Ipswich Town vs Fortuna Dusseldorf Prediction: Ipswich had a good season last time

Ipswich Town will go head to head against Fortuna Dusseldorf at England in the Club Friendlies. Ipswich had a good season the last time and is looking forward to premier league football. Who will come out on top after 90 minutes?

Since he arrived in December 2021, that day when Howe was there, Kieran McKenna has witnessed Ipswich achieve quite extraordinary ascent: first a midtable finish with the Tractor Boys in League One during his half-season there in charge, before back-to-back promotions in the following two campaigns. They were only just beaten to the title by champions Leicester City in League One and sealed automatic promotion to the Premier League in second with 96 points.

This will be as Ipswich lines up in preparation for their first taste of the top flight since the 2001-2002 season. Ipswich recently opened their pre-season account with a friendly win against Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0. McKenna will be eyeing another win as they take on Dusseldorf from the Bundesliga next.

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Dusseldorf was relegated from the Bundesliga in 2019-20 and has frequently threatened promotion since then but came close last season only to lose in the playoffs. They won the first leg of the playoffs 3-0 on the road but could not seal the promotion back to the top flight as they dramatically fell on penalties to VfL Bochum. They have prepared for the upcoming 2024-25 campaign by playing five friendlies, winning three and losing two.

Friendly Ipswich have managed just two pre-season friendlies before the new season. This will be Fortuna Dusseldorf's last pre-season friendly before their 2. Bundesliga season-opener against Darmstadt. Ipswich will be hoping to reap better this season after a really disappointing year by their standards and they will be looking to make a promotion push this year. 

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Ipswich have been quite consistent under McKenna, and they would rightly fancy their chances here against a Düsseldorf side that has lately been struggling. Ipswich should find the back of the net more than once in the match.