Ipswich Town and Arsenal have named their starting teams for their EFL Cup third round tie at Portman Road on Tuesday.
The Tractor Boys beat third-tier Leicester City 3-1 at home in the Carabao Cup second round, while the visitors are playing their first match in this season’s competition.
Mikel Arteta’s side have won all five of their games in 2026/27 after prevailing 2-0 at Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Gunners have advanced from all but two of their last 23 ties at this stage of the competition, while Ipswich have progressed from seven of their most recent nine such showdowns.
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Ipswich confirmed starting team vs Arsenal
Ipswich Town: Walton, Furlong, Kipre, Greaves, Ouattara, Florentino, Nunez, McAteer, Mehmeti, Philogene, Flemming
Substitutes: Palmer, O’Shea, Davis, Lukic, Egeli, Clarke, Maeda, Enciso, Akpom
Arsenal full line up vs Ipswich Town
Arsenal: Arrizabalaga, Zubimendi, Salmon, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Guimaraes, Merino, Dowman, Madueke, Eze, Gyokeres
Substitutes: Meslier, Saka, Odegaard, Konsa, Tzolis, Havertz, Calafiori, Ibrahim, Julienne
Where to watch Ipswich vs Arsenal: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Tuesday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Plus.
Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £27.99 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.
Ipswich Town vs Arsenal: Carabao Cup stats
- In the five editions of this fixture in the EFL Cup since the teams first met in the competition in 1970/71, there have been two wins for each side and one draw
- Ipswich matched their best-ever EFL Cup run by reaching a semi-final against Arsenal in 2011, winning the first leg 1-0 at home before exiting with a 3-0 defeat in the return game
- That win is the only time they have avoided defeat in their last seven meetings with Arsenal in all competitions, losing the other six encounters 13-0 on aggregate
- Their record at home to Arsenal this century is W1 D1 L2, most recently losing 4-0 in the 2024/25 Premier League
- Town have gone past the EFL Cup second round once in their last 10 campaigns, losing 3-1 at home to Fulham in the fourth round in 2022/23
- That defeat to Liverpool is their only home loss in all competitions since a defeat to Charlton Athletic in the Championship on October 21 2025, winning 14 and drawing six of their other games at Portman Road during the period
- Arsenal have won eight of their last 11 matches in the EFL Cup, losing last season’s final against Manchester City and suffering two defeats to Newcastle in the 2024/25 semi-finals
- The defeat to City extended their 33-year wait to lift the trophy for a third time, having triumphed in 1987 and 1993
- They have 32 wins to 18 for Ipswich in the history of the fixture in all competitions, with 11 draws and Gunners legend Ian Wright the all-time top scorer in games between the teams, netting nine times
- Saka matched Robert Pires’ tally of 84 goals for Arsenal by scoring his third of the season and 84th overall for the club with a penalty during second-half added time against Sunderland
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