Ipswich Town 2026/27 Betting Preview

Ipswich Town return to the Premier League at their first attempt after previously being relegated - but have the Tractor Boys learned from their previous mistakes? Ipswich just pipped Millwall to 2nd in the Championship, securing automatic promotion behind Coventry City, and now return to the top division hoping to stay there a little longer than their previous attempt.

Nathan Joyes takes a closer look as to whether that will be possible or if they will be heading straight back to the Championship come May.

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Team analysis

Ipswich were relegated from the Premier League in 2025. They finished 19th with 22 points - 16 points adrift of safety. If they are to survive this time round, they will need to win more than four matches and certainly improve their defence that shipped in 82 goals.

However, with that fresh in their minds, Ipswich have not messed around in the transfer window. They have arguably been as busy as Chelsea, and there may still be more players to come through the door. It's clear the board don't want a repeat of their previous relegation, and have thrown serious cash at their squad in order to avoid the drop.

So far, no less than 10 players have come in, with almost £120m being spent in the process. Tried and tested Premier League players have been signed, including Fulham's Sasa Lukic and Issa Diop, while Burnley's Florentino and Leicester's Issahaku Fatawu have joined for a combined £50m.

Overseas, big money has been spent to pull in Toulouse's Emersonn for £25m, hoping the 22-year-old Brazilian can score the goals required in order to stay up. He's not the only forward that will be playing at Portman Road, with Celtic's Daizen Maeda joining the Tractor Boys having scored 14 goals in 36 SPL appearances last season.

From front to back, there have been drastic changes in order to make sure that Ipswich prove to be competitive. It can go one of two ways - if the players gel, Ipswich could be one of the three promoted sides to stay up, but if it takes time, they could be up against it after the early rounds. Either way, you have to admire their ambition to make sure they have every chance of surviving.

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Key players

Away from their new signings, Ipswich will heavily rely on Jack Clarke to produce some magic in the final third. The 25-year-old is a real talent, and he proved that last season in the Championship, firing in 16 goals from his 46 appearances.

The former Sunderland player now needs to prove he can step up and deal with the Premier League but many pundits believe he is definitely one that can cause problems for plenty of opponents this season.

Forward Jaden Philogene will also be hoping to have chances and build on his 12 goals from last season. The former Hull striker endured his best season to date as Ipswich banked 2nd spot and he will be looking to replicate that success now in the Premier League.

Season prediction

Can Ipswich Town survive? According to the bookmakers, there's very little chance of that happening. At 2000/1 to win the Premier League, it doesn't appear as though they are the next Leicester City, despite their flurry of new signings.

At 4/6 to be relegated, they are one of three newly promoted sides expected to drop back to the Championship at the first time of asking once more. If you believe they will do enough to stay up, you can back Ipswich at 11/10 to do just that.

Ipswich are priced at 3/1 to finish bottom, although Hull are firm favourites at 5/4. So where's the value? Well, sadly, at this stage of the season it doesn't look as though there is. Despite the many new players brought in, it's difficult to find three teams worse than Ipswich and so 4/6 could be the bet - albeit rather short.

Hull look as though they will finish bottom of the pile, but if they are miraculously better than the market suggests, 3/1 on Ipswich to finish bottom may appeal to some of you punters out there.