Ipswich's home form will be key to the Premier League survival hopes and this clash with fellow strugglers Crystal Palace is the kind of game they need to be winning to stay in the big time.
The Tractor Boys have only lost twice at home all season but they've yet to pick up any wins at Portman Road and that will need to change to stop Ipswich's relegation odds from shortening further.
A 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, which brought up some bets for Slips Tips, sent Kieran McKenna's side tumbling back into the drop zone. But the impressed in their last home game, a 1-1 draw with Manchester United, and a win here could fire them up the table.
Crystal Palace are only above Ipswich on goal difference and needed a last-gasp header from Daniel Munoz to salvage a point at home to Newcastle.
There's a general consensus the Eagles are too good to go down but Oliver Glasner's men have claimed just one Premier League win all season so they need to start getting some more victories on the board.
How the bookies view it: Eagles ready to soar again
Despite having home advantage, Ipswich Town are the outsiders for this one at 8/5 with Kwiff. Crystal Palace are the 13/10 favourites and the draw pays 41/20.
Recent head to head: First league clash for over a decade
These sides haven't shared the same league since season 2012/13 when they were both in the Championship. It was honours even that term with one home win apiece and the last 11 meetings have been tight, with five Crystal Palace victories, four Ipswich Town wins and two draws.
They last faced off in a 2017 EFL Cup tie and it was the Eagles who won 2-1 at Selhurst Park.
Players to watch: Delap the dangerman
Liam Delap has been the best of Ipswich Town's summer signings and the striker's goals will give them hope of staying up. The former Manchester City kid has netted six times already and is 7/4 at Kwiff for anytime scorer.
Jean-Philippe Mateta is the focal point up front for Crystal Palace and the big Frenchman is a handful. He's 9/5 at Kwiff for anytime scorer and a whopping 10/1 at Bet365 to net with a header.
Probable line-ups
Ipswich Town are still missing Jacob Greaves, Nathan Broadhead, Cheidozie Ogbene and George Hirst. Daichi Kamada serves the final game of his three-match ban for Crystal Palace. Chadi Riad, Matheus Franca, Adam Wharton and Franco Umeh-Chibueze are set to miss out again.
Ipswich Town: Muric, Davis, Burgess, O'Shea, Tuanzebe, Morsy, Chaplin, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Szmodics, Delap.
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Lacroix, Guehi, Chalobah, Mitchell, Lerma, Munoz, Hughes, Sarr, Eze, Mateta.
Anything else catch the eye?
Crystal Palace have drawn three of their last four while four of Ipswich's home games have ended level this term. That suggests this game will be tight so I like the half-time draw at 21/20 with Kwiff.
Both these teams will be targeting a win in this game so it should be a decent watch. Both teams to score pays just 4/6 at Kwiff but if you add on over 2.5 strikes it boost the odds to 6/5 with Bet365.
All but one of Ipswich's home games this season has hit double figures for corners so that's another market worth looking at when the bookies get round to pricing it up.
This English Premier League match between Ipswich Town and Crystal Palace will be played on Dec 3, 2024 and kick off at 19:30. Check below for our tipsters best Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
