West Ham vs Ipswich Prediction & Betting Tips (5 October)

West Ham last graced the top-flight, ending that campaign by losing eight of their last 14 matches of the regular season, so a return to this level could represent a significant step up in class. Ipswich are probably not the opponents that they would have chosen to face, with West Ham boasting eight wins from ten games of late.

11 of the 14 top-flight matches involving Ipswich this season had served up no more than five successful strikes. This has also been the case in all 15 games played by West Ham at this level during the current campaign, so there is no reason to expect this sequence to come to an end against these opponents.

Somewhat incredibly, 21 of the previous 21 Premier League fixtures involving West Ham have seen the net bulge at both ends, and this includes a run of ten consecutive home matches in which this has been the case. Although Ipswich cannot compete with these numbers, it should still be pointed out that they have both scored and conceded in ten of their last 14 away games.