Betting preview: Rotherham United faced with a tough challenge when Ipswich Town visits

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 20.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Rotherham United will pray that their home support is enough to get at least a point from this demanding duel, vs dynamic Ipswich Town.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have the most conceded goals (22) in Championship
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (25) in Championship

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rotherham United form and stats

The overall Championship statistics at home this season for Rotherham United, who have the most conceded goals (22) in Championship, are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Rotherham, facing Southampton in a game that ended 1-1. The draw was somewhat fortunate as the match had an xG (expected goals) of 2.23 - .11. The Rotherham United goalkeeper Johansson was crucial in the match against Southampton last time out, making seven saves.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bristol City (1-2).

The Rotherham United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded. When Rotherham United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Blackburn Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford, Stoke City and Huddersfield Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Ipswich Town, who have the most scored goals (25) in Championship, have produced an overall stat of 4-1-0 so far.

Ipswich are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the game against Preston North End (placed 3rd). As you can tell from the result, the match against Preston North End was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfield player Broadhead was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Broadhead scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Hull City.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ipswich Town have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Ipswich Town are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Rotherham wins - draws - Ipswich Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ipswich TownN. Broadhead
N. Broadhead
5 goals
Ipswich TownC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
5 goals
Rotherham UnitedJ. Hugill
J. Hugill
3 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Rotherham United Ipswich Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 3 5 11
1 1 1 Won W 2 4 9
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 1
7 2 1 Lost L 0 0 1
10 7 4 Scored S 3 6 25
22 8 4 Conceded C 1 2 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 40% 73%
64% 80% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 55%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 36%
73% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 55%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 60% 45%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.2 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.6 5.6
6.7 6.6 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 7.4 5.2
2.5 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.4 7.4 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 17 15 17.9
1.8 1.8 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 6.7
50% 78% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 34%
 
15.6 15.2 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 12.2 11.6
6.1 5.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 4.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Rotherham United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ipswich Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ipswich Town have not yet lost a game away.
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Ipswich Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ipswich Town have scored more than double the goals of Rotherham United.
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Championship
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (25) in Championship
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Championship
  • Ipswich Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rotherham United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the most conceded goals (22) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Championship
  • Rotherham United 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 Leicester City 11 10 0 1 23 6 6 5 0 1 10 3 5 5 0 0 13 3 17 30
2 Ipswich Town 11 9 1 1 25 13 6 5 0 1 19 11 5 4 1 0 6 2 12 28
3 Preston North End 11 6 2 3 15 17 5 4 0 1 8 8 6 2 2 2 7 9 -2 20
4 Sunderland 11 6 1 4 20 12 6 3 0 3 10 8 5 3 1 1 10 4 8 19
5 Leeds United 11 5 4 2 17 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 2 1 2 8 7 6 19
6 Birmingham City 11 5 3 3 15 11 6 4 2 0 11 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 18
7 Norwich City 11 5 2 4 21 19 5 4 0 1 8 4 6 1 2 3 13 15 2 17
8 Cardiff City 11 5 2 4 17 15 6 4 1 1 11 6 5 1 1 3 6 9 2 17
9 Hull City 11 4 5 2 16 14 5 1 4 0 7 5 6 3 1 2 9 9 2 17
10 Southampton 11 5 2 4 17 21 6 2 2 2 11 12 5 3 0 2 6 9 -4 17
11 West Bromwich Albion 11 4 4 3 18 14 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 1 3 2 9 8 4 16
12 Swansea City 11 4 3 4 18 14 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 2 1 3 10 9 4 15
13 Coventry City 11 3 6 2 17 13 6 2 4 0 9 5 5 1 2 2 8 8 4 15
14 Bristol City 11 4 3 4 14 13 5 1 2 2 7 7 6 3 1 2 7 6 1 15
15 Millwall 11 4 3 4 11 13 6 2 1 3 6 9 5 2 2 1 5 4 -2 15
16 Middlesbrough 11 4 2 5 16 17 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 2 1 3 11 12 -1 14
17 Blackburn Rovers 11 4 1 6 17 21 5 2 0 3 7 11 6 2 1 3 10 10 -4 13
18 Plymouth Argyle 11 3 2 6 18 19 6 3 0 3 14 10 5 0 2 3 4 9 -1 11
19 Huddersfield Town 11 2 5 4 11 18 5 1 2 2 5 8 6 1 3 2 6 10 -7 11
20 Watford 11 2 4 5 14 16 6 2 2 2 10 6 5 0 2 3 4 10 -2 10
21 Stoke City 11 3 1 7 11 17 5 2 0 3 6 7 6 1 1 4 5 10 -6 10
22 Queens Park Rangers 11 2 2 7 8 20 5 0 1 4 3 12 6 2 1 3 5 8 -12 8
23 Rotherham United 11 1 3 7 10 22 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 0 1 5 3 14 -12 6
24 Sheffield Wednesday 11 0 3 8 5 18 6 0 2 4 2 8 5 0 1 4 3 10 -13 3

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.