Ipswich Town suna buɗe kakar wasa ta Premier League 2026/27 a Portman Road ranar Asabar 22 ga Agusta, inda za su karɓi baki Sunderland a wasan buɗe kakar wasa mai ban sha'awa. Wasan zai fara da ƙarfe 3:00 na yamma BST.

Sabon manaja, sabon babi ga Ipswich

Tractor Boys sun sami haɓakawa daga Championship a matsayin na biyu a kakar da ta gabata, suna tabbatar da dawowarsu nan take zuwa manyan wasannin bayan ficewa a 2024/25. Duk da haka, mai gine wannan nasara, Kieran McKenna — wanda ya jagoranci Ipswich daga tsakiyar League One har zuwa Premier League — ya yi murabus a matsayin manajan a watan Yuni.

Gary O'Neil, tsohon manajan Bournemouth da Wolverhampton Wanderers, ya karɓi kalubalen gina akan ginshiƙan McKenna. Idan O'Neil ya yi nasarar kiyaye Ipswich a ɓangaren, zai cimma abin da magabacin da aka yaba ba zai iya yi ba.

Ipswich sun ba sabon managansu goyon baya a kasuwar canja wuri. Kashe-kashen kudi na kusan £150 miliyan yana sanya su kan hanya ta wuce ma rikodin £161 miliyan da Sunderland suka sanya a bazara ta bana a matsayin kulob da aka haɓaka. Ana sa ran 'yan wasan sabon zuwa Julio Enciso, Emersonn, da Abdul Fatawu za su fito su kuma suna son barin alama da wuri.

Sunderland suna fuskantar kakar wasa ta biyu mafi wahala

Sunderland sun iso Portman Road bayan wani yaƙi mai ban al'ajabi na 2025/26 wanda ya sa su kammala a matsayi na bakwai — ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki a kakar da ta gabata. Manajan Regis Le Bris ya sami yabo mai yawa saboda saurin canza Black Cats zuwa kulob mai gasa a matakin farko.

Kalubale a wannan kakar ya fi wahala sosai. Sunderland dole ne su daidaita rayuwa a Premier League da wasannin Turai a karon farko cikin shekaru 53 — nauyi biyu da ya rushe kulalaye da yawa da aka haɓaka a gabani.

Le Bris ya ɗauki tsarin inganci akan yawa a kasuwar canja wuri wannan lokacin rani. Bek ɗin Belgium Thomas Meunier, wanda aka sanya hannu kyauta daga Lille, shine sabbin fuska mafi shahara, wanda ke nufin ƙungiyar da za ta fuskanci Ipswich za ta yi kama da wacce ta ƙare kakar da ta gabata da irin wannan nasara.

Yadda da inda za a kallon wasan

Wasan ya faɗa ƙarƙashin ƙa'idar hana watsa shirye-shirye da ƙarfe 3 na yamma a Burtaniya kuma ba za a watsa shi a can ba. Magoya bayan da ke Amurka za su iya kallon wasan kai tsaye a Peacock, wasan yana farawa da ƙarfe 10:00 na safe ET. Magoya bayan Australiya za su iya kallon wasan a Stan Sport, wasan yana farawa da tsakar dare AEST safiyar Lahadi.

FourFourTwo ta yi hasashen wasan zai ƙare da canjaras 1-1, inda ƙungiyoyin biyu za su nuna hankali a ranar buɗe kakar wasa mai cike da rashin tabbas.