Man City - Ipswich Town: Haaland "fires" again

In the last 18 matches against newly promoted teams, coach Pep Guardiola and his team have won 17 matches and that is not a very happy signal for Ipswich Town. The away team still wants 1 point but it is certainly not an easy target to achieve.

Man City - Ipswich Town Prediction

There is not much to say about Man City after the first two matches of the new season. Everyone knows how the Manchester team plays, it is difficult to stop them. Rodri is absent but Kovacic and Matheus Nunes still somewhat complete their tasks.

Pep Guardiola's winning machine is still running smoothly. Of course, newly promoted Ipswich Town will have a hard time stopping Man City from finding another 3 points.

Haaland's form has improved recently since Kevin de Bruyne returned from injury. With the Belgian midfielder, the ball has been coming to Haaland and the striker has been more confident and steady with each shot. Man City just need to take advantage of the opportunity to celebrate and think about victory.

On the other side of the front line, Ipswich Town began to feel the difficulties of returning to the Premier League. They lost 0-2 to Liverpool in a match where the players gave their all. To be fair, Ipswich Town even brought a glimmer of hope to their fans. Tuanzebe and his teammates played well and resiliently against Liverpool, but Jota and Salah ruined everything in the second half.

Coach Kieran McKenna has brought a new wind to Ipswich Town. The goal of 1 point is what the former assistant coach of coach Erik ten Hag is aiming for. Ipswich play with lines, confident coordination and intelligence. However, coach McKenna knows his position and his students very well. He is not foolish enough to attack and pay a high price.

Force information

Man City will definitely not have Rodri as he has just returned from the summer break. Oscar Bobb has a broken leg and is out for a long time. New signing Savinho is confident of being fit to play. After a match on the bench, Walker, Stones and Phil Foden are ready to start. In addition, The Citizen has no other regrettable absences.

Meanwhile, Ipswich Town have a headache with Wes Burns, Nathan Broadhead (hamstring), George Hirst (knee), Harry Clarke (Achilles) all sidelined with injuries. Arijanet Muric (calf) and Cameron Humphreys (thigh) are close to returning to training.

Ipswich hope to sign Armando Broja from Chelsea in time for the game, but even if they do, Liam Delap - who was sold by Man City for an initial £15m - is fit.

Expected lineup:

Manchester City: Ederson; Lewis, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Gvardiol; Kovacic, De Bruyne; Bernardo, Foden, Doku, Erling Haaland

Ipswich Town: Walton; Axel Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Luongo; Johnson, Chaplin, Hutchinson; Liam Delap.