Ipswich Town are stalking the top table spots while Forest Green Rovers are more nervous about steering clear of relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (59) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Ipswich nor Forest Green Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ipswich Town form and stats
Ipswich Town have performed here at Portman Road Stadium this season with 8 wins from 15 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 1. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Ipswich Town.
An away draw last time out for Ipswich Town, facing Bristol Rovers in a game that ended 0-0. Burgess, defender, was given a rating of 8.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Burgess won 13 of 15 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Sheffield Wednesday.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ipswich home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
The Ipswich Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 15 league matches. Ipswich are not conceding a lot of goals here at Portman Road Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Forest Green Rovers so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.
Forest Green Rovers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Charlton Athletic proved too strong as Forest Green Rovers slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at The New Lawn. Midfielder Stevenson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Stevenson had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).
A 1-1 draw at Morecambe's stadium before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Forest Green Rovers as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Rovers rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 31 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Forest Green Rovers - Ipswich Town 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Chaplin 11 goals |  F. Ladapo 10 goals |  W. Burns 6 goals |
Ipswich Town missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| Ipswich Town | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 56 | 29 | 12 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 25 |
| 31 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | 59 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | 81% |
| 55% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 44% | 50% |
| 26% | 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 22% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 19% | 9% |
| 58% | 53% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 69% | 56% |
| 35% | 40% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 31% | 38% |
| 7.4 | 7.9 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.8 | 17.3 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 29% | 29% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 29% | 26% |
| 7.1 | 5.9 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 14.2 | 12.6 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4 |
- Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (59) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-34) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ipswich Town have scored more than double the goals of Forest Green Rovers.
- 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 67 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 33 | 65 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 59 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 56 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 57 |
| 5 | Derby County | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 54 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 53 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 50 |
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 48 |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 45 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 44 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 12 | Exeter City | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 39 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 29 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 38 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -10 | 38 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 37 |
| 16 | Oxford United | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 36 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 35 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 33 |
| 19 | Burton Albion | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 34 | -19 | 31 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -18 | 29 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 31 | -17 | 28 |
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 27 |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -26 | 26 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 59 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 31 | -34 | 22 |
