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Premier League · Matchweek 13

Coventry vs Ipswich lineups

Coventry host Ipswich at Coventry Building Society Arena on 2 December 2026. The fixture is Matchweek 13 of the Premier League. They last met on 29 December 2025, when Ipswich won 2-0.

Coventry vs Ipswich match facts

Kick-off
Wed 2 Dec 2026, 20:00
Stadium
Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 13

Coventry vs Ipswich lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Coventry vs Ipswich head to head

2
Coventry wins
2
Draws
7
Ipswich wins

10–22 on goals in 11 meetings since 19 September 2011

Recent Coventry vs Ipswich results

  1. Coventry0–2IpswichChampionshipCoventry Building Society Arena
  2. Ipswich3–0CoventryChampionshipPortman Road
  3. Coventry1–4IpswichFA CupThe Coventry Building Society Arena
  4. Coventry1–2IpswichChampionshipThe Coventry Building Society Arena
  5. Ipswich2–1CoventryChampionshipPortman Road

Coventry vs Ipswich history

Coventry have won none of the last five, with none drawn. Ipswich last won at Coventry Building Society Arena on 29 December 2025, by 2-0. Two of the last five were decided by a single goal. Both clubs scored in three of the last five. Ipswich are unbeaten in the last five meetings.

Last meeting: Coventry 0-2 Ipswich, December 2025

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Coventry, 4-2-3-1
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Ipswich, 4-2-3-1
Coventry crest
CoventryFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 19Carl RushworthG
  2. 27Milan van EwijkD
  3. 26Luke WoolfendenD
  4. 15Liam KitchingD
  5. 33M. BrauD
  6. 29Victor TorpM
  7. 6Matthew GrimesM
  8. 7Tatsuhiro SakamotoM
  9. 5Jack RudoniM
  10. 10Ephron Mason-ClarkM
  11. 11H. WrightF

Bench

  1. 13Ben WilsonG
  2. 8J. AllenM
  3. 20Kaine Kesler-HaydenD
  4. 9Ellis SimmsF
  5. 22Joel LatibeaudiereD
  6. 21Jake BidwellD
  7. 54K. AndrewsM
  8. 28Joshua EcclesM
  9. 41C. PerryD

Coach: Frank Lampard

Ipswich crest
IpswichFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 28Christian WaltonG
  2. 19Darnell FurlongD
  3. 26Dara O'SheaD
  4. 4Cédric KipréD
  5. 24Jacob GreavesD
  6. 5A. MatusiwaM
  7. 14Jack TaylorM
  8. 8S. W. EgeliM
  9. 32Marcelino NúñezM
  10. 47Jack ClarkeM
  11. 31I. AzonF

Bench

  1. 1Alexander PalmerG
  2. 15Ashley YoungD
  3. 18Benjamin JohnsonD
  4. 30Cameron HumphreysM
  5. 7Wesley BurnsF
  6. 12Jens-Lys CajusteM
  7. 20Kasey McAteerM
  8. 11Jaden PhilogeneF
  9. 29Chuba AkpomF

Coach: Kieran McKenna

Coventry lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Ipswich in a 4-2-3-1 when the clubs last met, on 29 December 2025 in the Championship. Ipswich won 2-0. Jack Clarke and Wesley Burns scored. Carl Rushworth and Christian Walton started in goal.

Coventry vs Ipswich lineups — common questions

When is Coventry vs Ipswich?
Coventry vs Ipswich kicks off at 20:00 UK time on 2 December 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry. The match is Matchweek 13 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.
What was the score in the last Coventry vs Ipswich match?
In the meeting before this one, Ipswich won 2-0 on 29 December 2025 in the Championship. The time before that, Ipswich won 3-0 on 6 December 2025 in the Championship. Coventry have won 2 of the 11 meetings between the clubs and Ipswich have won 7.

Ipswich vs Coventry at Portman Road

Updated 23 September 2026