Things did not get any easier a week later at the Etihad Stadium versus four-time reigning champions Manchester City for Town's first away game of the season.

A powerful strike from Liam Delap saw Ipswich take the lead after fifteen minutes with their first home goal of the season.

Ipswich continued to push for a second goal, creating plentiful chances and enjoying the majority of possession in the second half but Fulham managed to see the game out to split the points.

Ipswich had chances too, with Liam Delap registering Town's first shot on target of the game, firing against the post after a fast break.

Town continued to prove dangerous on the counterattack with Omari Hutchinson creating a chance with a fast break from a poor Brighton corner, however a tame shot was saved by Bart Verbruggen.

Ipswich started quickly, opening the scoring through Liam Delap in the eighth minute, hitting it past Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

[3] Two weeks later, Town were also value for another point against newly appointed Ruben Amorim's Manchester United in a 1-1 draw, with Omari Hutchinson claiming a leveller just before half time to offset Rashford's second-minute strike.

Both sides fought well in what was a game of few chances, but Jota Silva was lightly tripped by Sammie Szmodics in the box to give Forest a penalty early in the second half.

The Tractor Boys viewed the two home matches in a week against Crystal Palace and Bournemouth as an opportunity to pick up some points in early December.

From this, Town tried to create some chances of their own with an unorthodox free kick nearly reaching the back of the net but the game ended 1-0 to Crystal Palace.

Muric came rushing out to the edge of the box to seemingly apply pressure onto the oncoming striker but the ball was crossed over to Enes Ünal to take it past Cameron Burgess.

Ipswich scored early on, through a Matt Doherty own goal after Liam Delap made a run and passed to Omari Hutchinson, whose shot was saved and then Conor Chaplin's strike taking a heavy deflection.

[6] An overspill of emotion ensued after the match, with Rayan Aït-Nouri collecting a red card and Matheus Cunha was investigated by the FA following an incident with a member of the Ipswich backroom staff.

Kai Havertz scored the only goal in the 23rd minute, and whilst Town pushed for an equaliser, they did not register a shot on target in the whole game for the first time in the season.

[8] Only shows players loaned to a National League N/S team or higher and for more than a month † Dual registration with parent club On 16 May, Ipswich Town announced their first pre-season friendly for the 2024–25 campaign, taking on 2.

[102] On 11 July, the club confirmed they would also face two Bundesliga sides in Borussia Mönchengladbach and TSG Hoffenheim during a short training camp in Germany.

[107] Win Draw Loss Fixtures Ipswich Town entered the competition in the third round, and were drawn at home to Bristol Rovers.