Everton vs Ipswich Prediction – Premier League Round 35, May 3, 2025
Everton vs Ipswich – Premier League Round 35 Preview & Prediction (May 3, 2025)
🏆 Competition: Premier League, Round 35
📅 Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
📍 Venue: Goodison Park, Liverpool
🕒 Kick-off: 15:00 (BST)
🔵 Everton Aim to Secure Safety, Ipswich Fight for Survival
As the 2024/25 Premier League season enters its final stretch, Everton and Ipswich Town find themselves in a tense battle at opposite ends of the relegation trapdoor. The stakes are high at Goodison Park, where the Toffees look to mathematically seal safety, while newly promoted Ipswich desperately need a result to keep their survival hopes alive.
With just four games left, both sides know this Round 35 encounter could define their season.
🏠 Everton: Resilient and Efficient at Home in 2025
Sean Dyche’s side has rediscovered their identity in recent months. Despite a rocky start to the year, Everton have gone undefeated at home in 2025, picking up three wins and two draws at Goodison since January.
Their 2-0 win over Burnley and a gritty 1-1 draw against Brentford in April highlighted their newfound solidity and ability to grind out results in pressure situations.
🔑 Key Everton Players (2025 stats):
Dominic Calvert-Lewin – 4 goals in 2025, physical menace in the box
James Garner – 3 assists, growing influence in midfield
Jarrad Branthwaite – 88% tackle success rate, rock at the back
Dyche has favored a compact 4-4-1-1, allowing his team to stay organized, press in blocks, and strike with direct play — a style that has suited the high-stakes nature of the run-in.
🐎 Ipswich: Spirited, but Sliding
For Ipswich Town, 2025 has been a sobering reminder of how brutal Premier League life can be. The Tractor Boys have just 1 win from 10 matches in 2025, and that lone victory came in March against a struggling Luton side.
Since then, it’s been a run of poor form, including defeats to Wolves (1-2), Fulham (0-3), and Chelsea (0-4). Their away form has been especially concerning, with zero goals scored in their last 4 road trips.
🔑 Key Ipswich Players (2025 stats):
Conor Chaplin – 2 goals in 2025, though isolated up front
Leif Davis – consistent crossing threat, 3 assists this year
Vaclav Hladky – 28 saves since January, under siege constantly
Kieran McKenna’s side sticks to a 4-2-3-1 with attacking intentions, but a lack of clinical finishing and defensive frailty (17 goals conceded in 2025) have left them exposed.
📊 2025 Form Comparison (Premier League Only)
| Team | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everton | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Ipswich | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
🧾 Predicted Lineups
Everton (4-4-1-1):
Pickford – Patterson, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko – McNeil, Onana, Garner, Harrison – Doucouré – Calvert-Lewin
Ipswich (4-2-3-1):
Hladky – Clarke, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis – Morsy, Luongo – Burns, Broadhead, Hutchinson – Chaplin
🔮 Match Prediction: Everton 2-0 Ipswich
Given Ipswich’s poor 2025 away form and Everton’s home resilience, it’s hard to see the visitors coming away with much. Expect the Toffees to control territory and physicality, and Calvert-Lewin could well find himself on the scoresheet again.
✅ Betting Tips
✅ Everton to Win – Strong home form vs Ipswich’s away woes
✅ Under 2.5 Goals – Dyche’s style tends to keep things tight
✅ Calvert-Lewin to Score – Target man thriving at Goodison this year
🎯 What’s at Stake?
Everton: A win could take them safely out of reach of the bottom three
Ipswich: Anything less than a draw could be a knockout blow to survival hopes
📢 Final Word
Goodison Park will be rocking with urgency and emotion as Everton seek to confirm their place in next season’s top flight. For Ipswich, this may be their last chance to prove they belong at this level — but based on 2025 form alone, the signs are bleak.
