Ipswich Town U18 vs Crystal Palace U18 prediction and preview

The PunterPick prediction

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Ipswich Town U18 host Crystal Palace U18 in the U18 Premier League - South (England) on 17 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Over 1.5 Goals — more than 1.5 goals in the match. No bookmaker price was available for this market when the prediction was published, so no percentage is shown.

Final score: Ipswich Town U18 2–6 Crystal Palace U18.

Going into the match, Ipswich Town U18 had won 4, drawn 0 and lost 6 of their last 10 matches, scoring 25 and conceding 32. Crystal Palace U18 had won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6 of their last 10, with 18 scored and 26 conceded.

Both teams scored in 7 of Ipswich Town U18's last 10 and 7 of Crystal Palace U18's last 10; 10 and 8 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Ipswich Town U18 averaged 2.71 goals scored and 4.00 conceded across 7 matches; away from home Crystal Palace U18 averaged 1.89 scored and 2.00 conceded across 9.

Our team-strength model expects about 2.39 goals from Ipswich Town U18 and 3.49 from Crystal Palace U18. From that it rates a home win at 25%, a draw at 16% and an away win at 59%. For the published pick itself the model gives 98%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Ipswich Town U18 (green) and Crystal Palace U18 (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Form before the match

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

Recent meetings

• 6 May 2026 · Ipswich Town U18 3–6 Crystal Palace U18

More on this match

• Ipswich Town U18 form and statistics
• Crystal Palace U18 form and statistics
• U18 Premier League - South statistics