Everton Vs Ipswich Town Prediction: The Toffees Prepares Goal Party Against Relegated Team
JAKARTA - After last week Liverpool confirmed the title, now most of the Premier League standings have been determined, Everton, which will host Ipswich Town at Goodison Park on Saturday, May 3, is one of the less decisive matches this weekend.
Ipswich Town has been confirmed to relegate to Championship last week, while Everton have suffered two successive defeats for the first time since David Moyes returned to coach the club.
Everton again failed to win at Stamford Bridge last weekend when they lost 1-0 to Chelsea, extending their poor record at home to 30 games without a win.
Now, Everton have only won once in the last nine Premier League games. After also losing to Manchester City in their previous home game, David Moyes was able to record three successive defeats of something that had never happened in the last 18 months of his first term at the club.
The last two defeats also came without scoring. Currently, Everton is a team with quite a few conceded (41 goals), but only scored 34 goals a low outside the relegation zone. This is confirmed to be the main focus on the transfer market this summer.
However, with new ownership and plans to move to a new stadium, many Everton supporters remain optimistic. Moyes is also trying to lift the standings position as each rating has a larger prize value.
Everton previously won 2-0 over Ipswich in the first meeting of the season, and now has ambitions to wipe out two wins over the same opponent for the first time since 1994-95.
Meanwhile, Ipswich Town, coached by Kieran McKenna, was officially relegated after losing 3-0 to Newcastle United. Ben Johnson's red card exacerbated their fate in that match.
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Despite finishing in 18th position, their distance from West Ham (ranked 17) reached 15 points, showing the weak performance of the promotion team this season. Ipswich also lost 27 points from superior positions, showing the weakness of the defense sector which has conceded 74 goals this season.
Everton will be strengthened by Armando Broja, who is absent against Chelsea for his loan status. Dominic Calvert-Lewin has also returned to training after a long injury. James Tarkowski is confirmed to be absent until the end of the season due to a hamstring injury.
Meanwhile, McNeil's newly recovered knee surgery is still possible to sit on the bench.
Ipswich comes with a lot of injury and suspension problems. Ben Johnson and Leif Davis are absent due to card accumulation. Nathan Broadhead, Conor Townsend, Axel Tuanzebe, Kalvin Phillips, Jaden Philogene, Wes Burns, and Sammie Szmodics are also expected to be sidelined due to injury.
Everton:Pickford; Young, O'Brien, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Gueye, Garner, Doucoure, Ndiaye; Beto
Ipswich Town:Palmer; O'Shea, Woolfenden, Marijuda, Greaves; Hutchinson, Morsy, Cajuste, Clarke; Delap