Ipswich continue their fight for Premier League survival against Brighton at Portman Road.
Victory will lift Ipswich up to 16th and three points clear of relegation, whilst Brighton can go ninth with a win.
Team News
Omari Hutchinson is a doubt for Ipswich after he missed their FA Cup win over Bristol Rovers with a hamstring injury.
Sammie Szmodics (ankle), Axel Tuanzebe (hamstring), Conor Chaplin (knee) and Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles) remain ruled out.
Brighton could welcome Tariq Lamptey back into contention following his recovery from illness.
Joao Pedro (ankle), Lewis Dunk (calf), Yankuba Minteh and Georginio Rutter (both knock) are doubts.
Igor Julio (thigh), Ferdi Kadioglu (toe), James Milner (hamstring), Jack Hinshelwood (knee), Diego Gomez (fitness), Evan Ferguson (ankle) and Mats Wieffer (thigh) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Ipswich host Brighton at Portman Road on Thursday 16 January at 7:30pm GMT, live on TNT Sports 2 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Ipswich drew 0-0 in their only previous Premier League meeting against Brighton in September 2024, albeit away at the AMEX Stadium.
- This is Brighton’s first Premier League visit to Ipswich.
- Two of Ipswich’s last three meetings against Brighton ended in 0-0 draws.
- Sam Morsy has created more passes in the league this season than any other Ipswich player (870).
- Brighton have scored first in four of their last five away matches in the top-flight.
Prediction
Unbeaten in their last three games in all competitions, Ipswich now need to just keep building momentum but they must try and cut out the sloppy fouls which allowed Fulham to twice equalise from the spot in their last league outing.
Brighton meanwhile ended their winless rut with a clinically dominant FA Cup display at Norwich amidst several changes, which has to be a base now to build on if they want to get firmly back into the fight for European qualification if can bring the same quality and spirit into this league game.
Ipswich though won’t make this easy given their recent goalscoring exploits but if Brighton can bring their best attacking press and end product, I can see them nicking this.
Prediction: Ipswich 1-2 Brighton
Result: Ipswich 0-2 Brighton
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