Follow live coverage as Ipswich Town face Brighton & Hove Albion today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Ipswich Town FC 0 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
20:08Each of Brighton’s last four Premier League games have ended level. The last side to draw five successive matches in the competition were Fulham from December 2020 to January 2021, while the Seagulls last drew five league fixtures in a row in April 2000 when they were a fourth-tier side under Micky Adams.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
20:07Since Ipswich started taking the game to Brighton, particularly on the counter, it's become a much more open contest at both ends, and despite the visitors having most of the ball it's only their goalkeeper Verbruggen who's really been tested so far!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
20:05Veltman and Estupinan both stick successive crosses into the box from the right side and left, but Mitoma can't get on the end of the first and Greaves rises to head the second clear.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
20:03Delap has eight goals in 19 Premier League games this season, as many as he netted in 31 Championship appearances for Hull last season. It’s the most goals by an English player in a promoted side’s first 20 matches of a Premier League campaign since Patrick Bamford’s 11 for Leeds in 2020-21 – he went on to score 17 for the season.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
20:02SAVED!!! Forward come the Tractor Boys on the break once again as Delap bears down on goal at speed. He sends a fizzing strike goalwards from the edge of the box, and Verbruggen does very well indeed to keep hold of it!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
20:00A loose ball deflects off Phillips and falls for Ayari, but his hugely ambitious effort goalwards is poorly struck and rolls straight into the gloves of Walton.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
20:00Hutchinson skips clear of two defenders on the counter-attack for Ipswich and shapes to shoot from the edge of the box, but Webster slides in with perfect timing to win the ball back for Brighton.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:58SAVED!!! Finally Ipswich spring into life and force a good save from Verbruggen!! Broadhead steps in and away from Veltman before cutting inside to pull the trigger, and his dipping strike towards the bottom corner is palmed behind by the Brighton keeper!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:56CHANCE!! Van Hecke can't quite get on the end of O'Riley's delivery from the corner, but Adingra crosses back towards the far post and Joao Pedro gets up to send a looping header into Walton's grasp!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:55CHANCE!! Another cheap giveaway from Walton allows Veltman to clip a first-time ball into the box, but Woolfenden gets up above Joao Pedro and sends a defensive header behind, just wide of the near post!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:54Van Hecke sends a long ball down the line with Adingra and Greaves giving chase, but Walton comes across to shepherd it behind and it'll be a goal-kick to Ipswich.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:53Adingra beats two defenders as he cuts inside from the right for Brighton, but his cross into the middle is met only be the head of O'Shea as the Ipswich captain knocks it clear.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:53Veltman's throughball picks out Joao Pedro running into the box, but he's crowded out and dispossessed by Woolfenden and Davis before Walton clears.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:50Veltman\s throughball picks out Joao Pedro running into the box, but he's crowded out and dispossessed by Woolfenden and Davis before Walton clears.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:49Ipswich have picked up as many points and scored as many goals – both four – in their last two Premier League games, as they had in their previous seven beforehand.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:45SAVED!!! Walton gives the ball away cheaply and Mitoma is freed up in shooting space by Baleba, before pulling the trigger with a low strike from 25 yards which is a simple one for the Ipswich goalkeeper to save!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:45Brighton are winless in their last four league games against Ipswich, with each of the last three finishing level. There have been just three goals scored across these four games – two for Ipswich, one for Brighton.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:42Another Brighton corner is whipped in from the right-hand side, but Van Hecke and Burns are tussling at the far post to such an extent that they drag one another outside the field of play as O'Riley's delivery flies past.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:41Mitoma slips a clever pass in behind as Ayari makes a diagonal run across the box before going down under pressure from Phillips, but the referee's having none of Brighton's penalty pleas and instead signals for a corner.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:38Veltman fizzes a first-time cross into the area for Brighton, but neither O'Shea nor Mitoma can get much of a connection at the far post as it flashes across the face of goal!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:36This is Ipswich’s first home league game against Brighton since a 0-0 draw in the Championship in September 2016, and first in the top-flight since a 2-0 victory all the way back in January 1983.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:35Baleba floats a long ball forward in towards Adingra, but the Ivorian can't quite bring it under control and Walton collects for the hosts.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:33Mitoma kicks the game off for Brighton, as this game gets up and running in East Anglia!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:28Despite Ipswich having home advantage and being in far better form coming into this game, their lowly position in the table compared to the 11th placed visitors means it’s Brighton who are being backed to win this one by our live probability tracker. The Seagulls sit on a 45.9% chance of victory, and with the hosts on just 28.6% themselves, Ipswich will be keen to make it two wins from two at Portman Road as they head out onto the pitch!
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:24Brighton, meanwhile, make two changes after their 2-2 draw against Arsenal, as Fabian Hurzeler brings in Adam Webster for Igor Julio in central defence and Japan winger Kaoru Mitoma for Brajan Gruda, with skipper Lewis Dunk also back among the substitutes for the first time in 2025.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:19Kieran McKenna makes three changes from Ipswich’s 2-2 draw at Fulham, with West Burns, Omari Hutchinson and England midfielder Kalvin Phillips all coming into the starting XI. Dara O’Shea wears the armband as Sam Morsy drops to the bench, where he’s joined by recent loan signing from Serie A side Atalanta, Ben Godfrey.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:13BRIGHTON SUBS: Jason Steele, Tariq Lamptey, Lewis Dunk, Solly March, Julio Enciso, Georginio Rutter, Jakub Moder, Yankuba Minteh, Danny Welbeck.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:13BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Joel Veltman, Adam Webster, Jan Paul van Hecke, Pervis Estupinan; Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari; Simon Adingra, Matt O’Riley, Kaoru Mitoma; Joao Pedro.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:08IPSWICH TOWN SUBS: Arijanet Muric, Sam Morsy, Jack Taylor, Ben Johnson, Conor Townsend, Massimo Luongo, George Hirst, Ben Godfrey, Jack Clarke.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:08IPSWICH TOWN (5-4-1): Christian Walton; Wes Burns, Dara O’Shea, Luke Woolfenden, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis; Omari Hutchinson, Kalvin Phillips, Jens Cajuste, Nathan Broadhead; Liam Delap.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:08Having started the season with just one defeat in their first nine matches, Brighton are now winless in their last eight, with that run featuring six draws including the last four games in a row. West Ham, Brentford, Aston Villa and Arsenal have all been held since mid-December, with the Seagulls having to come from behind in both of the last two.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:08Ipswich sit one place above the relegation zone and are only ahead of Wolves in 17th by way of their goal difference, having lost 10 of their first 20 games back in the top-flight. The Tractor Boys are unbeaten in their last two, however, stunning Chelsea 2-0 to win their first Premier League match in 22 years at Portman Road before being pegged back to draw 2-2 at Fulham last time out.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:03Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this fixture in the Premier League, as Ipswich Town host Brighton and Hove Albion at Portman Road.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
19:00Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Ipswich Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion
17:30Follow all the goals and latest action from the Premier League here with The Independent. Team news and line-ups coming up shortly…
