Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said that he and his players can use their victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League to guarantee a consistent end of their Premier League campaign.
The Gunners travel to the wrestling city of Ipswich on Sunday, after they have defeated the Champions League holders with 2-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu in midweek, who seal a 5-1 total victory and a place in the semi-final.
But Arsenal is 13 points behind the run -away Premier League leaders Liverpool.
A victory for the Gunners would mean that Liverpool cannot win the title on Sunday, although Ipswich, whose survival hopes quickly fades, triumph, then the Reds can do the job by beating Leicester City.
And Arteta has now demanded consistency in the top flight.
“We celebrated for a short period. It was a great evening, we had a lot of family and good lucky faces in the club,” he told reporters.
“It was a good time, but immediately you have to change it and it is Ipswich in the Premier League.
“It showed that we can compete against every opposition in every context. Now the next step is consistency.”
Ipswich realistically needs a victory to make every chance to stay up.
“I understand where they are right now and they play at home,” said Arteta.
“For us it is a big game, we have to start winning matches in the Premier League to at least keep the position in which we are and to push the last few games with strong hope.
'They are a really well -organized team. Wat Kieran [McKenna] And the staff has done remarkably. You see the amount of problems they give to the opposition every week, so we expect a difficult game. “
Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna was not in the mood to throw in the towel and suggested that his players were able to get a result despite their competition position.
“We believe in ourselves and we believe that if we perform every part of our game right away, we have a chance and we can even compete with the best,” he said.
“If we all do that, and it's our day, then there is a chance that we can get it on Sunday.”
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Players to watch
Ipswich Town – Liam Delap
Delap comes in this game with two goals in his last three performances in the Premier League.
The 22-year-old is the top scorer of Ipswich this season with 12 league goals, which this season represent 36.4% of their total goals (33), and he is certainly interesting for larger clubs in the summer.
Arsenal – Bukayo Saka
Saka, who scored in the midweek in Bernabeu, after he also missed a penalty, had a hand in 15 goals in his last 16 Premier League matches against newly promoted parties (seven goals, eight assists), including three goals and five assists in his last six.
Since the return of an injury, Saka has scored twice in six performances in all competitions.
Match prediction: Arsenal Win
Arsenal has won each of their last 10 Premier League matches against teams that start the day in the relegation zone with a total score of 30-2.
In all competitions, the Gunners also won six of their last eight away against Ipswich. They are unbeaten in their last 14 league matches against the Tractor Boys (W11 D3).
Ipswich never won in 11 previous Premier League meetings with Arsenal (D2 L9). It is the most that they have confronted with a side without ever winning in the competition, while the Gunners have only confronted for Portsmouth more often without ever losing (14).
The hosts each of their six Home Premier League matches lost in 2025, because many defeats they suffered in the competition in Portman Road in 2023 and 2024. It is the joint-longest home of Tractor Boys Longest Home Losing Run and also loses six in a row between September and November 1963.
Opta wins probability
Ipswich Town – 15.5%
Drawing – 20.9%
Arsenal – 63.6%