Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Betting Tips & Preview

Crystal Palace to win

Palace are the pick to win this Premier League fixture at Selhurst Park, and it's a call built on where both sides currently stand rather than anything to do with the odds on offer. The hosts have won two of their last three outings and go into this with home advantage, while Ipswich arrive off the back of back-to-back defeats against stronger opposition. Historically Palace have had the better of this pairing too, and that pattern lines up with the current form guide. The best price available is 1.87, but that's simply where the market has landed on the game — the selection rests on Palace looking the more likely winners on the balance of the evidence, not on any perceived gap between odds and probability.

Recent Form

Palace's last five results make for a decent, if slightly bumpy, read. They beat Rayo Vallecano back in late May, then hit a rough patch with back-to-back losses to Everton and Manchester City in late August. Since then, though, they've steadied themselves nicely, beating Fulham away on September 5 and following that up with a home win over Middlesbrough just days before this game. Two wins on the spin heading into a home fixture is exactly the kind of momentum a side wants at this point in the season.

Ipswich's form tells a more mixed story. They started well, winning both of their August 22 and August 25 fixtures against Sunderland and Leicester City respectively, showing they can be competitive against sides around their level. But the step up in opposition has caught them out since — they lost away to Manchester United on August 30 and then fell at home to Liverpool on September 4. Two defeats against the division's heavyweights in a row is a reminder that Ipswich still have work to do to close the gap on the bigger clubs, and Palace, while not among the very elite, represent another tough away test on the back of that.

Head-to-Head

The head-to-head record leans heavily in Crystal Palace's favour. Across the last five meetings, Palace have won four and lost just once, with no draws in that sample. That solitary Ipswich win came back in April 2013, and every meeting since — including fixtures in 2017, December 2024, and March 2025 — has gone the way of the Eagles. It's a lopsided record, and while past results are no guarantee of what happens next, it does add weight to the idea that Palace tend to have the measure of this opponent when the two sides meet.

Team News

Palace have some notable absentees to contend with. Jean-Philippe Mateta remains out with a hamstring injury, Ismaïla Sarr is sidelined with a groin problem, and Chadi Riad is missing following knee surgery. Rob Holding also remains unavailable through suspension. That's a meaningful dent in attacking and defensive options for the hosts, and losing a forward of Mateta's profile in particular is not ideal.

Ipswich's absentee list, however, is considerably longer. Jack Taylor and Azor Matusiwa are both out following knee surgery, Ashley Young continues to be affected by a hip flexor problem, and Florentino is missing with a calf issue. Jaden Philogene is out with an ankle injury, Conor Townsend remains sidelined with a cruciate ligament tear, while Sammie Szmodics and Kasey McAteer are both absent with unspecified issues. That's eight players unavailable in total for the visitors, spanning midfield and attack, and it's hard to see Ipswich fielding their strongest possible side given the scale of that list.