Information and notable data of the match Arsenal vs Ipswich Town
Arsenal are currently 4th in the table with 33 points. If they win against Ipswich, they will have 36 points, moving up to 2nd in the table.
After a run of seven unsuccessful games in October and November, which included three defeats, Arsenal have turned things around. The Gunners are now unbeaten in 10 games, including a 5-1 win over Crystal Palace last time out.
Gabriel Jesus scored a brace in that win, alongside a hat-trick against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
Jesus has scored 5 goals/10 shots in the last 2 matches. Before that, this striker only scored 1 goal after 41 shots in the previous 33 matches for Arsenal.
Jesus is now aiming to score in three consecutive appearances for Arsenal. Coach Mikel Arteta hopes the Brazilian striker will do that, because statistics show that when Jesus scores, his team has not lost in the Premier League (61 matches, including 56 wins and 5 draws).
However, the Gunners have suffered a major injury blow with Bukayo Saka set to miss several weeks through injury.
Arsenal will be without their most creative player against Ipswich - who has created 57 chances in all competitions this season and been directly involved in 22 goals (nine goals, 13 assists).
Saka's absence means he, Ben White, Raheem Sterling and Takehiro Tomiyasu will be sidelined; Oleksandr Zinchenko is likely to return.
As for Ipswich, they just lost 0-4 to Newcastle last round. They are a team that plays very poorly at home, but the opposite is true when playing away.
Both of Ipswich's wins this season have come away from home, beating Tottenham and Wolves. The newly promoted side have twice as many points away from home as they have at home.
With Ipswich second to last, the supercomputer Opta does not believe in their chances of staying up. According to Opta, Kieran McKenna's team has a 76.9% chance of being relegated, only Southampton (97.8%) have a better chance.
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 41 Premier League home games against newly promoted sides (W36 D5). They have won 12 consecutive games against newly promoted sides at the Emirates. The Gunners are closing in on Chelsea's record of 43 home games unbeaten against newly promoted sides (between 2001 and 2015).
Head to head record Arsenal vs Ipswich
This will be the first meeting between Arsenal and Ipswich since January 2011, when the two sides met in the two-legged League Cup semi-final. Arsenal lost 1-0 at Portman Road then, but won 3-0 at the Emirates.
In the Premier League, Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 13 matches against Ipswich (W10 D3) since a 1-2 away defeat in September 1984.
Ipswich are winless in their last 11 away games against Arsenal (D4 L7), including four straight defeats. The last time Ipswich beat the Gunners away was in August 1979, a 2-0 win under the late Bobby Robson.
The Arsenal – Ipswich match will take place at 3:15 a.m. on December 28.
