Wolves vs Ipswich Town Prediction: Back an entertaining six-pointer at Molineux

Two Premier League clubs in desperate need of a win meet at Molineux on Saturday afternoon (15:00) as 19th-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers host 18th-placed Ipswich Town, with the sides level on nine points after 15 games played heading into the weekend.

Read below for my Wolves vs Ipswich Town prediction, alongside team news and match odds.

Team News

Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes picked up his fifth booking of the 2024/25 Premier League campaign in Monday's 2-1 defeat at West Ham United and will serve a one-game suspension on Saturday. Tommy Doyle or Jean-Ricner Bellegard are the most likely replacements for the Brazilian.

Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore, Enso Gonzalez, Sasa Kalajdzic and Leon Chiwome are all still in the treatment room for Gary O'Neil's side, while doubts remain over goalkeeper Jose Sa and playmaker Pablo Sarabia.

Football Odds

Ipswich Town are missing injured trio Chiedozie Ogbene, Axel Tuanzabe and George Hirst for the trip to Molineux.

Head coach Kieran McKenna may make a change in the centre of midfield with Jens Cajuste likely to come in for Jack Taylor, who started last Sunday's 2-1 defeat to AFC Bournemouth. Jack Clarke and Wes Burns are also chomping at the bit for a start after coming on as second-half substitutes against the Cherries.

Wolves vs Ipswich Town Odds

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Wolves are 10/11 to win a Premier League game at Molineux for just the second time in 2024/25 giving Saturday's hosts an implied probability of 52.4%, while Ipswich are 11/4, or a 26.7% chance, to triumph for just a second time - home or away - all season.

The draw is priced at 3/1, both teams to score at 8/13, and over 2.5 total goals at 4/6.

Both Teams To Score & Total Goals Over/Under 2.5 - Yes & Over 2.5 @ 1/1

Since beating Southampton (2-0) and Fulham (1-4) in back-to-back games last month, Wolves have lost all momentum, losing at home to AFC Bournemouth (2-4) before suffering defeats away to Everton (4-0) and West Ham (2-1).

It's been a similar story for Ipswich, who enjoyed a positive start to November by drawing 1-1 at home against Leicester City and Manchester United either side of a 2-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur. However, the Tractor Boys have now lost three on the bounce, suffering a 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest before further disappointments at home to Crystal Palace (0-1) and Bournemouth (1-2). Disappointingly for McKenna, Ipswich have failed to even score in two of those three losses.

The Northern Irishman should take confidence from the defensive record of Saturday's hosts, though, who have kept just one Premier League clean sheet this season - against bottom-side Southampton on November 9. The Old Gold have shipped 10 goals across their last three games and supporters seem to have lost a lot of confidence in O'Neil, something he has eluded to this week.

I fancy Ipswich to get back in the goalscoring groove on Saturday but I'd be surprised if they were able to shut out a Wolves attack that has only been denied twice this season - in an opening-day defeat at Arsenal (2-0) on August 17 and the 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Everton on December 4.

O'Neil's side have scored in all seven home matches this season and I expect them to make it eight from eight this weekend.

Both teams have scored in 80 per cent (12) of Wolves' 15 Premier League games this season, helped by 86 per cent (six) of their matches at Molineux ending with at least one strike on either side.

Ipswich aren't quite as high up in the BTTS table but both teams have scored in 67 per cent (10) of their league contests and the number is higher away from home, with 71 per cent (five) of their seven outings on the road ending with a goal on either side.

Wolves, meanwhile, top the over 2.5 goals table (alongside Brentford), with 80 per cent (12) of their Premier League games seeing at least three goals scored (86 per cent at home).

Ipswich sit at the opposite end of the standings with just 40 per cent (six) of theirs seeing over 2.5, but that's dragged down by their home record as 57 per cent of their away trips have produced at least three strikes.

With both sides striving to take all three points on Saturday, I think we could see an entertaining encounter unfold at Molineux, with goals raining down in Wolverhampton.

Bet Builder - Jorgen Strand Larsen (WOL) Anytime Goalscorer, Matheus Cunha (WOL) 1+ Shots on Target, Liam Delap (IPS) 2+ Fouls @ 4/1

Despite Wolves' troubles, Celta Vigo loanee Jorgen Strand Larsen has enjoyed an impressive start to life in the Premier League, scoring six goals in his first 15 appearances. Interestingly, five of his strikes have come at Molineux, including his last four - a brace v Bournemouth on November 30, one v Crystal Palace on November 2, and one v Manchester City on October 20.

The Norway international has found the net in four of his last five home games and should receive more opportunities than he did at the London Stadium on Monday when he failed to register a shot before being taken off in the 62nd minute for Goncalo Guedes.

I'm backing the 24-year-old to net again at Molineux this weekend and I think his strike partner, Matheus Cunha, can at least come close to joining him on the scoresheet by registering a shot on target against the Tractor Boys.

Like Strand Larsen, Cunha struggled to find space in east London earlier this week, although he did force Irons goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski into a save in the first half with one of his two efforts. The Brazilian has scored seven Premier League goals this season and is averaging one shot on target per game, last failing to at least trouble the goalkeeper in the 2-2 draw with Palace on November 2.

Rounding off this Bet Builder is Ipswich centre-forward Liam Delap, who has established a reputation as something of a foul merchant since joining the newly-promoted club in the summer.

The 21-year-old is averaging 2.4 fouls per game in the Premier League and has committed at least two in a single game nine times this season, making four in back-to-back matches this month against Palace and Bournemouth.

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