National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ipswich Town or Buxton that keep their silverware dream alive.
This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Ipswich Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Ipswich Town, as the manager McKenna led his troops to eliminate Bracknell Town, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round replays.18 points is a decent return from 9 League One games here at Portman Road Stadium for Ipswich Town. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Ipswich Town's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 0-2 against Portsmouth (in EFL Trophy).
Before that match, a League One win away at Exeter City.A decent goal production from Ipswich in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Ipswich Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Portman Road Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Buxton form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bamber Bridge, Merthyr Town, Alfreton Town and Hyde United in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. Buxton's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Two away matches in a row for Buxton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 against Blyth Spartans in the Fa Trophy.
The game before that, in the Vanarama National League North, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Scarborough Athletic.Nobody expects Buxton to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 4 times before, with the overall statistics of won 3, draw 1 and lost 0. When defeated, 0 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Ladapo 6 goals |  C. Chaplin 5 goals |  M. Harness 5 goals |
Ipswich Town missing players
Buxton missing players
| Ipswich Town | Buxton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 7.3 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.9 | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 6.6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 |
