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- Ipswich Town have the most clean sheets (4) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ipswich and Blackburn Rovers.
Ipswich Town form and stats
Ipswich Town have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Championship. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Ipswich Town are confident in defense, having played 218 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Ipswich Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Southampton's place. The match ended 1-0 with Hutchinson scoring. Defender Woolfenden got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Woolfenden won 6 of 7 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Sheffield Wednesday.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ipswich's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 5 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Carabao Cup game versus Wolverhampton Wanderers in only three days. This game is also played here at Portman Road Stadium.
Goals are plentiful at Portman Road Stadium in the league this season as Ipswich Town has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Things could have gone better for Blackburn Rovers in their Championship away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
The manager Tomasson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Ewood Park (Blackburn). Blackburn Rovers suffered a 1-3 loss to Sunderland (placed 4th). Leonard, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Leonard scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Blackburn secured a home win against Middlesbrough with the score 2-1.A new game in only four days for Blackburn Rovers, the Carabao Cup home match versus Cardiff City. Busy days.
Blackburn Rovers's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Ipswich Town-Blackburn Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ipswich Town three wins, Blackburn Rovers four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Szmodics 4 goals |   N. Broadhead 3 goals |  C. Chaplin 3 goals |
Ipswich Town missing players
Blackburn Rovers missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.7 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.3 | 6.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.7 | 21 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.3 | 15.6 |
| 5.9 | 8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 32% | 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 26% |
| 12.1 | 12 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18.7 | 17.6 |
| 4 | 5.7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 5 |
- All of Ipswich Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ipswich Town have scored in all their matches so far.
- Ipswich Town have the most clean sheets (4) in Championship
- Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Ipswich Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Preston North End | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Hull City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Millwall | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Southampton | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Watford | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 4 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 24 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
