Ipswich vs Chelsea Prediction & Betting Tips (30 December)

For its first season at the highest level in more than 20 years, Ipswich Town finds itself head-on with the demands of the Premier League. The Tractor Boys, who are aiming for nothing other than maintaining this year, are not really managing to exist in this championship where they have still not won a single match in front of their home crowd. As a result, they find themselves in 19th position in the standings with only 12 points on the clock. Defeated 4 times in 5 days played against Nottingham Forest 1-0, Crystal Palace 0-1, Bournemouth 1-2, Wolverhampton victory 1-2 and especially Newcastle 0-4, the Suffolk players will have to negotiate a very complicated trip on Friday on Arsenal's field. On the other side of the median, Chelsea FC are obviously one of the big names in this Premier League where they have clearly not given up on their title hopes this year.

Having returned to 4 lengths of Liverpool who are the leader, the London club has a particularly strong workforce which allows it to complete all its deadlines with greater ease. Launched into a run of 5 consecutive victories in the league, the last of which were against Southampton 1-5, Tottenham 3-4 and Brentford 2-1, the Blues only saw their plans thwarted by Everton 0-0. Enzo Maresca's players will try to get going again on Thursday against West Ham.

The promoted side see the return of midfielder Morsy who is back after being suspended for the trip to the Emirates Stadium. On the other hand, the attack of this formation is still deprived of the potential holder Ogbene (no goals) and the center forward Hirst (1 goal) who are still stuck in the infirmary with the starting full-back Tuanzebe. With his 3 goals to his credit, the Irishman Szmodics (3 goals) is the most prolific player in this team at the moment. The Blues, for their part, still have to deal with the defections of defenders James, Badiashile and Fofana, of midfielder Lavia and with that of striker Kellyman.

Tested positive in a doping control, Ukrainian striker Mudryk is still suspended. Author of 11 goals this year in the Premier League, the English international Palmer remains the most decisive player of this team in the championship ahead of the young Senegalese Jackson and his 9 goals.