Crystal Palace welcome Ipswich Town to Selhurst Park on Saturday at 15:00 BST, with the Eagles aiming to make it three games unbeaten in the Premier League.
Palace won both league meetings with Ipswich during the 2024/25 season, each by a 1-0 scoreline. However, the Eagles have not yet recorded four consecutive victories against the Tractor Boys in all competitions. Palace have lost only once in their last seven meetings with Ipswich, with that 3-0 defeat coming in 2013.
Ipswich’s defensive record provides another notable pre-match statistic. They have gone 22 Premier League matches without keeping a clean sheet, conceding 57 goals during that sequence at an average of 2.6 per game.
Gary O’Neil has also yet to defeat Palace in five previous Premier League meetings, recording one draw and four losses. His teams have conceded at least twice in each of those encounters, while only Manchester United and West Ham United have beaten him more often in the competition.
There are individual numbers to watch as well. Khalaili leads the Premier League for tackles, with 17, and for true tackles attempted, with 24. His true tackle win rate stands at 70.8 per cent, the sixth-highest figure in the division among players with at least 10 true tackle attempts.
Tyrick Mitchell will also return to the fixture after his two-goal performance in Palace’s victory at Fulham. That brace matched his total goals from his previous 103 appearances combined.
