Ipswich after five gameweeks
Ipswich were promoted as Championship runners-up in 2025/26 and start this season under Gary O’Neil, appointed in June after Kieran McKenna stepped down. After five games they are eleventh: wins over Sunderland and at Crystal Palace, defeats at Manchester United, at home to Liverpool and at Everton. Seven scored, eleven conceded, no clean sheet.
Ipswich score and concede, which makes their attacking defenders and their forwards the FPL picks and their other defenders the trap.
Leif Davis — a £4.0m defender who scores
Leif Davis has two goals and two assists from left-back and has played every minute, at £4.0m — among the best points-per-pound players in the game. Because his points come from attacking returns, Ipswich’s missing clean sheets have not hurt him.
Issa Diop is the most-owned Ipswich player, also £4.0m and also every minute, but he has no clean sheet and no attacking return. If you own Diop as a bench defender, Davis is the same price and a better one.
The attack
Emersonn is Ipswich’s top FPL scorer with two goals and an assist, has started every game up front, and is second on penalties. Jack Clarke is first on penalties since George Hirst was sold to Stoke, but has started two games. Julio Enciso has started every game with two assists, and Saša Lukić takes the corners. Abdul Fatawu is suspended until 17 October.
Ipswich’s next five
After the international break Ipswich play Fulham (H), Manchester City (A), Nottingham Forest (H), Hull (A) and Bournemouth (H). The FPL difficulty ratings put Fulham and Hull at 2 and City away at 5.
Davis is the Ipswich player to own through it; Emersonn is the cheap forward for the Fulham and Forest weeks. The live table on this page carries each player’s price, ownership and flag.