Ipswich Town vs Sunderland: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups

Ipswich Town host Sunderland on Saturday, August 22 (10:00 AM ET / 9:00 AM CT / 7:00 AM PT).

Doubt Azor Matusiwa and doubt Jack Taylor, nursing a knee issue, give Ipswich a couple of fitness question marks, but Jack Clarke’s central role in the side won’t be in doubt — the winger scored 16 goals with 24 shots on target last season and remains this group’s most reliable route to goal, with Jaden Philogene (12 goals, 33 shots on target) and George Hirst (11 goals) offering support further forward. For Sunderland, doubt Omar Alderete and doubt Nordi Mukiele add uncertainty to the back line, though Mukiele still chipped in 3 goals and created 24 chances last season when fit. Brian Brobbey (7 goals) and Enzo Le Fée, who created 53 chances across the campaign, look most likely to shape the final third if selected.

With both sides yet to kick a ball in the new campaign, this is as much about first impressions as form. Sunderland head in with last season’s closing sequence of L L D D W still fresh — a run that swung from a 0-5 home defeat to Nottingham Forest to a 3-1 win away at Everton to sign off — and the visitors will look to carry some of that late-season momentum into the new campaign. Ipswich, for their part, can lean on Clarke’s scoring record and Marcelino Núñez, who created 68 chances last season, to find their footing quickly, and with goal threats at both ends of the pitch, a tight opener that still produces goals for both sides feels the likeliest script.

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Ipswich Town vs Sunderland: Best Bets & Predictions

Ipswich Town host Sunderland at the start of a new Premier League campaign, with early form still there to be written.

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Ipswich Town vs Sunderland to finish levelThe market has this fixture priced almost dead even between the two sides, leaving the draw as the standout number on the board.

38%win prob.162 @ bet365

Both Teams to Score – YesTop pickBoth sides carry proven goal threats going forward and defensive question marks at the back, a combination that points toward goals at both ends.

57%chance-134 @ bet365

Under 2.5 GoalsA tight, cagey opener between two sides still finding their feet in the top flight fits a lower-scoring finish more than an end-to-end shootout.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐chanceopening soon @ bet365

Correct Score – 1-1A share of the points with a goal at both ends ties together the tight, low-scoring picture across the rest of the market.

15%chance550 @ bet365

Jack Clarke – Anytime GoalscorerClarke scored 16 goals and put 24 shots on target last season, comfortably Ipswich's most reliable route to goal.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐chanceopening soon @ bet365

Our approach: We've read the market's near-even split between the two sides as pointing to a share of the spoils, and built the rest of our best bets — from BTTS to the scoreline — around that same tight, goals-at-both-ends picture.

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Season Form & Standings

Neither side has kicked a ball yet this season — Ipswich sit on 0 points from 0 games played, exactly the same record Sunderland carry into this one, with both clubs starting the Premier League campaign from a blank slate.

Premier League

Potential Match-Winners

• Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town): The Ipswich winger scored 16 goals and registered 24 shots on target last season, comfortably the club’s most productive route to goal.
• Marcelino Núñez (Ipswich Town): A creative focal point in midfield, Núñez created 68 chances and added 7 assists last season, giving Ipswich control in the final third.
• Brian Brobbey (Sunderland): Sunderland’s central striker scored 7 goals last season from 36 shots, with 18 of those on target, giving him a compact, efficient goal return.

Recent Form

Ipswich Town:

There’s no recorded form for Ipswich yet — this fixture arrives before a ball has been kicked in the new season.

Sunderland: L L D D W

• 2026-05-17: Everton 1-3 Sunderland (W, away)
• 2026-05-09: Sunderland 0-0 Manchester United (D, home)
• 2026-05-02: Wolves 1-1 Sunderland (D, away)
• 2026-04-24: Sunderland 0-5 Nottingham Forest (L, home)
• 2026-04-19: Aston Villa 4-3 Sunderland (L, away)

Sunderland’s last 5 games last season read L L D D W: a 4-3 defeat away at Aston Villa, a 0-5 home loss to Nottingham Forest, back-to-back 1-1 and 0-0 draws with Wolves and Manchester United, then a 3-1 win away at Everton to close out the campaign.

Ipswich Town vs Sunderland Prediction

With both sides starting on 0 points from 0 games played, and firepower at both ends but questions over both back lines, this looks set up for a tight, low-scoring draw with goals at both ends — Squawka’s prediction: 1-1.