Ipswich Town vs Charlton Athletic preview: Guests will have a grim 90 minutes at Portman Road Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

Most experts are most impressed by Ipswich Town so far this season, with their 3rd position in the League One table and welcoming Charlton Athletic (who are in 10th).

Insights:
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (79) in League One

Ipswich Town and Charlton Athletic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Portman Road Stadium as Ipswich Town have scored 46 goals to get 45 points from 20 games. The overall stats in the League One are 13-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Ipswich Town fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Portman Road Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Ipswich Town has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

The home team returns to Portman Road Stadium after drawing with Cheltenham Town (placed 16th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Chaplin has scored in three matches in a row. Ace! Clarke, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Clarke served one assist, hit three key passes and won 11 of 16 duels.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Wycombe Wanderers.

Ipswich Town are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 2 and lost 2.

It should be added that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ipswich, as the League One home game vs Port Vale is only three days away.

Ipswich Town can score goals in their home matches. After 20 league matches they have found the net 46 times. From these home matches, Ipswich have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

6 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Charlton Athletic playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Charlton Athletic go into this game after a win, the home game against Burton Albion that ended 3-2. Rak-Sakyi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Rak-Sakyi scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bristol Rovers wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Milton Keynes Dons.

The visiting Charlton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 20 games. As opposed to that, Charlton Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Charlton Athletic - Ipswich Town 4-4 was the scoreline in these squads' latest H2H match, earlier this season. Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Ipswich Town, three draws and three wins for Charlton Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

IpswichC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
18 goals
Ipswich TownF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
13 goals
Charlton AthleticJ. Rak-Sakyi
J. Rak-Sakyi
13 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ipswich Town Charlton Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 7 20 41
23 13 3 Won W 0 6 14
13 6 2 Drew D 2 6 13
4 1 1 Lost L 5 8 14
79 46 9 Scored S 3 23 62
32 12 5 Conceded C 12 27 53
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 90% 95%
85% 90% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 65% 76%
52% 60% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 45% 46%
28% 35% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 35% 29%
8% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 17%
48% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 43% 55% 61%
48% 55% 33% Clean Sheets C S 14% 20% 20%
8% 5% 17% Failed to Score F T 57% 35% 24%
 
7 7.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.5 4.3
3.4 3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.3 6.4
1.7 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.4 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
17.2 17.8 21.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 11
6.5 6.8 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.5 3.8
31% 34% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 45% 40%
 
7 6.2 5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 13.5 13.3
2.4 1.9 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 3.5 3.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (79) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals in the first half (39) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the the best goal difference (+34) at home in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the the best goal difference (+47) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 41 24 12 5 71 32 21 14 6 1 46 15 20 10 6 4 25 17 39 84
2 Plymouth Argyle 40 25 8 7 70 44 20 17 1 2 38 15 20 8 7 5 32 29 26 83
3 Ipswich Town 40 23 13 4 79 32 20 13 6 1 46 12 20 10 7 3 33 20 47 82
4 Barnsley 40 24 6 10 69 37 20 15 1 4 43 19 20 9 5 6 26 18 32 78
5 Peterborough United 41 22 4 15 71 48 21 13 3 5 38 22 20 9 1 10 33 26 23 70
6 Bolton Wanderers 40 19 11 10 54 32 20 12 5 3 29 12 20 7 6 7 25 20 22 68
7 Derby County 41 19 11 11 62 42 21 12 5 4 38 19 20 7 6 7 24 23 20 68
8 Wycombe Wanderers 41 19 8 14 55 42 21 11 5 5 32 19 20 8 3 9 23 23 13 65
9 Portsmouth 41 16 15 10 55 45 21 8 10 3 31 20 20 8 5 7 24 25 10 63
10 Charlton Athletic 41 14 13 14 62 53 21 8 7 6 39 26 20 6 6 8 23 27 9 55
11 Shrewsbury Town 40 16 7 17 48 52 19 10 2 7 28 25 21 6 5 10 20 27 -4 55
12 Exeter City 41 14 11 16 59 55 20 9 5 6 32 22 21 5 6 10 27 33 4 53
13 Lincoln City 40 11 19 10 39 41 19 5 13 1 18 14 21 6 6 9 21 27 -2 52
14 Bristol Rovers 39 14 9 16 53 61 20 6 6 8 23 30 19 8 3 8 30 31 -8 51
15 Fleetwood Town 41 12 14 15 45 45 21 6 7 8 22 23 20 6 7 7 23 22 0 50
16 Cheltenham Town 41 12 10 19 35 52 21 7 7 7 20 24 20 5 3 12 15 28 -17 46
17 Port Vale 41 12 10 19 40 60 21 7 5 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 20 33 -20 46
18 Burton Albion 39 12 9 18 51 74 19 7 5 7 23 30 20 5 4 11 28 44 -23 45
19 Milton Keynes Dons 41 11 9 21 38 58 20 4 5 11 14 26 21 7 4 10 24 32 -20 42
20 Oxford United 40 9 13 18 40 50 19 5 4 10 23 27 21 4 9 8 17 23 -10 40
21 Accrington Stanley 40 9 11 20 33 66 20 6 5 9 23 30 20 3 6 11 10 36 -33 38
22 Cambridge United 40 10 7 23 33 61 20 7 4 9 19 24 20 3 3 14 14 37 -28 37
23 Morecambe 42 7 14 21 38 71 21 6 8 7 26 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -33 35
24 Forest Green Rovers 41 6 8 27 29 76 20 5 1 14 14 34 21 1 7 13 15 42 -47 26

Charlton Athletic:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 41 24 12 5 71 32 21 14 6 1 46 15 20 10 6 4 25 17 39 84
2 Plymouth Argyle 40 25 8 7 70 44 20 17 1 2 38 15 20 8 7 5 32 29 26 83
3 Ipswich Town 40 23 13 4 79 32 20 13 6 1 46 12 20 10 7 3 33 20 47 82
4 Barnsley 40 24 6 10 69 37 20 15 1 4 43 19 20 9 5 6 26 18 32 78
5 Peterborough United 41 22 4 15 71 48 21 13 3 5 38 22 20 9 1 10 33 26 23 70
6 Bolton Wanderers 40 19 11 10 54 32 20 12 5 3 29 12 20 7 6 7 25 20 22 68
7 Derby County 41 19 11 11 62 42 21 12 5 4 38 19 20 7 6 7 24 23 20 68
8 Wycombe Wanderers 41 19 8 14 55 42 21 11 5 5 32 19 20 8 3 9 23 23 13 65
9 Portsmouth 41 16 15 10 55 45 21 8 10 3 31 20 20 8 5 7 24 25 10 63
10 Charlton Athletic 41 14 13 14 62 53 21 8 7 6 39 26 20 6 6 8 23 27 9 55
11 Shrewsbury Town 40 16 7 17 48 52 19 10 2 7 28 25 21 6 5 10 20 27 -4 55
12 Exeter City 41 14 11 16 59 55 20 9 5 6 32 22 21 5 6 10 27 33 4 53
13 Lincoln City 40 11 19 10 39 41 19 5 13 1 18 14 21 6 6 9 21 27 -2 52
14 Bristol Rovers 39 14 9 16 53 61 20 6 6 8 23 30 19 8 3 8 30 31 -8 51
15 Fleetwood Town 41 12 14 15 45 45 21 6 7 8 22 23 20 6 7 7 23 22 0 50
16 Cheltenham Town 41 12 10 19 35 52 21 7 7 7 20 24 20 5 3 12 15 28 -17 46
17 Port Vale 41 12 10 19 40 60 21 7 5 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 20 33 -20 46
18 Burton Albion 39 12 9 18 51 74 19 7 5 7 23 30 20 5 4 11 28 44 -23 45
19 Milton Keynes Dons 41 11 9 21 38 58 20 4 5 11 14 26 21 7 4 10 24 32 -20 42
20 Oxford United 40 9 13 18 40 50 19 5 4 10 23 27 21 4 9 8 17 23 -10 40
21 Accrington Stanley 40 9 11 20 33 66 20 6 5 9 23 30 20 3 6 11 10 36 -33 38
22 Cambridge United 40 10 7 23 33 61 20 7 4 9 19 24 20 3 3 14 14 37 -28 37
23 Morecambe 42 7 14 21 38 71 21 6 8 7 26 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -33 35
24 Forest Green Rovers 41 6 8 27 29 76 20 5 1 14 14 34 21 1 7 13 15 42 -47 26

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.