Championship game preview and numbers: Ipswich Town against Stoke City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

Round two of the Championship campaign and the contenders have taken their learnings from the first match. Here's the Ipswich Town - Stoke City preview:

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 Town and Stoke City.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

Last season, Ipswich Town's league statistics were 28 wins, 14 draws and 4 losses, resulting in 2nd spot in the League One. Over these 46 matches they scored {101 goals} and gave away 35. Playing at home in the last season Ipswich Town produced 16-6-1 (win-draw-lost) with {60 goals} and 13 conceded.

Ipswich Town's previous match was a Carabao Cup game also played at home, finishing 2-0 against Bristol Rovers. The home team are looking to build on that result. Jackson (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Jackson served one assist, hit two key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Sunderland.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ipswich Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.

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Stoke City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Stoke City performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 11 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 30/27 goals scored/conceded.

The club members enjoyed Stoke's previous fixture versus West Bromwich Albion, a Carabao Cup win (2-1) played at home. Defender Hoever was the best team player with a rating of 7.95. Hoever hit two key passes and won 3 of 7 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Rotherham United.

We have checked recent matches where Stoke City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Stoke City have won or drawn the last 8 games (4-4-0) facing Ipswich.

Top Goalscorers

Stoke CityA. Cunha Vidigal
A. Cunha Vidigal
2 goals
Ipswich TownN. Broadhead
N. Broadhead
1 goals
Ipswich TownG. Hirst
G. Hirst
1 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ipswich Town Stoke City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 10
11 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
20 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Ipswich Town Last season Stoke City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
28 16   Won W   8 14
14 6   Drew D   6 11
4 1   Lost L   9 21
101 60   Scored S   30 55
35 13   Conceded C   27 54
98% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
87% 91%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 67%
59% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 43%
30% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 28%
11% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 4%
46% 39%   BTTS BTTS   48% 41%
50% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 28%
7% 4%   Failed to Score F T   30% 39%
 
6.9 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.7
3.3 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.9
1.8 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
1 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
17.2 17.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 12.7
6.3 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.5
35% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 26%
 
7.1 6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 9.8
2.4 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Watford 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Stoke City 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Plymouth Argyle 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Southampton 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Norwich City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Cardiff City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Leeds United 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Preston North End 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Birmingham City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Swansea City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Bristol City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Sunderland 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Coventry City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
23 Rotherham United 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
24 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Watford 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Stoke City 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Plymouth Argyle 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Southampton 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Norwich City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Cardiff City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Leeds United 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Preston North End 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Birmingham City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Swansea City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Bristol City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Sunderland 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Coventry City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
23 Rotherham United 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
24 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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