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August 17 Today’s Football Event Analysis: Ipswich VS Southampton + Chelsea VS Crystal Palace

1:50pm, 17 August 2025【Football】

Sunday 004 English Championship Ipswich VS Southampton

This game is a match between the relegated teams of the English Championship. Ipswich attacked away in the first game of the new season. They faced the newly promoted team Birmingham, but failed to gain the advantage and finally drew 1-1 away. In a recent League Cup, they failed to win the teams with weak strength. What you need to know is that they maintained a 4-game victory in the previous friendly match. It can be said that in the new season, Ipswich has not shown any confidence.

Southampton's performance in the Premier League last season was also sluggish, but the team attacked at home in the first round of the new season, and they won the victory, and they also defeated the newly promoted team. The recent victory in the British League Cup has won again and achieved two consecutive victories, which has improved comprehensively compared with the previous sluggish friendly performance.

This game: The adjustment of the data of this duel has already shown a trend of regression for Ipswich. They failed to dominate the two matches last season. Under the same positioning, they were defeated by their opponents at home. This game focuses more on Southampton's unbeaten points.

Recommended: Let the Loss

Score Reference: 1:1 1:2 2:1

Sun 010 Premier League Chelsea VS Crystal Palace

Chelsea performed not badly last season. They finally ranked fourth in the Premier League, and they also won the European Cup. Since then, they participated in the Club World Cup and even reached the final, and finally completed a 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain. It can be said that they played quite tough. In the recent two friendly matches, they both attacked at home, and had performed in defeating Leverkusen and AC Milan. They had good performances at the offensive level, and they maintained 6 consecutive victories in all home games.

Crystal Palace participated in Ezesawa Shield before the new season. They played very well and were able to draw with their opponents when they fell behind twice. They even eventually defeated Liverpool in a penalty shootout and won the Ezesawa Shield event. Of course, in the last 5 games, they only had 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses, and their condition was not ideal, and they had more away games during this period.

This match: Chelsea has been strengthened in positioning in this duel. In the two matches last season, they were both drawn 1-1 by their opponents, but this time the positioning has been significantly improved. In addition, in terms of previous overall confrontations, Chelsea has become more dominant. This game focuses on Chelsea winning the first victory.