Follow live coverage as Ipswich Town face Crystal Palace today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Ipswich Town FC 0 - 1 Crystal Palace FC
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:24Hutchinson can't find a way through a yellow wall of Palace defenders and passes back to Clarke, whose cross into the middle is punched away from danger by Henderson.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:23Yellow Card Jean-Philippe Mateta
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:23We're into three minutes of added time as Palace look to close in on just their second league win of the season.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:21Substitution Ismaïla Sarr Edward Keddar Nketiah
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:20Yellow Card Ismaïla Sarr
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:20Munoz is put into space down the right and hangs up a cross towards goal, but it's overhit and loops behind to land on top of the net!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:19OFF THE WOODWORK!!! Davis stands over an Ipswich free-kick from the edge of the box, but rather than shoot, passes short to Chaplin. He chips the ball to the far post where Greaves heads back across the face, but it bounces back off the opposite upright and behind before Al-Hamadi or Broadhead can turn it home!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:17Each one of Eze's last five Premier League assists have been for Palace's number 14 Mateta, as the two continue to display their almost telepathic link-up play since Glasner took charge.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:15CHANCE!!! Hutchinson beats Mitchell down the right and fizzes a ball across the face of goal, but no-one can get on the end of it and the opportunity goes begging!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:13Morsy is urged to shoot from the edge of the box having chested the ball down, but his effort is a poor one which skews away and ends up closer to the corner flag than its intended target!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:12Al-Hamadi sparks an immediate Ipswich attack with a driving run down the flank before finding support to his right. It comes to Hutchinson, who cuts inside and fizzes a left-footed cross into the box which is punched clear by Henderson!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:12Substitution Trevoh Thomas Chalobah Christopher Jeffrey Richards
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:10Delap's race is run following a frustrating 79 minutes feeding off scraps for the Tractor Boys, and he'll be replaced by Ali Al-Hamadi for the final 10 or so minutes.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:09Yellow Card Jacob John Greaves
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:07Delap loses out to Guehi and Munoz on the touchline and he flies into a reckless challenge on the latter, but somehow avoids a booking from the referee!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:07Substitution Eberechi Oluchi Eze Justin Devenny
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:06Since Oliver Glasner's first game in charge of Crystal Palace on February 24 this year, only Erling Haaland (17) and Yoane Wissa (16) have scored more non-penalty Premier League goals than Mateta's 15. Talisman.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:04Chance! An Ipswich corner is cleared ande Hughes carries the ball forward on the break for the Eagles. He feeds Sarr to his right, who has Munoz steaming ahead of him, but the Eagles winger instead looks to pass flat to Eze and the hosts cut it out!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:03CHANCE!!! Davis finds space on the left and fires a first-time cross into the middle with Delap arriving, but he can't get a clean connection on his header and the chance goes astray!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:02The Palace corner is swung in and aimed towards Lerma from the right, but Greaves gets there in time to glance his headed effort behind for another set-piece.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
21:00SAVED!!! Eze produces a brilliant scooped pass on the turn to send Mateta running through on goal once more, but despite having Sarr in space to his right, the goalscorer goes for the shot himself and Muric saves with his legs!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:57Harry Clarke looks to pick out the run of Delap into the box with a long punt forward, but Henderson positions himself well to claim the ball just inside his 18-yard box.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:57Ipswich win a throw-in almost straight from the restart, but rather than launching a long ball into the Palace box, Cajuste goes back to Morsy and the visitors are able to snuff out any potential threat.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:57Substitution Jack Raymond Clarke Nathan Paul Broadhead
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:57Substitution Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste Jack Henry Philip Taylor
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:56Substitution Wesley James Burns Conor Mark Chaplin
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:54It's a fourth goal of the season from Mateta, and the first since 27 October against Spurs – in which he netted the decisive strike in a 1-0 win for the Eagles.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:51Assist Eberechi Oluchi Eze
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:50Goal Jean-Philippe Mateta
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:49Davis fires an Ipswich free-kick into the box from the left, and although O'Shea does well to connect with it, his looping far-post header is an easy one for Henderson to gather.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:48Yellow Card William James Hughes
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:47Palace have won just two of their last 19 away games in the Premier League, losing nine times despite scoring the first goal on eight occasions across this run.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:47OVER!!! Clarke plays a one-two with Morsy on the edge of the box before teeing up O'Shea from 25 yards, but the centre-back's speculative effort sails well over the top!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:46Cajuste looks to drive Ipswich forward with a surging run past three players down the left flank, but he's eventually crowded out by yellow shirts and is forced to go backwards with a lack of options ahead of him.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:43Since their return to the Premier League in 2013-14, Palace have failed to score a first-half goal in 286 of their matches, 39 times more than any other side in that time.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:41Blocked!! Hughes stands up a pass for Eze on the edge of the box, who quickly gets a left-footed strike away and it's deflected behind for a corner off O'Shea!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:39SAVED!!! Burns' cross from the right ricochets off Mitchell, but the Ipswich winger's second effort finds the head of Delap before his glancing effort is saved and held by Henderson!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:37Both sides' chances of victory have dropped slightly in our live win probability tracker, but it's still Palace who lead the way on a 36.9% likelihood compared to Ipswich's 25.9% as Hutchinson gets the second half off and running!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:35Substitution Cheick Oumar Doucouré Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:28As ever, Eze is pulling the strings for Palace, having arguably the best chance of the game so far with that shot saved by Muric. The England playmaker has had two shots and created two chances from his seven final-third passes, whipping in five crosses, contesting nine duels and turning over possession three times, winning two free-kicks in the process. Key.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:25The first half comes and goes with no goals and very few chances to speak of, with the scores remaining 0-0 between Ipswich Town and Crystal Palace at the break. Despite the action being sparse in front of goal, the two sides have generated a combined xG of 1.20, with the visitors racking up 0.88 of that value. The Eagles have seen efforts from Doucoure and Munoz blocked, Chalobah head over the bar, and Eze force a good save from Muric, while Ipswich saved their only real chances right for the end of the half; Burns having a speculative shot blocked and Harry Clarke's near-post header being kept out by Henderson. The two sides need to produce more if either is to take control in the second period, with both still on the hunt for only their second wins of the season!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:20HALF-TIME: IPSWICH TOWN 0-0 CRYSTAL PALACE.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:19We're into three additional minutes with the opening goal seemingly still some way away at Portman Road.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:19SAVED!!! Davis' corner is flicked on by Harry Clarke at the near post, but his glancing header is clawed out of the goalmouth by Henderson as Palace clear their lines!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:18BLOCKED!! Cajuste's ball forward is taken down well by Burns, whose snap-shot from the edge of the box is blocked behind off Mitchell for a corner!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:17Ipswich make a rare foray into the Palace half as Morsy floats a cross into the area, but Henderson rises above the pack to claim it confidently for the visitors.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:16Only Man City (88) have had more shots from outside the box than Crystal Palace's 69 in the Premier League this season, while in this game, they're the only side to have registered a shot on target so far.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:14Cajuste is taken out on the turn by Doucoure in the centre circle and wins a free-kick, with the Malian lucky to avoid a second yellow card for that cynical challenge!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:12SAVED!!! Munoz, Sarr and Mateta combine to put Eze in behind the Ipswich defence, but Burns does just enough to put him off and the eventual shot is held by Muric!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:11Blocked!! Eze slips Mitchell in to his left and he finds his opposite wing-back Munoz with a low cross into the centre. The Colombian shoots off-balance, but his left-footed effort is blocked off the line by Greaves!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:10The ball breaks kindly for Mateta on the edge of the Ipswich box, but Harry Clarke and O'Shea do just enough to keep him at bay and the latter blocks the Frenchman's shot.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:08Ipswich have only lost three of their last 45 home league matches, but are winless in their last six at Portman Road– all of which have come in this season's Premier League. They last endured a longer run without a win on home soil between February and April 2019, an eight-game stretch on their way to relegation from the Championship.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:07The latest Palace corner is blocked as O'Shea receives attention following a cut to the head, and he'll leave the field temporarily to be bandaged up properly.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:06OVER!! Doucoure clips the half-cleared Palace corner back into the middle from the right-hand side, as Chalobah climbs high in the middle but can only head over from right in front!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:04Palace's corner is delayed as O'Shea receives treatment for a cut to the head after going up for a header, and the centre-back temporarily leaves the pitch to be bandaged up properly.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:03BLOCKED!!! The best move of the game so far from Palace!!! Eze drives forward with the ball and beats Morsy twice to get a shot away, but after it's blocked and sits up nicely for Doucoure, the midfielder's half-volley from the edge of the box is bravely blocked behind by Greaves!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:01Eze drops deep to help out his backline and is clipped late by Morsy while trying to release the ball, with the Tractor Boys captain lucky to avoid a yellow card there.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
20:00Hughes drills a low ball into the Ipswich box, which takes a nick off Greaves to skew across the face of goal and flash behind for a Palace corner.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:58Crystal Palace have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League games against promoted teams, winning six, aside from a 2-1 defeat at Luton Town last November.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:56CHANCE!!! Eze whips the Palace free-kick in from the right edge and it's O'Shea who gets his head to it, steering the ball behind for a corner and being lucky not to have scored an own-goal!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:54Yellow Card Cheick Oumar Doucouré
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:54O'Shea's header from a corner deflecting up and over the bar off Delap remains the only attempt on goal by either side so far, with both needing to up the ante if they're to claim their second victory of the season.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:53Yellow Card Dara Joseph O'Shea
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:51Doucoure is felled on halfway by Morsy and Guehi sends the ball forward from the free-kick with Mitchell making a run into the area, but Muric is well off his line to collect for Ipswich.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:50Play is halted with Lacroix down clutching his shin following a 50-50 clash with Delap, and the Frenchman is eventually helped back to his feet for us to get back underway.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:48Ipswich are unbeaten in their last 28 midweek league games across the top three tiers of English football, since losing 2-0 to Charlton Athletic in a December 2021 League One match.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:45A peach of a first-time clipped pass from Harry Clarke threatens to put Burns in behind the Palace defence, but the Welsh winger slips as he tries to bring the ball down and Lacroix cleans up for the Eagles.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:44Crystal Palace are unbeaten in all four of their Premier League meetings with Ipswich, with this the first such match since a 2-0 win at Portman Road in all the way back February 1995!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:43Ipswich set off on the counter again following another Jack Clarke challenge and Delap charges over halfway. He looks to slip Hutchinson in behind, but Lacroix slides in to win possession back for Palace!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:41A second Ipswich corner is headed half-clear by Palace and comes out to Hutchinson on the edge of the box, but his attempted scoop doesn't quite come off and Henderson collects for the visitors.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:40Jack Clarke dispossesses Doucoure on halfway and races into the final third for Ipswich before passing wide to Burns, whose cross is deflected behind off Mitchell for the game's first corner.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:37This is the first league meeting between Ipswich Town and Crystal Palace since March 2013, which ended in a 3-0 Championship win for the Tractor Boys at Portman Road.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:36Palace keep possession well in the final third and it's spread out wide to Mitchell on the left, but his first-time ball finds no-one in the middle and goes astray.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:34Greaves looks to pick out Davis on the run with a long ball forward, but the Ipswich left-back's touch is too heavy and it goes behind for a goal-kick.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:32Eze kicks the game off for Palace, as we get up and running in East Anglia!
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:28Oliver Glasner’s Palace had two goalscorers despite only drawing 1-1 with Newcastle last time out, as captain Marc Guehi put the ball into his own net before being bailed out by Munoz’s last-ditch equaliser. The duo start at centre-half and right wing-back respectively, with midfielder Cheick Doucoure replacing Jefferson Lerma in their only change.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:18Oliver Glasner’s Palace had two goalscorers despite only drawing 1-1 with Newcastle last time out, as captain Marc Guehi put the ball into his own net before being bailed out by Munoz’s last-ditch equaliser. The duo start at centre-half and right wing-back respectively, with midfielder Cheick Doucoure replacing Jefferson Lerma in their only change.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:18Kieran McKenna makes four changes to his Tractor Boys side following their 1-0 defeat at Forest, with Harry Clarke and Jacob Greaves coming into the defence as Wes Burns and Jack Clarke start out wide for the home side. England midfielder Kalvin Phillips is on the bench following suspension.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:12CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Matt Turner, Joel Ward, Jefferson Lerma, Eddie Nketiah, Jeffrey Schlupp, Nathaniel Clyne, Chris Richards, Justin Devenny, Caleb Kporha.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:12CRYSTAL PALACE (3-4-2-1): Dean Henderson; Trevoh Chalobah, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi; Daniel Munoz, Will Hughes, Cheick Doucoure, Tyrick Mitchell; Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze; Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:12IPSWICH TOWN SUBS: Christian Walton, Kalvin Phillips, Conor Chaplin, Jack Taylor, Ali Al-Hamadi, Ben Johnson, Conor Townsend, Sammie Szmodics, Nathan Broadhead.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:12IPSWICH TOWN (4-2-3-1): Arijanet Muric; Harry Clarke, Dara O’Shea, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis; Sam Morsy, Jens Cajuste; Wes Burns, Omari Hutchinson, Jack Clarke; Liam Delap.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:07Like Ipswich, Palace’s sole win this season came against Tottenham, but they’re yet to do so on the road so far, with three draws and a 2-0 defeat to Fulham in their four matches since. The Eagles dominated against Newcastle last time out though, and they’ll be hoping Daniel Munoz’s 94th minute equaliser spurs them on to another three points.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:07Two sides sat either side of the Premier League’s relegation trapdoor face off, with 19th placed Ipswich looking to win only their second top-flight match since 2002. The Tractor Boys’ 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest last time out brought a three-match unbeaten run to a halt, but they can still leapfrog Palace and climb to 15th in the table with a victory here.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:02Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this match in the Premier League, as Ipswich Town host Crystal Palace at Portman Road.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
19:00Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace
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