Everton set for six-year first as Alan Shearer predicts result vs Ipswich Town

Everton are expected to beat Ipswich Town at home on Saturday.

Hill Dickinson Stadium will host the Tractor Boys on 19 September in the Premier League.

The Toffees are surprisingly one of the few teams still unbeaten in the Premier League.

After a disappointing end to the transfer window, David Moyes has kept ambitions high at Hill Dickinson Stadium ahead of the Ipswich game.

Doom and gloom settled over L3 as the Blues sold Iliman Ndiaye and Beto on deadline day and failed to replace them.

For now, the Merseyside outfit have done a decent job and the Scottish manager has the opportunity to get off to one of their best starts in the league in recent years.

When was the last time Everton were unbeaten first five Premier League matches?

Moyes deserves massive credit for maintaining stability at the Toffees during a tough period.

Many managers would have crumbled in the current position the Blues find themselves in.

Alan Shearer has predicted a home win against Ipswich, with Hill Dickinson Stadium playing a role.

Writing in the Metro on 18 September, the Premier League icon said, "Everton are a tough side and got a decent result away at Spurs last weekend. I think they'll have too much for Ipswich, especially being at home.

"Ipswich got a good result away at Palace last weekend, but I fancy Everton to take all three points here."

The last time the Merseyside outfit went unbeaten in their first five Premier League games was in the 2020-21 campaign.

Under Carlo Ancelotti, the Toffees beat Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace, Brighton and Hove Albion and drew against Liverpool to start their season, but finished 10th.

Why David Moyes experiment could be on cards vs Ipswich Town

Thierno Barry had another poor performance against Wolves in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

The French striker was hooked off around the hour mark after looking clueless.

Just before the break, the former Villarreal attacker had a chance to score, but Joao Virginia made a magnificent save.

Brennan Johnson replaced Barry against Wolves and showed more than the striker.

Playing in the central position, the former Tottenham forward's threat of being able to run in behind the opposition defence gave the Blues an outlet to score.

On one occasion, Johnson beat his man and was through on goal, but Virginia was once again pivotal to keeping the score level until Charly Alacaraz eventually found the back of the net late on to give the hosts a 1-0 victory.

It wouldn't be surprising to see Johnson start up front against Ipswich.