Overview
After a surprise win over Tottenham in round 10, Crystal Palace have gone through four consecutive Premier League matches with only three points from three draws. This disappointing run of results has left Crystal Palace with only nine points since the start of the season and the relegation task of coach Oliver Glasner's team is becoming more difficult than ever.
More worryingly, Crystal Palace’s December schedule is also extremely difficult. After the confrontation with Ipswich, they will face Man City, Brighton and Arsenal in turn. The chance of Crystal Palace getting points in these matches is not high. Therefore, they will need to beat direct opponents like Ipswich Town in the race to avoid relegation in the Premier League.
As for Ipswich Town, they are having almost similar results to Crystal Palace. They also have 9 points, the same record of 1 win, 6 draws and 6 losses after 13 rounds. The only victory of both teams so far has come from Tottenham.
Ipswich's first Premier League campaign in 22 years is proving to be a tough one, and they will have to work harder if they don't want to return to the Championship at the end of the season.
The last 11 meetings between the two teams have been very tense, with 5 wins for Crystal Palace, 4 wins for Ipswich Town and the remaining 2 draws.
The last time they met was in the Carabao Cup in 2017 and Palace won 2-1 at home.
Human resources situation
Ipswich Town defender Axel Tuanzebe has joined the injury list alongside Jacob Greaves, Nathan Broadhead, Cheidozie Ogbene and George Hirst.
On the other side of the front line, Crystal Palace's Daichi Kamada will miss another match due to suspension. Chadi Riad, Matheus Franca, Adam Wharton and Franco Umeh-Chibueze will also be absent.
Expected lineup:
Ipswich Town: Muric, Davis, Burgess, O'Shea, H Clarke, Morsy, Chaplin, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Szmodics, Delap.
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Lacroix, Guehi, Chalobah, Mitchell, Lerma, Munoz, Hughes, Sarr, Eze, Mateta.
The match between Ipswich Town and Crystal Palace takes place at 2:30 am on December 4 (Vietnam time).
