 5 4 4 14 14 +0 19
12 Aston Villa 13 5 4 4 19 22 -3 19
13 AFC Bournemouth 13 5 3 5 20 19 +1 18
14 West Ham United 13 4 3 6 17 24 -7 15
15 Everton 13 2 5 6 10 21 -11 11
16 Leicester City 13 2 4 7 16 27 -11 10
17 Crystal Palace 13 1 6 6 11 18 -7 9
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 2 3 8 22 32 -10 9
19 Ipswich Town 13 1 6 6 13 24 -11 9
20 Southampton 13 1 2 10 10 25 -15 5

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