Manchester City vs Ipswich Town prediction | 17 Oct 2026 | xGtoday


Manchester City
Ranking: #4 overall, #2 in England

91.2 → 91.0 (-0.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-0 13 May Crystal Palace (H) 91.1 +0.3
1-1 19 May Bournemouth (A) 90.5 -0.6
1-2 24 May Aston Villa (H) 89.7 -0.8
2-1 23 Aug Bournemouth (H) 90.1 +0.4
1-4 28 Aug Crystal Palace (A) 91.0 +0.9
Ipswich Town
Ranking: #85 overall, #21 in England

71.3 → 73.7 (+2.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-2 22 Apr Charlton (A) 72.2 +0.6
0-0 25 Apr West Brom (A) 72.1 -0.1
2-2 28 Apr Southampton (A) 72.8 +0.7
3-0 02 May QPR (H) 73.1 +0.3
2-1 22 Aug Sunderland (H) 73.7 +0.6

Manchester City vs Ipswich Town: by the numbers

Ipswich Town trail Manchester City by 81 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 19 in England.

Ipswich Town arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +2.4 rating points over their last 10 matches against Manchester City's -0.2.

Last time these teams played, on 19 Jan 2025, Ipswich Town lost 0.3 rating points.

The highest Manchester City have ever stood in our European rankings is #1, first reached on 26 Jul 2018.

Ipswich Town first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 73.8 on 31 Jan 2026.