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Former Ipswich defender Mick Mills spoke to BBC Radio Suffolk on the solution to Kalvin Phillips' red card against Leicester City on Saturday: "Cameron Burgess was almost dropping down the pecking order, but he’s come in and he’s been faultless really and he’s played really well.

"I thought that Conor Chaplin got his opportunity last week at Brentford and he took it. He has done the same [against Leicester] and he was probably one of our best players.

"When you look at the central midfield pairing, we had to play last week without Sam Morsy. Cajuste came in, probably earlier than we expected him to [after his injury] and not only did he get his own game going nicely, I thought he had improved Kalvin Phillips. That partnership seems to gel better than the Morsy-Phillips partnership has this season.

"The Morsy and Phillips partnership for me, wasn’t really taking off, that section of the game was behind other areas and it’s a really important area.

"Now all of a sudden it’s going to be Phillips out of the next game because of suspension, you think maybe Morsy-Cajuste could be OK.

"We have got a number of permutations there and a little less worry now that we have seen a number of them come in and play up to the standard, so maybe we will have a decent pairing."

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Mark Ashton, Ipswich Town's chief executive, joins the Blue Hour with Brenner Woolley on BBC Radio Suffolk on Monday at 18:00 GMT.

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Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis from Saturday's seven Premier League fixtures.

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• Liverpool 2-1 Brighton

• Wolves 2-2 Crystal Palace

Mark Ashton, Ipswich Town's chief executive, joins the Blue Hour with Brenner Woolley on BBC Radio Suffolk on Monday at 18:00 GMT.

He will be taking questions from callers and the Town community.

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It has been the story of Ipswich Town's season so far as they dropped points once again.

The Tractor Boys have dropped 12 points from winning positions, the most of any team in the Premier League this campaign.

Since their return to the Premier League, the newly-promoted side have scored the opening goal in five league games this season and not gone on to win any of those (D3 L2).

Relegation looks a distinct possibility with just five points after 10 games as Kieran McKenna's side went ahead before finishing the match with 10 men for the second successive game.

Kalvin Phillips was sent off for a second bookable offence after a late challenge on Ricardo Pereira with 12 minutes remaining and the home side were unable to hang on for their first league victory of the season.

Ipswich have registered five draws and five losses in their opening 10 games, the club’s longest winless run at the start of a top-flight campaign.

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• Ipswich Town scored the opening goal of a fifth Premier League game this season, however, they haven’t gone on to win any of those (D3 L2) – overall, they have dropped 12 points from winning positions, the most of any Premier League team in 2024/25.

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Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna spoke to Sky Sports after today's draw: "It's a tough one to take. I thought we were much the better team and it's on the referee's decision again. It's a clear penalty and it goes 2-0. Kalvin pulls his foot out of the way and I don't think he has to make the decision."

On what he said to the referee: "I said I thought it was a penalty and it had to be given live. He said he thought there wasn't enough. I thought it was clear. The second yellow card, of course when you look at it in slow motion and the balls bouncing on the edge of the box. I trust Kalvin. I don't think it's a wild one. I know you can slow it down but in the context of the game, the ball is bouncing on the edge of the box, and he pulls out the challenge. It's not a wild one."

On dressing room atmosphere: "They're fuming. There's a sense of injustice in the room. We can always look at our bit and what we can do better but I don't think the boys have had a fair crack at it."

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Ipswich left-back Leif Davis has been speaking to Premier League Productions after today's draw: "We came in frustrated. I think we could have had a penalty. Everyone makes mistakes, we're human but it should have been given. We have to watch our heads after that. We're just disappointed."

On Kalvin Phillips' red card: "If you're playing against 10 men then you get that momentum swing. I think he's disappointed it happened and in his head he probably thinks he needs to be cleverer but it happened.

On his goal: "I'm buzzing that is my first goal but I would have been happier with the three points. We want to get points on the board. I was just in the right place at the right time. I've always wanted to score in the Prem.

"Everyone came in with clear heads and worked hard on the Monday morning after last week. We'll watch it back and improve."

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.

For week 10 he takes on The Piano TV series winner Brad Kella.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

I said last week that I was never going to predict another Ipswich win again this season, but I have changed my mind.

I have got to say that they were very unlucky to lose against Brentford last time out. They deserved more from that game.

I know Alan Shearer highlighted on Match of the Day how bad their stats are - they are ranked last in the Premier League for shots, expected goals and touches in opposition box, and second-last for shots on target, goals conceded and errors leading to goals, but they started so well in that game, going 2-0 up.

To then find themselves trailing 3-2 and down to 10 men is bad enough, but then they got themselves level late on, before being beaten in stoppage time when Bryan Mbeumo's cross crept in. That kind of defeat is going to be tough for them to take.

I am not absolutely convinced about Leicester either but, if Ipswich don't win this time, then I am not sure what it will do to their confidence.

Life in the top flight has been difficult enough for them so far, and I think they are going down anyway, but unless they get three points soon you start to wonder whether they will beat anyone.

Brad's prediction: 1-2

I like Leicester and they can win there, I think they’ve got to.

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Seven matches make up Saturday's Premier League action, and we will bring you every moment.

• Newcastle v Arsenal - 12:30

• Bournemouth v Manchester City

• Ipswich v Leicester

• Liverpool v Brighton - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

• Nottingham Forest v West Ham

• Southampton v Everton

• Wolves v Crystal Palace - 17:30 - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

Kick-off 15:00 GMT unless stated

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Earlier, we asked you to identify the former Ipswich player from their Premier League statistics playing for the club.

The correct answer was Matt Holland.

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Leicester City (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Chiedozie Ogbene is unlikely to play against this season after surgery on an Achilles tear. McKenna said: "The operation went well, he is a positive guy anyway so he is already focused on his recovery and coming back strong. That will be a long way away but we will help him along the journey and he will get all the support he needs. The character he has, I'm sure he will come back strong."

• On the reaction to last weekend's defeat at Brentford: "It's been really good, it's been a good week here at the training ground, everyone that we have like that it is important to spend the time together. There was so many positives in the game, so many things to take belief in, but of course there are things we need to do better. But, you add all that in and it changes the perception of what would have been a really good point."

• He continued: "We have been through things like this before as a group. I know the group are pretty good at staying even on those things."

• Those "experiences" are how they are building resilience as a team: "The whole group hasn't been through it but a core group have been through it before, but there are good characters that have come into the building. They know these things are part of the game and you do everything you can to avoid it. It's part of football and it's the response that matters."

• On opponents Leicester: "They've added to their squad and signed some good new players, but most of their tactical things are pretty similar. On the ball and in possession they have similar shapes and positions that they take up on the pitch. They've varied it a bit through the season but in general it's a similar template. They still have the strengths and qualities of last year."

• He added: "They are a good side but every team in the Premier League is and we believe we are a good side as well. At home we focus on ourselves and we will deliver the best performance we can. We trust that, if we do that, we're a good match for anyone and it will give us a chance to win."

Catch up on all of Friday's Premier League news conferences and the rest of the day's football news

Guess the former Ipswich player from their Premier League statistics at the club:

• Years at club: 1997-2003

• Position: Midfielder

• Premier League appearances for club: 76

• Premier League goals for club: 6

Answer will be revealed at 17:00 GMT

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Ipswich Town have said they are "deeply saddened" by the death of former striker Trevor Whymark, who passed away earlier this week, external at the age of 74.

Whymark made his debut for the Suffolk club in 1970 and made 335 appearances before leaving for Derby County in 1979.

His tally of 104 goals puts him sixth of Ipswich's all-time list of leading goalscorers.

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Ipswich Town have been ahead for the shortest amount of time in the Premier League this season (47 minutes, 9 seconds), and trailing for the longest amount of time so far (439 minutes, 26 seconds).

The bottom six teams in the Premier League all play one another on Saturday and with the way the season has gone so far, those fixtures are going to be big.

Winning these games and earning three points could at the end of the season be called the six-pointers.

When I played for Reading and we were fighting down the bottom of the league, these are the fixtures that we looked for because they are must-win games.

I am not sure Crystal Palace would have targeted these at the start of the season because they would have expected to have been higher in the league, but the newly promoted teams will have.

Wolves probably need the win the most because they wouldn't have expected to be second from bottom after nine games and they need to start picking up results.

It is a little bit more difficult for the promoted teams because they are still trying to adapt to the Premier League.

I don't think these results will necessarily define any team's season - as it so early on - but winning helps to break the rut and sometimes it becomes difficult for teams to know how to win when they aren't.

For all of these teams something has to adapt at some stage. You have to find a way to win a game, even if it is scruffy, and especially against those teams that are in and around you.

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Former Ipswich defender Mick Mills believes the club's next league game against Leicester City is a game they "need to win".

Kieran McKenna's side are yet to be victorious in the Premier League this season.

Speaking to BBC Radio Suffolk's Final Whistle, Mills said: "Our ultimate goal this season is to stay above three teams, if we manage to do that then it has been a great season.

"I would put Leicester as one of the possible ones we could maybe finish above. If we get it right and get the win we need, we move within two points of Leicester - that's touching distance, and where we have to be.

"There's a whole group of clubs we have to make sure we're close to. There's eight or nine teams now that won't be in the relegation fight - they're in a different world.

"But there are teams that are going to be down there, and Leicester are one of them - that is why that is important."

Unlike the Tractor Boys who have a week to prepare for the game, Leicester face Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Carabao Cup first, and Mills thinks the weekend's league fixture will resemble a cup game.

"Next week is like a cup-tie between two teams, it's a different kettle of fish which we need to make sure we win," he said.

"Let's get out there and really knock them over and really beat them well, make sure we get the three points and pull them back close to us.

"We have to make sure we're better than enough teams to keep us up - it's going to be a real dogfight."

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