MANCHESTER CITY VS IPSWICH TOWN PREVIEW, PREDICTIONS AND LINEUPS

[Music] Premier League champions Manchester City will be welcomed back to the Eddie had stadium with open arms when they face newly promoted ipswitch toown in their first home match of the new season on Saturday afternoon the two teams meet for the first time since January 2002 when the citizens as a second tier Club beat the tractor boys is a Top Flight Team 4 to1 at pman Road in the FA Cup after beating Rivals Manchester United to win the community Shield gaining Revenge after losing the FA Cup Final 11 weeks earlier man city began the defense of their Premier League crown with a 2-n victory over Chelsea last Sunday man city have become the first team in Premier league history to win 10 consecutive games by two or more goals including their final nine victories from last season and manager Pep Guardiola admitted after the win over Chelsea that he didn't expect his citizen side to perform as well as they did considering their disrupted preseason in absence of a few star names Guardiola and Co are now preparing for their first fixture at the Eddie had since beating West Ham United 3 to1 on the final day of last season to clinch an unprecedented fourth consecutive premier league title that Victory extended their unbeaten home run in the top flight to an impressive 30 matches Man City will fancy their chances of success against it switch on Saturday as they have won 17 of their last 18 Premier League games against promoted teams since losing 2 to1 at home to leads United in April 2021 following back-to-back promotions under the tutelage of adored head coach here in McKenna if switch began their first premier league campaign for 22 years with a two zero defeat against Liverpool at Portman Road last weekend watched on by Super Fan Ed Sheeran who recently acquired a 1.4% ownership stake in his Boyhood Club the tractor boys showed no signs of intimidation during a promising first half display but two goals in the space of 5sec half minutes from Red's Duo Doo Hoda and Muhammad Salah ultimately condemned the hosts to defeat McKenna was beaming with pride after the match and has taken a lot of positives from his team's efforts but he has encouraged his IP switch players to maintain their performance levels for longer if they are to challenge in the Top Flight this season if switches start to life back in the big time does not get any easier as they are now preparing for a daunting trip to Man City and their first ever visit to the Eddie hat having previously failed to win or score in any of their last seven away encounters with the reigning top flight Champions however the tractor boys won their last twoa away meetings with Man City at their former home Main Road following up a 3-2 Premier League win in November 2000 with a 2 to1 victory in the efl cup just a month later man city could once again be without star midfielder rodri who missed the win over Chelsea and was absent from training on Wednesday while Oscar Bob is facing several months on the sidelines after undergoing Sur JY on a fractured leg last week however saino has trained this week after coming off at halftime on his debut against Chelsea with a minor knee issue while City could have another new signing available for selection is ilai gundan is currently in Manchester finalizing his return from Barcelona after just one season at Camp no as for ipswitch George Hurst meet Nathan Broadhead hamstring and Harry Clark Achilles all remain sidelined with injuries while aranet Mur Cath and Wes Burns hamstring will both be assessed ahead of kickoff Cameron Humphrey's thigh is back in training though Calvin Phillips is ineligible to face his parent club man city after joining the tractor Boys on loan last week but yens cahoe could be handed his debut in Midfield after joining on loan from Napoli on Tuesday I switch hoped to sign Armando broha on loan from Chelsea in time for Saturday's game but even if they achieve that Liam dap who was sold by Man City for an initial 15 million pounds earlier this summer could retain his place up front while Samy schmod and Ben Johnson or two other new recruits pushing to make their first starts for the club ipswitch toown possible starting lineup here in McKenna I switch Town manager will try to match the quality of the Man City Christian Walton is the main choice in goalkeeper to anby wended gaves and Davis had to work extra hard to repel attacks from citizen if switch will try to match the creativity of citizens Midfield by playing morsey hango Johnson Chaplan and Hutchinson it is hoped that Liam dap will be able to steal a goal at the Edie had later Manchester City possible starting lineup man city manager Pep Guardiola will certainly maintain the citizens record of being unbeaten in every home match against promoted teams the citizens best troops will be played ederson is still the best at keeping man City's goal from conceding Lewis aan G Di and vardal are still trusted by pep to be citizens defense kovic de Brana Bernardo Silva foden andoku are the Midfield generals who will control the course of the match airling Holland will be a scary monster to break through the opponent's goal ipswitch certainly gave a good account of themselves against Liverpool last weekend but they ultimately came up short against a stronger opponent and will once again be up against it when they face a man city Side who are unbeaten in 45 games at the Eddie hat across all competitions indeed it is difficult to see how the tractor Boys Can Come Away with a positive result against the reigning Champions who should have few problems claiming Max maimum points in comfortable fashion judging from the quality of players experience and depth of the squad football Canal predicts that the citizen will be able to control the course of the match with more than 60% ball control Manchester City should be able to win with a margin of more than two goals