Manchester City vs Ipswich Town Matchday Stats Preview

This is the first meeting between Man City and Ipswich in any competition since January 2002, with the Citizens (then in the second tier) beating Premier League Ipswich 4-1 at Portman Road in the FA Cup.

This will be the first Premier League meeting between Man City and Ipswich since the 2000-01 campaign, when they were both newly promoted sides. The Tractor Boys won both games that term, with their 2-1 home win confirming the Citizens’ relegation to the second tier.

This will be Ipswich’s first ever meeting with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium – they won their last two visits to Maine Road, winning a Premier League game 3-2 in November 2000 and a League Cup tie 2-1 the following month.

Manchester City have won 17 of their last 18 Premier League games against promoted sides (D1) since a 2-1 home loss to Leeds in April 2021.

Ipswich haven’t scored in any of their last seven away league games against the reigning top-flight champions (D1 L6), losing the last three by an aggregate score of 15-0. They last scored in such a game in April 1984 (2-2 v Liverpool), while their last such victory was in October 1981 (1-0 v Aston Villa).

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 44 home games in all competitions (W37 D7) since a 2-1 loss to Brentford in November 2022. It’s the eighth longest such run among English top-flight clubs in history, and longest since Chelsea’s run of 74 between February 2006 and October 2008.

Ipswich lost 2-0 against Liverpool in their opening match of 2024-25 – not since 2006-07 in the Championship have they started a league season with two straight defeats, while they last did so in the top-flight in 1985-86.

Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna will be the 14th different manager whose first ever Premier League away game came against the reigning champions. None of the previous 13 have won (D2 L11), with Mark McGhee (1-1 v Man Utd in 1994) and Claudio Ranieri (3-3 v Man Utd in 2000) the only ones to earn a point.

Man City striker Erling Haaland has scored at least once against all 22 sides he’s faced in the Premier League. The Norwegian has also scored 13 goals in nine appearances in August in the competition, more than he’s netted in any other month.

Bernardo Silva’s assist for Erling Haaland in Man City’s opening weekend victory was his 43rd in the Premier League, the joint-most of any Portuguese player in the competition’s history (level with Nani).