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Ipswich - Brighton PredictionsFree Daily Soccer Unibet Predictions for Today, January 16, 2025.
Kick-off: 20:30 (GMT+1)
ENGLAND: Premier League – Round 21
EVENT: Ipswich – Brighton
TIPS: Under 3.5 Goals | Odds: 1.44@Unibet | Result: PENDING

Ipswich – Brighton Predictions and Preview

  • The three teams promoted from the Championship find themselves in the bottom three of the Premier League ahead of this midweek round. However, out of the trio, Ipswich Town seems the most likely to make a comeback. The Tractor Boys have won two of their last five Premier League games (with one draw and two losses), moving them within a whisker of safety pre-round. Now they are in search of back-to-back top-flight home wins for the first time since 2002.
  • Brighton stands in Ipswich’s way, and history suggests this will be a close encounter. The last three head-to-head meetings have been drawn. This is a rare fixture in the top flight, as it will be the first meeting between these teams in the top tier of English football since January 1983. Ipswich might feel nervous about marking the occasion with a positive result given their joint-second worst home record this season (W1, D4, L5).
  • Fabian Hürzeler’s Brighton side hasn’t won a league match since late November, although they have only lost two of their last ten Premier League games, with six ending in a stalemate. They finally snapped their eight-game winless run at the weekend with a big win at Norwich in the FA Cup and will hope to take that momentum into a game they enter as warm favourites.
  • The Seagulls now have the chance to complete a swift East Anglian double, but those chances are negatively impacted by the fact that all four of their league games against the pre-round bottom four this season ended level, with the south coast side surrendering the lead in three of those! In fact, Brighton’s last four league outings ended in stalemate, and another draw here would see them become the first team since Fulham in 2020/21 to draw five successive top-flight games.
  • Players to watch: Sammie Szmodics has opened the scoring in the first half with all four of his Ipswich goals this season, but each of those came on the road. Brighton’s Georginio Rutter scored a brace against Norwich at the weekend and scored on this ground last season whilst playing for Leeds (W 4-3).
  • Hot stat: Ahead of the round, Brighton have led at half-time in a joint-league high five Premier League away games this season.