Erling Haaland’s double helped Manchester City extend their perfect start to the Premier League season to eight matches and Ipswich Town’s two-match winning run ended at the Etihad Stadium.
The restored Phil Foden struck from Jeremy Doku’s delivery to put City ahead, only for Ipswich to equalise when Daizen Maeda raced inside the box and beat Gianluigi Donnarumma in clinical fashion as part of an incisive move.
Haaland headed in Mateo Kovacic’s cross via grounded goalkeeper Christian Walton to restore City’s lead at half-time and produced a composed touch and finish from Iliman Ndiaye’s pass to add to their advantage during the second period.
A Video Assistant Referee offside decision denied Haaland a third when the Norway striker fired in seconds after Ndiaye hit the crossbar, with Zian Flemming then converting a penalty for a foul by Marc Guehi on Abdul Fatawu.
Manchester City vs Ipswich: Haaland goal ‘not normal’
Ipswich, who began on nine points after successive wins away to Crystal Palace and at home to Fulham, produced another impressive display, equalising courtesy of a swift counter-attack and setting up a suspenseful finish during 12 minutes of second-half added time.
The Tractor Boys, who had Walton to thank for several excellent saves, were unfortunate to encounter a striker in exceptional form, with Haaland scoring in a sixth consecutive Premier League appearance for his best such run since a run of seven games between August and October 2022.
“Ndiaye does well to set up Haaland,” former Ireland forward Clinton Morrison told Sky Sports of City’s third goal.
“This guy [Haaland] is not normal as he says to [Abdoul] Ouattara ‘Get off me’ and rolls it into the bottom corner.”
The Cityzens suffered their first defeat of the season in all competitions with a 4-2 home loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Premier League,
Round 7
Manchester City
MCI
Ipswich
IPS
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Venue
- Etihad Stadium
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Referee
- Farai Hallam
Man City team vs Ipswich Town
City made four changes from their defeat at Liverpool last Sunday, introducing Doku, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic and Foden.
Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez, Antoine Semenyo and Rayan Cherki moved to the bench.
Manchester City: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic, Ndiaye, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland
Substitutes: Geronimo Rulli, Anderson, Rayan Cherki, Fernandez, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Josko Gvardiol, Allan, Antoine Semenyo, Abdukodir Khusanov
Ipswich team vs Manchester City
Ipswich made two alterations from their win over Fulham, replacing Sasa Lukic and Jaden Philogene with Jacob Greaves and Exequiel Palacios.
Fatawu returned from suspension on the bench.
Ipswich Town: Christian Walton, Ouattara, Issa Diop, Dara O’Shea, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis, Florentino Luis, Daizen Maeda, Julio Enciso, Exequiel Palacios, Emersonn
Substitutes: Kjell Scherpen, Darnell Furlong, Cedric Kipre, Azor Matusiwa, Abdul Fatawu, Zian Flemming, Jaden Philogene, Chuba Akpom, Jack Clarke
Man City vs Ipswich Premier League stats, form
- City had most recently faced Ipswich during the 2024/25 Premier League season, winning both games by an aggregate score of 10-1 (4-1 at home, 6-0 away)
- They are unbeaten in 32 Premier League games against promoted sides (W29 D3) since losing 2-1 at home to Leeds in April 2021
- The Cityzens have kept a clean sheet in 10 of their last 13 such games. At the Etihad Stadium, they have won all 17 games since that defeat to Leeds and scored 53 goals along the way
- Only once in City’s league history have they previously won their first seven from the start of a league campaign, in the second tier in 1897/98
- Erling Haaland has six goals in three Premier League games against Ipswich Town and has scored 22 in 22 appearances against newly-promoted sides
- Ipswich have won three of their Premier League games so far this season (L3), which is one fewer than they did in the whole of 2024/25 (W4 D10 L24)
- Town manager Gary O’Neil’s only previous away Premier League game against Man City was a 5-1 defeat with Wolves in May 2024
- O’Neil’s only previous game against Maresca was also a four-goal defeat – Chelsea won 6-2 at Wolves in August 2024
- In 34 away games against Man City in all competitions, Ipswich’s only clean sheet came through goalkeeper Paul Cooper in a 1-0 win at Maine Road in March 1983
- Before the start of the latest round of fixtures, Bournemouth, Newcastle and Chelsea (13 each) were the only teams to have conceded more in this season’s division than Ipswich (12)
Recent Results : Manchester City
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Premier League
Manchester City
MCI
W 3 – 2 2026-10-17
Ipswich
IPS
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UEFA Champions League
Manchester City
MCI
L 2 – 4 2026-10-14
Paris Saint Germain
PSG
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Premier League
Liverpool
LIV
W 0 – 3 2026-10-11
Manchester City
MCI
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Premier League
Manchester City
MCI
W 5 – 3 2026-09-20
Sunderland
SUN
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League Cup
Manchester City
MCI
W 5 – 0 2026-09-17
Norwich
NOR
Recent Results : Ipswich
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Premier League
Manchester City
MCI
L 3 – 2 2026-10-17
Ipswich
IPS
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Premier League
Ipswich
IPS
W 2 – 1 2026-10-10
Fulham
FUL
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Premier League
Everton
EVE
L 1 – 0 2026-09-19
Ipswich
IPS
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League Cup
Ipswich
IPS
L 2 – 4 2026-09-15
Arsenal
ARS
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Premier League
Crystal Palace
CRY
W 2 – 3 2026-09-12
Ipswich
IPS
Latest updated Premier League table
Premier League 2026
England
| # | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Manchester City |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
W
W
W
W
W
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| 2 |
Arsenal |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
W
L
W
W
W
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| 3 |
Brighton |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 13 |
W
W
W
D
L
|
| 4 |
Chelsea |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 13 |
W
W
L
D
L
|
| 5 |
Brentford |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
L
D
W
D
D
|
| 6 |
Everton |
7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
L
D
W
D
D
|
| 7 |
Leeds |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
L
D
W
D
D
|
| 8 |
Hull City |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
L
D
L
D
D
|
| 9 |
Liverpool |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
W
L
W
D
W
|
| 10 |
Ipswich |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
L
W
L
W
L
|
| 11 |
Newcastle |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 8 |
L
W
L
D
W
|
| 12 |
Crystal Palace |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 7 |
W
D
L
W
L
|
| 13 |
Manchester United |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
D
D
L
D
W
|
| 14 |
Coventry |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 6 |
W
W
L
L
L
|
| 15 |
Nottingham Forest |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
L
L
W
D
D
|
| 16 |
Aston Villa |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 5 |
D
W
L
D
L
|
| 17 |
Sunderland |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 4 |
L
L
L
D
W
|
| 18 |
Bournemouth |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 3 |
L
L
D
D
D
|
| 19 |
Tottenham |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 |
D
L
D
D
L
|
| 20 |
Fulham |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 2 |
W
L
D
D
L
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- Position 1, 2, 3, 4 : Promotion – Champions League (League phase)
- Position 5 : Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
- Position 18, 19, 20 : Relegation – Championship
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