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Ipswich Town FPL: Who To Own, Captain And Avoid

This is the version of Ipswich Town FPL: Who To Own, Captain And Avoid from 22 September 2026, kept for the record. The picks and the numbers have moved since. The current version →

The call — The most popular Ipswich asset isn't the best one — and the best one is a £4.0 defender in front of a defence we rank 19th of 20. That's the shape of the Ipswich question. All the value here sits at the back — three £4.0 centre-halves and full-backs stacked at the top of our list — and the back…

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So why does Davis top the list anyway? Because at £4.0 he's started every game so far, he's on free kicks, and our projections have him clearing four points a week over the run — which for the price of a bench body is the whole job description. Fewer than 1 in 10 managers own him. Curiously, more of you own Diop — just over 1 in 10 — who costs the same, has the same minutes and projects a chunk worse. The crowd has picked the wrong £4.0. It happens.

The honest caveat: our data flags nobody in this squad as truly nailed. Five starts from five is a decent habit, not a guarantee, and a newly promoted side will tinker when the fixtures bite. That's the tax on every Ipswich pick.

Up front? Pass. The attack is genuinely mid-table — tenth in our rankings, better than the defence deserves — but the run of opponents is brutal, and Emersonn at £5.5 is priced for what he might do, not what this fixture list will let him do. He's second in the penalty queue behind Clarke, which is a nice trivia answer and a poor investment case. Enciso, owned by almost nobody, same story.

The call: if you need a £4.0 defender who actually plays — and every squad needs two — Davis is a proper buy as your fifth defender: starts, set pieces, fund-the-premiums money. Just don't kid yourself he's a weekly starter through City and Spurs away. Buy Davis for the bench, sell Diop if you own him, and leave the Ipswich attack alone until the fixtures turn.

Who to own at IPS
PlayerPosPriceProj (next 6)Own %Minutes
DavisDEF4.025.56.9Rotation risk
DiopDEF4.019.412.9Rotation risk
EmersonnFWD5.522.43.4Rotation risk
O'SheaDEF4.021.52.7Rotation risk
EncisoMID5.520.30.8Rotation risk
ClarkeMID5.415.80.2Rotation risk
LukićMID4.914.80.1Rotation risk
OuattaraDEF4.010.70.9Rotation risk
IPS set pieces
Set pieceFirst choiceBehind him
PenaltiesClarkeEmersonn, Philogene
Direct free kicksNúñezDavis, Clarke
Corners & indirect FKsLukićFatawu, Núñez
Players in this pieceDavisDiopEmersonnO'Shea