Match Day

Arsenal vs Ipswich Town | Premier League | Gameweek 18 - Dec 27

The festive round of Premier League games comes to an end on Friday night at the Emirates Stadium when relegation-threatened Ipswich Town and title contender Arsenal face off.

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Match Details:

NAME: Arsenal vs Ipswich Town
DATE: Dec 27, 2024
TIME: 8.15pm UK
VENUE: Emirates Stadium

When is Arsenal vs Ipswich Town?

Arsenal vs Ipswich Town is scheduled for an 8.15pm UK kick-off on Friday, Dec 27, 2024.

How to watch?

HOTSTAR in India, Amazon Prime Video in UK, NBC Sports, UNIVERSO, Telemundo, USA Network and fuboTV in US & Fubo Sports Network also in Canada will all be airing live coverage of the event.

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Arsenal vs Ipswich Town Team News

Arsenal Team News

In the first half, Hale End hero Bukayo Saka suffered a hamstring injury that Arteta has stated will keep him out for "quite a weeks" due to reports that he is facing a two-month layoff. This injury may have been the biggest cost of Arsenal's thumping of Crystal Palace.

The injury to Raheem Sterling's knee, which also keeps defenders Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu out, further reduces Arteta's attacking options. On the plus side, Oleksandr Zinchenko may recover from a muscular issue.

At Selhurst Park, Martinelli replaced Saka on the right, but the fiery Jesus should be the first choice to replace the Englishman for the upcoming weeks as Havertz advances due to Rice's anticipated midfield recall.

Ipswich Town Team News

Sam Morsy, the captain, has been given five yellow cards and is suspended for one game, so Ipswich will also be missing a key player for Friday's match, albeit one that is due to suspension rather than injury.

As Morsy sits on the wrong side of the law, McKenna ought to bring Kalvin Phillips into the game. However, young striker Liam Delap has returned from his own suspension and could be a direct replacement for Conor Chaplin at the top of the attack.

Although Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles), Janoi Donacien (fitness), George Hirst (knee), and Axel Tuanzebe (thigh) are once again out, former Arsenal academy star Omari Hutchinson should return to the starting lineup.

Arsenal vs Ipswich Town Match Summary

Highlights - Arsenal vs Ipswich Town

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Last weekend, the hosts were celebrating Christmas at Selhurst Park, defeating Crystal Palace 5-1 while the Tractor Boys suffered a four-goal loss at home.

On Saturday night, sports journalists nationwide delighted in making jokes about Gabriel Jesus that might have been better suited for Easter, but if five goals in two games is any obvious sign, the Brazilian has definitely been reenergized.

Jesus again troubled the Eagles at Selhurst Park with a brilliant brace after leading Arsenal to the EFL Cup semi-finals with a hat-trick against Palace. Declan Rice, Gabriel Martinelli, and Kai Havertz then carved the Gunners' name into the record books.

Arsenal scored at least five goals in an away game for the sixth time in 2024, which no English top-flight team had ever accomplished in a single calendar year. Mikel Arteta's team is now within striking distance of Chelsea once more.

It will take some work to overcome Liverpool's immense lead at the top in 2025, but Arsenal seems to have found their open-play goal scoring touch again after being held back against Fulham and Everton. Arteta's team is now 10 games undefeated in all tournaments.

In addition, the Gunners are now the only Premier League team that has not lost at home in the 2024–25 campaign after Brentford's 2-0 loss to Nottingham Forest over the weekend. They have also kept three clean sheets in their last three top-flight Emirates games against Forest, Everton, and Manchester United.

The sparkling Swede helped himself to a 54-minute hat-trick as Newcastle United, led by Alexander Isak, left Ipswich battered and bruised, turning them from the only Premier League team without home losses to the only one without home victories.

Ipswich became just the sixth team in history to lose all nine of their home games of the season; four of the previous five were relegated. Jacob Murphy, who was equally vivacious, also assisted himself to a goal in the first half as Ipswich joined an unwanted Premier League club.

With Kieran McKenna's team in last place in the Premier League standings, but only two points behind Leicester City in the relative safety of 17th place, the Tractor Boys' predicament could not be more dreadful if their name were Southampton.

Ipswich could surpass the dotted line if they defeat Arsenal at the Emirates. This season, eight of the visitors' 12 points have come from away games, including three at the home of the Gunners' bitter rival Tottenham Hotspur in November.

In addition, McKenna's team has lost just two of their nine away games this season. However, their most recent trip to the Emirates in the 2010–11 EFL Cup semi-finals ended in a 3-0 second-leg loss, and Arsenal lost to Birmingham City in the final due to the infamous Laurent Koscielny and Wojciech Szczesny disaster.

Predicted starting lineup

Arsenal possible starting lineup:

Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Jesus, Havertz, Trossard

Ipswich Town possible starting lineup:

Muric; Johnson, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Cajuste, Phillips; Hutchinson, Szmodics, Clarke; Delap

Arsenal vs Ipswich Town