Ipswich Town vs Liverpool Preview

Ipswich Town host Liverpool at Portman Road on Friday evening as the newly-promoted side look to build on an otherwise strong start against a Liverpool side yet to find a win in the league.

Ipswich’s form has been excellent aside from one setback. Their most recent outing ended in a 5-2 defeat away at Manchester United. Prior to that, a 3-1 win away at Leicester in the cup was a strong win. Before that, a 2-1 home win over Sunderland continued a good run. Earlier in this run, a 4-2 win away at Union Berlin and a 3-0 home win over Rayo Vallecano complete a five-match sequence of four wins and a single loss.

Liverpool’s form has been much less convincing. Their most recent outing was a 2-2 draw at home to Nottingham. Prior to that, a 2-2 draw away at Newcastle was another share of the spoils. Before that, a 2-0 home win over Como was a bright spot in pre-season. Earlier in this run, a goalless draw at home to the same opponents followed a 2-3 home defeat to Monaco, completing a five-game spell of one win, three draws and a single loss.

The head-to-head record favours Liverpool, who have won all five of the last five meetings, with no draws and no wins for Ipswich Town. Most recently, Liverpool won 4-1 at home. In the previous encounter, Liverpool won 2-0 away at Ipswich.

In the UK and Ireland, the match is live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, available via Sky Go, NOW and Sky Ultra HD. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on USA Network. Coverage also extends to Australia via Stan Sport and to Germany on Sky Sport Premier League.

Possible Lineups

Ipswich Town (4-2-3-1): Scherpen, O’Shea, Diop, Greaves, Davis, Lukic, Nunez, Fatawu, Enciso, Maeda, Emersonn

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson, Kerkez, van Dijk, Jacquet, Frimpong, Munoz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Wirtz, Gakpo, Isak

Ipswich Town Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Manchester Utd	5-2	Ipswich	Premier League	30.08.26
✅	Ipswich	3-1	Leicester	EFL	25.08.26
✅	Ipswich	2-1	Sunderland	Premier League	22.08.26
✅	Union Berlin	2-4	Ipswich	Club Friendly	15.08.26
✅	Ipswich	3-0	Rayo Vallecano	Club Friendly	08.08.26

Liverpool Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
🤝	Liverpool	2-2	Nottingham	Premier League	29.08.26
🤝	Newcastle	2-2	Liverpool	Premier League	23.08.26
✅	Liverpool	2-0	Como	Club Friendly	16.08.26
🤝	Liverpool	0-0	Como	Club Friendly	16.08.26
❌	Liverpool	2-3	Monaco	Club Friendly	09.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Liverpool	4-1	Ipswich	Premier League	25.01.25
Ipswich	0-2	Liverpool	Premier League	17.08.24
Liverpool	1(5)-1(4)	Ipswich	EFL (Pen)	04.12.02
Liverpool	5-0	Ipswich	Premier League	11.05.02
Ipswich	0-6	Liverpool	Premier League	09.02.02

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	Sky Go UK, NOW, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League
Ireland Republic	Sky Go UK, NOW, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League
USA	USA Network
Australia	Stan Sport
Germany	Sky Sport Premier League, Sky Go, WOW
Spain	DAZN Spain
Canada	DAZN Canada, fuboTV Canada
India	Star Sports Select HD1, JioHotstar
New Zealand	Sky Sport Premier League
Switzerland	Sky Sport Premier League

Table

POS	TEAM	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Manchester City	2	2	0	0	6	2	4	6
2	Hull City	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	6
3	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	7	5	2	6
4	Brentford	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	4
5	Newcastle United	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	4
6	Everton	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	4
7	Leeds United	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	0	1	7	4	3	3
9	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	3
10	Manchester United	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	3
11	Sunderland	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
12	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	1	4	6	-2	3
13	Liverpool	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
14	AFC Bournemouth	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
15	Nottingham Forest	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
16	Fulham	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	0
17	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0
18	Coventry City	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	0
19	Crystal Palace	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	0
20	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0