Betting preview: Milton Keynes Dons faced with a tough challenge when Ipswich Town visits

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

Both Milton Keynes Dons and Ipswich Town are itching for points in this game, in spite of the away team having a 31 point edge in the league table.

Insights:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the fewest points (10) at home in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (60) in League One

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face fixture!

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

With 2 League One wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Milton Keynes Dons are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Keynes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sheffield Wednesday (2-5). A goal frenzy last time out for Milton Keynes Dons, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Sheffield Wednesday. Fun stuff to watch! Midfielder Leko was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.1 (out of ten) in that game. Leko scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Bolton Wanderers.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Milton Keynes Dons as they are travelling to their away game against Lincoln City in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

Keynes have scored {11 league goals} here from 16 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Milton Keynes Dons defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

7-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ipswich Town in their League One matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Ipswich Town, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The Ipswich Town goalkeeper Christian Walton is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 236 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Ipswich won their last game, 4-0 versus Forest Green Rovers played at home. That win felt good as this club had gone three league games without victory. As mentioned above, Ipswich Town was the only team on the pitch versus Forest Green Rovers in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Davis, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.5. Davis hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bristol Rovers that ended 0-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Ipswich Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ipswich have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Ipswich Town have won at least one point in the last 9 matches (4-5-0) facing Milton Keynes Dons.

This was the end result when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; Ipswich Town - Keynes 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Ipswich TownC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
13 goals
Ipswich TownF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
11 goals
Ipswich TownW. Burns
W. Burns
6 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Milton Keynes Dons Ipswich Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 6 16 32
8 2 0 Won W 4 7 16
5 4 0 Drew D 1 6 12
19 10 6 Lost L 1 3 4
30 11 2 Scored S 9 27 60
51 24 12 Conceded C 5 19 31
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
72% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 81% 84%
44% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 56%
25% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 28%
12% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
44% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 56%
22% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 38%
41% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 9%
 
4 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.2 6.9 7.5
4.9 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.6 3.2
1.8 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.8 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 17.3 16.3 17.1
3.5 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.9 6.4
27% 21% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 29%
 
12.8 11.4 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 8.2 7
4.2 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 2.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals away as Milton Keynes Dons have scored home.
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (27) away in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (60) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the fewest points (10) at home in League One

  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 31 20 8 3 58 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 14 8 4 2 18 9 36 68
2 Plymouth Argyle 32 20 8 4 57 32 16 14 1 1 32 12 16 6 7 3 25 20 25 68
3 Ipswich Town 32 16 12 4 60 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 16 7 6 3 27 19 29 60
4 Bolton Wanderers 33 17 8 8 48 24 17 11 4 2 26 8 16 6 4 6 22 16 24 59
5 Derby County 31 16 9 6 50 25 16 11 3 2 33 12 15 5 6 4 17 13 25 57
6 Barnsley 30 17 5 8 45 27 14 9 1 4 22 14 16 8 4 4 23 13 18 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 31 16 5 10 44 29 16 9 3 4 25 15 15 7 2 6 19 14 15 53
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 6 12 39 34 16 8 2 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 5 48
9 Peterborough United 30 15 2 13 48 38 14 9 1 4 26 15 16 6 1 9 22 23 10 47
10 Portsmouth 30 10 12 8 37 36 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 5 4 6 16 20 1 42
11 Charlton Athletic 31 10 10 11 45 43 16 6 5 5 28 21 15 4 5 6 17 22 2 40
12 Port Vale 32 11 7 14 33 46 17 6 4 7 17 22 15 5 3 7 16 24 -13 40
13 Exeter City 32 10 9 13 42 43 15 5 5 5 20 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 -1 39
14 Lincoln City 30 8 15 7 29 31 15 3 12 0 14 10 15 5 3 7 15 21 -2 39
15 Bristol Rovers 32 10 8 14 44 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 16 5 3 8 22 29 -11 38
16 Fleetwood Town 31 8 12 11 34 34 15 3 5 7 14 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 0 36
17 Oxford United 33 9 9 15 36 41 16 5 3 8 20 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 -5 36
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 40 58 15 5 4 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 34
19 Cheltenham Town 31 9 6 16 25 40 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 4 3 9 12 20 -15 33
20 Accrington Stanley 30 7 9 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 9 24 -21 30
21 Milton Keynes Dons 32 8 5 19 30 51 16 2 4 10 11 24 16 6 1 9 19 27 -21 29
22 Cambridge United 31 8 5 18 26 51 16 6 3 7 15 19 15 2 2 11 11 32 -25 29
23 Morecambe 31 6 10 15 32 52 16 5 6 5 22 21 15 1 4 10 10 31 -20 28
24 Forest Green Rovers 33 5 7 21 25 63 16 4 0 12 11 28 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 22

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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.