Ipswich Town vs AFC Bournemouth prediction and preview

Ipswich Town vs AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Sunday 8 November 2026, 14:00 UTC · Portman Road Stadium, Ipswich

Ipswich Town · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

The Premier League fixture between Ipswich Town and AFC Bournemouth is scheduled for Sunday 8 November 2026 at 14:00 UTC at Portman Road Stadium in Ipswich. Ipswich Town sit 14th on 11 points after 9 matches, while AFC Bournemouth sit 8th on 12 points after 9 matches.

Ipswich Town come into the game with a D-D-L-W-L run in the league (1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5), while AFC Bournemouth's recent sequence reads W-W-W-W-W. Over their last 6, Ipswich Town have scored 1.7 and conceded 1.7 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. AFC Bournemouth average 2.3 scored and 0.8 conceded across their last 6, with 5 clean sheets.

The sides have met 2 times in the records we hold: Ipswich Town won 1, 0 games were drawn and AFC Bournemouth won 1. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 2 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 2. The most recent meeting, on 2 Apr 2025, ended AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Ipswich Town.

AFC Bournemouth are without Alex Tóth (injury), Julián Araujo (injury) and Veljko Milosavljevic (injury). Simon Hooper is the appointed referee. Across 142 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.8 yellow cards per game and 0.2 penalties per game, and home sides won 46% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make AFC Bournemouth favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.