Chelsea v Ipswich – Preview, Predictions and Best Bets

Chelsea face Ipswich in the Premier League on Sunday. The Blues have lost just three of their last 28 home league matches with five straight EPL victories at Stamford Bridge. The Tractor Boys have taken a paltry four points from their last 11 league fixtures.

Match: Chelsea v Ipswich
When: Sunday, 13 April 2025, 15:00
Where: Stamford Bridge

Chelsea Form

Chelsea are doing well at home with five straight home league wins. Overall, their last 15 EPL fixtures have yielded just those five wins. After a run of three defeats in four matches, they beat Southampton 4-0 and FC Copenhagen 2-1 in Denmark in the Conference League. A 1-0 home win over Leicester followed.
The Blues beat FC Copenhagen 1-0 at home in the second leg before losing 1-0 at Arsenal. A 1-0 home win over Tottenham was followed by another two clean sheets. They drew 0-0 at Brentford with 21 shots attempted. In midweek, Chelsea won 3-0 at Legia Warszawa.

Chelsea Team News

Enzo Maresca is without Wesley Fofana due to injury. Romeo Lavia is nearing a return to the squad after his latest setback. Mykhailo Mudryk remains banned due to a negative doping test.

Chelsea are set to recall Levi Colwill, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella and Nicolas Jackson after they were on the bench in Poland. Moises Caicedo will also return and must avoid a booking or he will face a two-match ban.

Chelsea Motivation

The Blues are winning at home, partly due to some favourable fixtures. Motivation is high to finish in the top five and qualify for the Champions League.

Chelsea will attack from the start and won’t settle for anything less than a win here.

Ipswich Form

Ipswich are 12 points off safety with just seven rounds of action remaining. After a shock win at home to Chelsea in December, they went winless in ten rounds of league action. They followed four straight losses with a draw at Aston Villa before another four-match losing streak.

A 4-2 home defeat to Nottingham Forest was the final loss in that run before a surprise 2-1 win at freefalling Bournemouth. Last weekend, their slim relegation hopes were dealt a major blow. A 1-0 lead after 71 minutes vs relegation rivals Wolves, turned into a 2-1 loss by full time.

Ipswich Team News

Coach Kieran McKenna has five injuries to deal with. Omar Hutchinson should shake off a knock to start against his former club but the other four players are set to be missing. Chiedozie Ogbene, Wesley Burns, Samuel Szmodics and goalkeeper Arijanet Muric will play no part.

Jaden Philogene-Bidace will hope for a recall down the left flank. Liam Delap has 12 league goals and will lead the line with Julio Enciso expected to move into the number ten role.

 Ipswich Motivation

The Tractor Boys have nothing to lose, but they’re bordering on having nothing to play for either.

They will go for the win to keep their remote survival hopes alive. It won’t be an open approach and they will mostly sit deep and hit Chelsea on the counter.

Key Stats

Chelsea have won their last 5 league matches at home (3 clean sheets)

Chelsea have lost just 3 of their last 28 league matches at Stamford Bridge

Ipswich have lost 9 of their last 11 league matches

Ipswich have conceded 28 goals in their last 10 EPL matches

Verdict

Chelsea should have too much for Ipswich at home. A win to zero looks like the best bet. Both Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer could end their goal droughts here.

Best Bet: Chelsea win and both teams to score at 2.60
Alternate Bet: Over 3.5 goals at 2.00
Goalscorer Tip: Cole Palmer to score anytime at 2.10