{"id":33036,"date":"2026-08-17T00:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/?post_type=news&p=33036"},"modified":"2026-08-17T00:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:31:37","slug":"match-preview-ipswich-town-vs-sunderland-22-08-26-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/news\/premier-league\/match-preview-ipswich-town-vs-sunderland-22-08-26-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipswich Town vs Sunderland: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ipswich Town<\/a> host Sunderland<\/a> on Saturday, August 22 (10:00 AM ET \/ 9:00 AM CT \/ 7:00 AM PT).<\/p>\n

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 \u2014 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 F\u00e9e, who created 53 chances across the campaign, look most likely to shape the final third if selected.<\/p>\n

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 \u2014 a run that swung from a 0-5 home defeat to Nottingham Forest to a 3-1 win away at Everton to sign off \u2014 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 N\u00fa\u00f1ez, 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.<\/p>\n

US viewers can watch Ipswich Town vs Sunderland on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n\n\n