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Manchester United — Ipswich Town 5:2

EPL · 30 Aug 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score5:2
Home xG4.87Manchester United
Away xG1.81Ipswich Town
Expected points2.59 : 0.33

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Manchester United was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

TeamGoalsxGGoals − xGExpected points
Manchester United54.87+0.12.59
Ipswich Town21.81+0.20.33

How it fits the season

Manchester United: −3.4 for the season (12 in the table). Ipswich Town: +0.3 (11). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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