August After back-to-back promotions, the first game of Ipswich Town's return to the
Premier League in 22 years saw them face
Liverpool, under new manager
Arne Slot, at
Portman Road. Ipswich handed starts to new signings
Jacob Greaves and
Liam Delap and started the first half strong, but ended up losing 2–0 after a quick fire double by Liverpool on the hour mark. The opening games were not friendly for Town as a week later they travelled to the
Etihad Stadium to face four-time reigning champions
Manchester City. The game started well once again when
Sammie Szmodics scored on the 7th-minute on his full debut.
Arijanet Muric and
Ben Johnson were also handed their full debuts, but the game would quickly come undone as Town went onto lose 4–1 handing
Kieran McKenna his first back-to-back defeats since joining the club. The month ended with mixed results after losing 4–2 on penalties in round 2 of the
EFL Cup to
AFC Wimbledon, Town managed to get their first point of the league campaign after drawing 1–1 at home against
Fulham with Liam Delap scoring his first goal for the club. This result saw Town climb out of the relegation zone to 17th place.
September Town's first game after the international break was on 14 September against
Brighton and Hove Albion at the
Amex Stadium. Following many chances from both sides, the game finished 0–0. A week later, Ipswich travelled to
St Mary's to face fellow newly-promoted side
Southampton. Both sides were looking for their first win of the season with Southampton looking close to winning until a 95th-minute strike from captain
Sam Morsy helped rescue a point with the game ending 1–1. The month ended promisingly for Town when first-time
Champions League side
Aston Villa travelled to Portman Road. A brace from striker
Liam Delap meant the game ended 2–2 and Town ending the month undefeated and on a 4 match undefeated streak, helping them climb to 15th place in the league.
October Town's form sadly did not carry on over to October as the month started with a 4–1 loss to
West Ham away at the
London Stadium. Town looked to turn things around after the international break when they faced fellow league strugglers
Everton at home. After a couple of first half goals and some questionable referee and
VAR decisions, Town struggled to get back into the game and lost 2–0. Town's final game of the month was away to
Brentford at the
Gtech Community Stadium. The game looked to start off really well as Town initially went 2–0 up before ending the first half 2–2 after
Harry Clarke scored an
own goal, gave away a
penalty and got
sent off. This would have made Clarke the second player in the league's history to achieve this fate but the own goal was later over turned and given to
Yoane Wissa. With Town down to 10 men, the match ended in a 4–3 loss and ending the month back in the relegation zone in 18th.
November Town looked to turn around the previous months back-to-back losses in November when fellow newly promoted side
Leicester City visited Portman Road. Despite being reduced to 10 men, Town looked to win their first game of the season until Leicester equalised late into injury time with the game ending 1–1. Town didn't have to wait much longer though to record their first win of the season when they visited
Tottenham Hotspur at
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium the following week. After
Sammie Szmodics opened the scoring with a bicycle kick, Town went on to win the game 2–1. Towns good form in November carried on two weeks later when
Manchester United, under newly appointed manager
Ruben Amorim, visited Portman Road. Despite United starting off well, Town managed to come out strong and the game ended 1–1. After going 3 matches unbeaten, the month ended with Town visiting high flying
Nottingham Forest. With the only goal coming via a penalty, the game ended in a 1–0 defeat and saw Town end the month in 19th place but only 1 point from safety.
December After a promising November, Town looked to carry on their momentum into December starting with two home matches from
Crystal Palace and then
Bournemouth 5 days later. As close as both games were, Town ended up losing 1–0 to Palace and then 2–1 after Bournemouth scored both their goals in the final minutes of the game. The following week Town travelled to the
Molineux Stadium to take on
Wolverhampton Wanderers in what was seen as a crucial match at the bottom of the table. After a stunning last minute header from
Jack Taylor, Town managed to get their second win of the season and went on to win the game 2–1. After the match a fight broke out in the tunnel and on the pitch involving
Rayan Aït-Nouri and
Matheus Cunha, the former receiving a red card and the latter getting investigated by
The FA, of Wolves and a member of Town's security staff. Following this win, Town's run of fixtures for the end of the year looked to be a tough one. Town started the end of year fixtures with a 4–0 loss at home to
Newcastle United and then a close 1–0 defeat to
Arsenal at the
Emirates Stadium on the day after Boxing Day. Town ended the month and the year on a positive note though when they recorded their third win and their first home win of the season when they defeated
Chelsea 2–0 thanks to goals from
Liam Delap and
Omari Hutchinson. This meant Town ended the year still in the relegation zone but only one point from safety.
January Ipswich started 2025 with a 2–2 draw at
Craven Cottage against Fulham after two penalties cancelled out goals from
Sammie Szmodics and
Liam Delap. A week later Town comfortably saw off
Bristol Rovers at home in round 3 of the
FA Cup winning 3–0. From this point, Ipswich would gain no more points in January with back-to-back home defeats first being 2–0 to Brighton followed by a 6–0 hammering by Manchester City 3 days later. Following this, Town travelled to
Anfield to face league leaders Liverpool with January loan signing
Julio Enciso marking his debut with an assist for
Jacob Greaves, but this only proved to be a consolation goal as the game ended in a 4–1 defeat.
February Town looked to bounce back in February when bottom of the league Southampton visited Portman Road. In what was seen as an important match with a chance to pick up points, Southampton went onto shock the Tractor Boys with a 2–1 defeat. The following week Town returned to cup action when they visited the
Coventry Building Society Arena to face
Coventry City in round 4 of the
FA Cup. After a dominant display with new goalkeeper
Alex Palmer making an impressive debut, Town went on to win 4–1 and progress to the next round. On 15 February, Town travelled to
Villa Park to face Champions League chasing Aston Villa. After going down to ten men in the first half following
Axel Tuanzebe's dismissal, Town went 1–0 up through
Liam Delap before Villa managed to equalise and the game ended 1–1. The following week, Town were hoping to complete the league double when Tottenham visited Portman Road but the match ended in a 4–1 defeat. February ended with a visit to
Old Trafford to face Manchester United. Despite an early goal and then a second from
Jaden Philogene, and United being reduced to ten men, the game ended in a 3–2 defeat.
March Town started the month once again travelling to
City Ground to take on Nottingham Forest in round 5 of the
FA Cup. After ending the first 90 minutes at 1–1 the game went into extra time with neither team breaking the deadlock taking the game into a penalty shootout. After
Jack Taylor's final penalty was saved, Town were knocked out of the cup losing 5–4 on penalties. On 8 March, Ipswich travelled to
Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace. Town once again fell to a late goal and the game ended up 1–0 in defeat. One week later, Town once again took on Forest this time in the league at Portman Road. Despite starting well, Town quickly fell behind 3–0 by half time with the game ending 4–2 in defeat. This meant Town were now still in 18th position but now 9 points from safety heading into the international break.
April April was seen as a make or break month for Town in their battle for survival. The month started off strong when Town travelled to
Dean Court and came away with a 2–1 win against Bournemouth. 3 days later, Town faced a visiting Wolves at Portman Road. With Town currently 9 points behind the visitors and with 8 games still to play, this was viewed as a very crucial match in the relegation fight for both teams and after a first half goal from
Liam Delap things were looking in Town's favour as the first half ended 1–0. Unfortunately, Town went on to concede twice late in the second half and the game ended in a 2–1 defeat, meaning Town were now 12 points behind 17th place Wolves with 7 games left to play. The remaining games in April presented a tough challenge for Town when they first travelled to
Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea which ended in a 2–2 draw. After this, Town suffered back-to-back loses first with a 4–0 defeat from a visiting Arsenal before travelling to
St James' Park and falling to a 3–0 defeat from Newcastle. This defeat confirmed Ipswich's relegation back to the
Championship after one year in the Premier League. == First-team squad ==