- 1 Everton vs Ipswich Town: six points each, seven goals apart
- 2 Everton, unbeaten but short on goals
- 3 Ipswich Town, seven scored and ten shipped
- 4 Premier League prediction Everton vs Ipswich Town
- 5 First, a word on our free predictions
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Everton vs Ipswich Town: six points each, seven goals apart 
Everton and Ipswich Town sit on exactly six points after four Premier League games. Only one place separates them in the table, with the clubs ninth and tenth.
That is where the similarity ends. They have got there by completely different routes. Everton are still unbeaten, while Ipswich have already lost twice.
Kick-off is set for Saturday 19 September at 16:00 Paris time at Hill Dickinson Stadium. It is matchday five.
The starkest contrast is in the goals against column: three for the Toffees, ten for the Tractor Boys.
Up front, the gap runs the other way but is tighter, with Ipswich on seven goals and Everton on five. The visitors score more and concede far more.
That difference of 10 goals conceded in four games is the highest among teams in the top half. It sums up Ipswich in a nutshell.
The fixture list also gives the visitors a complication: Ipswich hosted Arsenal in the EFL Cup on Tuesday 15 September, just four days before this trip.
Goal difference is another separator, with Everton on +2 and Ipswich on -3. The table splits them on that alone.
Six points after four games is also the haul of Brentford and Liverpool. The middle of the Premier League is especially tight this season.
Everton, unbeaten but short on goals 
Everton came away from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with a 0-0 draw on Saturday 12 September. That kept their unbeaten run alive through four league matches.
It was Everton’s third draw of the season, alongside one win. That leaves them on six points.
The real bright spot has been at the back: three goals conceded in four matches. Only Arsenal and Manchester City have done better in the Premier League.
The attack is moving at a slower pace, with five goals scored, just over one per game. That is the part costing them points.
Their +2 goal difference puts them ahead of Ipswich despite the same points total. The table is doing its job there.
They did not have a midweek game before this one. A full week of prep, which is more than the visitors can say.
Facing a side that has already shipped ten goals in four matches should give Everton a chance to turn that defensive steel into three points at last.
With only three goals conceded in four league games, only Arsenal, on one, and Manchester City, on two, have been better. Everton have the third-best defensive record in the division.
They still have not lost since the restart. That unbeaten run is covering for an attack that has only managed five goals.
One win in four games, though, does keep them from climbing much higher. Everton are leaving points on the table in matches they are not actually losing.
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Ipswich Town, seven scored and ten shipped 
Ipswich beat Crystal Palace 3-2 on Saturday 12 September. Emersonn, Leif Davis and Zian Flemming scored, with Flemming netting the winner in the 90th minute.
The context matters. Palace were down to ten men from the 34th minute after a sending-off. Even so, the London side got back to 2-2.
Ipswich’s record now stands at two wins and two defeats, with no draws at all. They are a side that does not do half measures.
The ten goals conceded across four matches are the ugly side of their start. Only teams in the relegation zone are close to that number.
Their goal difference is negative at -3, even though they sit 10th. That mismatch says plenty about the fragility of their start.
The trip to Hill Dickinson Stadium comes just four days after hosting Arsenal in the EFL Cup. Recovery will matter.
Against the third-best defensive unit in the league, the visitors face a different kind of test: they will have to hold firm, not just score.
Only Crystal Palace, 16th with 11 goals conceded, and Coventry, bottom with 10, are in the same defensive bracket. Ipswich are right there, while somehow sitting 10th.
Zian Flemming settled it at Selhurst Park with a 90th-minute finish. That goal delivered Ipswich’s second win of the campaign.
Two wins, two defeats, no draws: Ipswich have been swinging from one extreme to the other since the season began. That makes this one harder to read than the table suggests.
Likely Everton line-up: Not available at the time of publication.
Likely Ipswich Town line-up: Not available at the time of publication.
Premier League prediction Everton vs Ipswich Town
Our prediction: Everton to win
Everton have conceded just three goals in four games and are still unbeaten. No other team in the middle of the table can match that defensive consistency.
Ipswich have given up ten in the same span, including two against a Crystal Palace side reduced to ten men. They have not kept a clean sheet in any of their matches.
The visitors also come in off a cup tie, while Everton have had a full week to prepare.
Take Everton to win at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Everton now need to turn that solidity into victories, and this looks like their clearest chance in recent weeks. A home game against a defence already leaking goals is exactly the sort of fixture they have to cash in on.
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