National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ipswich Town or Portsmouth that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Portsmouth.
Ipswich Town form and stats
Ipswich have not come this way in the EFL Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Arsenal U21, Northampton Town and Cambridge United. Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.Ipswich Town have performed here at Portman Road Stadium this season with 5 wins from 9 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Ipswich Town are returning here after visiting Exeter City and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Harness and Ladapo scored the goal(s). The attacker Harness won the honour of being "man of the match" for Ipswich Town with a rating of 8.1/10. Harness scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
In the match before that, Ipswich Town hosted Cheltenham Town and drew the League One game 1-1.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 6 and lost 0.
Ipswich Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Portman Road Stadium with 16 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Ipswich have conceded only 7 goals.
Portsmouth form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated AFC Wimbledon, Crawley Town and Aston Villa U21 in order to reach 2nd round of EFL Trophy. Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Portsmouth's last game was the home draw against Derby County (0-0). Robertson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Robertson hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.
A 1-1 draw at Morecambe's stadium before that.A new game in only four days for Portsmouth, the FA Cup home match versus Milton Keynes Dons. Busy days.
Portsmouth are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Portsmouth in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Ipswich Town won three, Portsmouth triumphed in five and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 9 goals |   F. Ladapo 6 goals |  C. Chaplin 5 goals |
Ipswich Town missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Ipswich Town | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 52 | 27 | Scored | S | 27 | 47 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 7.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 17.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.6 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 63% | 54% | ||
| 6.4 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Derby County | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 14 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 14 |
