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Ipswich manager Kieran Mc Kenna has confirmed midfielder Wes Burns tore his anterior cruciate ligament at Liverpool last weekend and will miss the rest of the season. Sammie Szmodics, Conor Chaplin and Chiedozie Ogbene remain out but Jens Cajuste returns after missing the last game, with Leif Davis also available despite being withdrawn at half-time at Anfield because of illness. Southampton wingers Kamaldeen Sulemana and Tyler Dibling are back from injuries, while Aaron Ramsdale, who missed the defeat by Newcastle, may also feature. New signings Welington and Albert Gronbaek could come into contention, along with Jack Stephens, but this game comes too soon for Nathan Wood and Ryan Fraser. Head-to-head Ipswich are unbeaten in the past four league encounters (W2, D2) and won both of last season's meetings in the Championship. Southampton's most recent Premier League game at Portman Road was a 3-1 win in March 2002 in which Rory Delap – father of current Blues striker Liam – scored for the visitors. That is Saints' only victory in their past six top-flight visits. Ipswich Town The Blues have lost their last three matches by an aggregate score of 12-1 and have conceded four or more in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time. Ipswich have lost eight of their past 11 league matches (W2, D1), keeping one clean sheet in their 19 most recent top-flight fixtures. Town have had a league-low 387 touches in the opposition penalty area this season, including just seven during last weekend's 4-1 defeat at Liverpool. The Tractor Boys have made a league-high 66 changes to their starting line-up this term. Ipswich's last foreign-born top-flight scorer was Finidi George against Southampton in March 2002. All of their Premier League goals this season, excluding own goals, have been netted by players born in England, though Sammie Szmodics and Jack Taylor have been capped by the Republic of Ireland, and Sam Morsy by Egypt. Liam Delap has conceded 48 fouls in this season's Premier League, second only to Wolves' Joao Gomes. He has been cautioned eight times, including five in his last eight appearances. Southampton Saints are in danger of losing seven consecutive league games for the first time in their history. Their total of six points is the lowest by any side at this stage of a Premier League season. Southampton have dropped 20 points from winning positions in 2024-25, second only to Tottenham. Saints have won just one of their last 36 Premier League fixtures. They are on a 13-match run without victory since beating Everton at St Mary's in November. They have taken two points from a possible 36 away from home this season (D2, L10), six fewer than any other side, and are winless in 19 top-flight matches on the road since beating Chelsea on 18 February 2023 (D4, L15). Southampton have made 17 errors leading to goals in the Premier League this season, the most by any team in a campaign since Tottenham's tally of 21 in 2013-14. Last Updated 29th January 2025 at 11: 32 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Ipswich are unbeaten in their last four league meetings with Southampton (W2 D2), winning this exact fixture 3-2 in the Championship last season. Southampton have won just one of their last six top-flight away games against Ipswich (D2 L3), though it was in their last such visit in the Premier League (3-1 in March 2002). Ipswich Town and Southampton have both conceded 14 Premier League goals in 2025, the joint most of any side. The Saints have also faced the most shots on target (34) and have conceded the most x G (12. 9). Only Southampton (4) have picked up fewer home Premier League points than Ipswich (7) this season, with the Tractor Boys picking up just one win in 12 games (D4 L7). Ipswich have scored just eight goals at Portman Road, also accumulating the lowest x G on home soil of any side this season (10. 9). Southampton have just six points in 23 Premier League matches this season (W1 D3 L19), the lowest by any side at this stage of a campaign. The only two other sides to have one win after 23 games are West Brom in 2004-05 and Derby in 2007-08. Only Tottenham (21) have dropped more points from winning positions than Southampton (20) in the Premier League this season. The Saints have lost 71% of their games when scoring first (5/7), the highest ratio by a side in one season, while they’ve shipped 2. 14 goals per game after going 1-0 up, with only Sheffield United last season conceding more per game when scoring the opener (2. 27). Ipswich Town are the only Premier League side yet to give a single minute to a teenager this season, while Southampton have given 1, 257 minutes to teenagers, the third-most in the division. Southampton have lost all six of their Premier League matches under Ivan Juric, with Juric just the second manager to lose his first six games in charge of a club along with Mick Mc Carthy at Sunderland (lost first 14). The Saints have never previously lost seven consecutive league games. Only Wolves’ João Gomes (51) has conceded more fouls in the Premier League this season than Ipswich’s Liam Delap (48). His average of 2. 6 fouls per 90 minutes is the most by a striker in one campaign since Ashley Barnes in 2020-21 (3. 1). Jan Bednarek has scored in each of Southampton’s last two Premier League matches, although they’ve lost both, with the Pole ending on the losing side in five of the nine games he’s scored in (W3 D1). Among players to score in as many as nine games, no player has a higher defeat ratio than Bednarek (56%, level with Scott Sellars who also lost five of nine games). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.