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Ipswich Town vs Manchester United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Portman Road

Date: 24th November 2024

Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT

Manchester United will begin life under Ruben Amorim this Sunday when they travel to Portman Road to face Premier League new boys Ipswich Town.

The hosts have not had an easy start back in the Premier League, with just one win in their opening eleven games (D5, L5). However, that sole win came at the 11th attempt just before the international break by beating Tottenham 2-1 away from home.

So it’s a particularly encouraging omen for The Tractor Boys as their last set of back-to-back top-flight wins, which came during their previous Premier League campaign in 2001/02, started with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham. But as the only Premier League side yet to win on their own turf this term (D3, L2), Kieran McKenna’s men are in dire need of better performances at Portman Road.

All five previous newly promoted sides who failed to emerge victorious from their first six such outings went on to be relegated so Ipswich will be desperate to get the ball rolling soon. However, a meeting against Manchester United – who they haven’t beaten in any competition this century (D1, L4) – is unlikely to inspire confidence.

The Red Devils come into this tie in tidy form having won three out of their last four games since Erik ten Hag left the club (D1). Another new era awaits as Amorim becomes their sixth permanent managerial appointment since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.

The Portuguese coach is the youngest man to take charge of the Red Devils since Wilf McGuinness in 1969 and he is joining a dressing room buoyed by the aforementioned four-match competitive unbeaten run under the interim leadership of Ruud van Nistelrooy (W3, D1).

The former Sporting coach has the advantage of seeing several of his players return from injury during the international break, with Kobbie Mainoo, Leny Yoro and Luke Shaw all back in training. United appear as close to full strength in terms of availability as they have been in 18 months, standing them in good stead as they look to continue a sensational 19-match unbeaten run against promoted sides (W17, D2). They even won each of the last nine such fixtures on the road.

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

December 7, 2024
Everton 13:30 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 16:00 Manchester City
Aston Villa 16:00 Southampton
Brentford 16:00 Newcastle United
Manchester United 18:30 Nottingham Forest
December 8, 2024
Fulham 15:00 Arsenal
Ipswich Town 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Chelsea
December 9, 2024
West Ham United 21:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
December 14, 2024
Arsenal 16:00 Everton
Liverpool 16:00 Fulham
Newcastle United 16:00 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest 18:30 Aston Villa
December 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester City 17:30 Manchester United
Chelsea 20:00 Brentford
Southampton 20:00 Tottenham Hotspur
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 21:00 West Ham United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 14 11 2 1 29 11 +18 35
2 Chelsea 14 8 4 2 31 15 +16 28
3 Arsenal 14 8 4 2 28 14 +14 28
4 Manchester City 14 8 2 4 25 19 +6 26
5 Brighton & Hov… 14 6 5 3 23 20 +3 23
6 Fulham 14 6 4 4 21 19 +2 22
7 Nottingham Forest 14 6 4 4 16 16 +0 22
8 Aston Villa 14 6 4 4 22 23 -1 22
9 AFC Bournemouth 14 6 3 5 21 19 +2 21
10 Tottenham Hotspur 14 6 2 6 28 15 +13 20
11 Brentford 14 6 2 6 27 26 +1 20
12 Newcastle United 14 5 5 4 17 17 +0 20
13 Manchester United 14 5 4 5 17 15 +2 19
14 West Ham United 14 4 3 7 18 27 -9 15
15 Everton 14 3 5 6 14 21 -7 14
16 Leicester City 14 3 4 7 19 28 -9 13
17 Crystal Palace 14 2 6 6 12 18 -6 12
18 Ipswich Town 14 1 6 7 13 25 -12 9
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 2 3 9 22 36 -14 9
20 Southampton 14 1 2 11 11 30 -19 5

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