Liam Delap has made an excellent start to life in the Premier League with Ipswich Town, scoring six times in 12 appearances for the newly-promoted club. However, the 21-year-old plays a very physical game and has committed 27 fouls already this season, that’s seven more than his nearest team-mate Sam Morsy (20).

Delap has drawn 16 fouls for his team this season but the striker can’t seem to help himself in the final third when it comes to his battles with opposition defenders, and is clearly giving away too many free kicks. The former Man City man is giving away an average of 2.25 fouls per game right now and we’ve backed the Ipswich striker to give away at least two more on Saturday.

Ryan Yates likes to get involved in the physical action in the centre of the park as is proven by the fact that he has both committed and drawn more fouls than any of his team-mates so far this season.

Yates, who has featured in all 12 league games for Nottingham Forest, has managed to draw 26 fouls from opposition players this season, which is nine more than Ipswich’s most fouled player, Omari Hutchinson (17). The English midfielder is getting fouled an average of 2.16 times per game in the Premier League for the Midlands club and we’ve backed Yates to get fouled at least two times on Saturday when the Tractor Boys come to town.

The Ipswich goalkeepers have been very busy this season, especially Arijanet Muric who has played in 11 of the Tractor Boys’ 12 games so far.

Muric has faced 64 shots on target in his 11 appearances and has made an impressive 43 saves during that period. While the Kosovo international only has a clean sheet percentage of 9.1% this season, the Ipswich shot-stopper has a 70.3% save ratio. With Muric facing an average of 5.8 shots on target per game this season, you can see why we have backed the Ipswich man to make at least three saves this weekend.

No Ipswich player has taken more shots in the Premier League this season than their striker Liam Delap. The former Man City graduate has taken 20 shots so far and only Omari Hutchinson has come close to the striker’s total this season (17).

Of those 20 shots, Delap has hit the target 11 times and boasts a shot on target ratio of 55%, which is the third-highest in the Ipswich squad. Delap, who has scored six times in the Premier League for the Tractor Boys, is averaging 2.11 shots per game and 1.16 shots on target, so a bet on Delap to hit the target at least once this weekend makes sense.

Chris Wood has been in fantastic form for Nottingham Forest this season, proving that his last campaign with the club was no fluke. Wood scored 14 times in the Premier League last season, his best total since hitting 14 for Burnley during the 2019/20 campaign and is already over halfway to beating that total in the 2024/25 season.

Forest’s New Zealand international has eight goals in 11 starts and one substitute appearance this season, playing a key role in his club’s excellent start to the season. Wood is a team player and while he doesn’t get a lot of assists, he will be the main focal point in the home side’s attack and their best option to score against Ipswich.

We’ve used Ryan Yates in our Level 1 acca as he is Nottingham Forest’s most-fouled player this season, but this time we’re using the English midfielder in our Level 2 acca due to his habit for committing fouls.

Yates has 20 fouls against him this season, four more than his nearest team-mate Morgan Gibbs-White (16). The 27-year-old midfielder has featured in all 12 league games this season, though, four of those appearances were from the bench. If you ignore those sub appearances, Yates is averaging 2.5 fouls per start in the Premier League this season, which isn’t a great surprise as he is a combative midfielder whose job it is to win back the ball and break up the oppositions’ play.