Comments, predictions Ipswich Town vs Leicester: Tough draw

Last season's top two Championship sides will meet at Portman Road in Premier League action on Saturday afternoon, as Ipswich Town host Leicester City.

The Foxes won the second division title to return to the top flight in their first season, finishing one point ahead of the Tractor Boys – who are returning to the big stage after 22 years.

Latest Ipswich Town vs Leicester team information

Ipswich will be without Chiedozie Ogbene, who was stretchered off with an Achilles injury against Brentford, along with Sam Morsy, Jacob Greaves (both muscle strains), Axel Tuanzebe (hand), Ben Johnson, Jack Taylor (both muscle injuries), Massimo Luongo and Janoi Donacien (both ankle injuries).

Harry Clarke, who became only the second player in Premier League history to score an own goal, concede a penalty and receive a red card in the same game last weekend, is currently suspended, while Omari Hutchinson will be assessed after missing the defeat to Brentford through illness.

Dara O'Shea could be tasked with switching to right-back, which could see Luke Woolfenden return to partner Cameron Burgess in central defence, while Liam Delap, Wes Burns and Jack Clarke are also options to return to the starting line-up.

For Leicester, Hamza Choudhury (shoulder), Jakub Stolarczyk, Patson Daka (both ankle) and Victor Kristiansen (muscle injury) remain sidelined as they continue their recovery.

After making nine changes to his midweek squad, Cooper is expected to bring back a number of key players this weekend, including goalkeeper Mads Hermansen and defenders Wout Faes and Ricardo Pereira.

Harry Winks, Wilfred Ndidi and Facundo Buonanotte are the likely trio to start in midfield, while Stephy Mavididi, who scored against Ipswich in last season's 1-1 Championship draw at Portman Road, could partner Abdul Fatawu and Jamie Vardy in attack.

Ipswich Town vs Leicester latest predicted lineup

Ipswich Town:

Muric; O'Shea, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis; Phillips, Cajuste; Burns, Chaplin, Szmodics; Delap

Leicester City:

Hermansen; Pereira, Okoli, Faes, Justin; Ndidi, Winks; Fatawu, Buonanotte, Mavididi; Vardy

Latest football commentary Ipswich Town vs Leicester

Ipswich are one of three teams, along with Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers, yet to win any of their first nine Premier League games this season, with four draws and five defeats.

After four consecutive draws, the Tractor Boys have lost their last three games against West Ham United, Everton and Brentford, including a dramatic 4-3 away defeat to Brentford last weekend.

Despite yet to win a game, Kieran McKenna has the backing of the Ipswich board. He left the defeat to Brentford with "huge pride", praising the "fantastic" spirit of his players and believing the performance showed the team is "back on track".

Before facing Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United either side of the international break, Ipswich will be hoping to pick up their first three points when they face another promoted side in Leicester, an opponent they have failed to beat in their last four meetings.

However, the Tractor Boys - currently 18th in the table - have won all three of their Premier League home games against Leicester, winning 4-1 in January 1995, 2-0 in January 2001 and 2-0 in December 2001.

Leicester started October with back-to-back Premier League wins over Bournemouth (1-0) and Southampton (3-2), but they ended the month with defeats against Nottingham Forest (3-1) and Manchester United (5-2), with the loss to United coming in the Carabao Cup round of 16 on Wednesday night.

Bilal El Khannouss and Conor Coady both scored for a much-changed Leicester side, but defensive errors from the visitors helped Manchester United to victory, including two goals from deflections and a "really poor linesman decision" for United's second, according to Steve Cooper.

Cooper was booked for his off-field behaviour and is now banned from the game against Ipswich on Saturday. Despite expressing his disappointment after the game, he took positives from the "strange" game at Old Trafford.

Leicester will be looking for revenge when they return to the Theatre of Dreams for a Premier League clash on November 10, but first they will turn their attention to Saturday's game at Portman Road, where they will hope to claim a second successive away win and move up from their current 15th position.

Leicester have reason to be optimistic, having lost just one of their last nine meetings with Ipswich (W5 D3), with both Championship games last season ending 1-1. The two sides had some close encounters in the Championship last season and could see another tight encounter this weekend, although goals are still expected, with both sides conceding a combined 37 goals this season.

Ipswich are desperate for their first Premier League win of the season and see this game as a good chance to do so in front of their home fans, but we predict Leicester will at least get a draw against the Tractor Boys, who have dropped 10 points from leading positions this season.

Ipswich Town vs Leicester score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Ipswich Town vs Leicester match:

• Sportsmole: Ipswich Town 2-2 Leicester

• WhoScore: Ipswich Town 1-2 Leicester
• Our prediction: Ipswich Town 2-2 Leicester

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