The two worst performers of the 2024-25 Premier League season so far go in search of a rare victory on Saturday afternoon, as 19th-placed Ipswich Town host basement boys Southampton at Portman Road.
Kieran McKenna's men went down 4-1 to league leaders Liverpool last time out, while the Saints were condemned to a 3-1 home defeat by Newcastle United, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
IPSWICH TOWN vs. SOUTHAMPTON
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IPSWICH TOWN
Out: Wes Burns (knee), Sammie Szmodics (ankle), Conor Chaplin (knee), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles)
Doubtful: Leif Davis (illness), Jens Cajuste (unspecified)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Walton; Tuanzebe, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Phillips, Cajuste; Hutchinson, Enciso, Philogene; Delap
SOUTHAMPTON
Out: Ross Stewart (calf), Nathan Wood (unspecified), Juan Larios (unspecified), Ryan Fraser (unspecified)
Doubtful: Kamaldeen Sulemana (hamstring), Aaron Ramsdale (muscle), Jack Stephens (unspecified), Albert Gronbaek (fitness), Tyler Dibling (ankle)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Ramsdale; Bree, Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis; Sugawara, Aribo, Ugochukwu, Walker-Peters; Fernandes; Dibling, Onuachu
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Ben Knapton
