Ipswich Town hosted Sunderland on the opening Saturday of the 2026–27 Premier League.
The fixture was played at Portman Road on 22 August 2026. Ipswich won 2–1, giving the promoted club a successful return to the Premier League and leaving Sunderland with no points from its first match back in the division.
Ipswich were one of three teams promoted for the 2026–27 season. Their return followed a one-year absence from the Premier League. Hull City and Coventry City were the other newcomers, with Hull hosting Manchester United and Coventry visiting Arsenal during the same opening round.
Sunderland were also newly promoted, making this a meeting between two returning clubs rather than an established top-flight pairing. Ipswich’s home victory was therefore one of the weekend’s clearest promotion-story results.