Ipswich Town beat Sunderland 2–1 in the 2026–27 Premier League opening weekend.
The match took place on Saturday, 22 August 2026, at Portman Road. Ipswich returned to the Premier League after one season away, making the fixture part of their immediate top-flight comeback.
Sunderland were also competing in the Premier League after promotion, so the game matched two newly promoted clubs. Ipswich’s one-goal victory gave them three points and made them the only promoted side to defeat another promoted side in the opening round.
The result was one of the weekend’s closest wins. The other one-goal victories included Leeds United’s 1–0 win at Nottingham Forest and Manchester City’s 2–1 win over Bournemouth.