League One duel: Close contest expected between Coventry City and Ipswich Town

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium (30009 seats)

Coventry City and Ipswich Town are both riding high in the League One with their 5th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Coventry City form and stats

Coventry City are steadily winning League One games and points here at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium. 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games.

In their previous game, the manager M. Robins led his Coventry City to a defeat in the EFL Trophy match away at Milton Keynes Dons. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium. The points were shared before that, a FA Cup home game that ended 1-1 versus Ipswich Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Coventry City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coventry City as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Coventry City has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Coventry City as they are travelling to their away game against Ipswich Town in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Coventry City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 7 goals.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (22) away in League One, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the League One. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Ipswich Town, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Ipswich Town has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Peterborough United for a EFL Trophy game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Ipswich Town travelled to Coventry City and returned home with a draw after the FA Cup game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Ipswich Town in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Ipswich Town, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ipswich Town are hosting Coventry City in the FA Cup only three days away.

Ipswich Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Ipswich Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Coventry City victories, 3 draws and 4 Ipswich Town wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ipswich TownK. Jackson
K. Jackson
7 goals
Ipswich TownJ. Norwood
J. Norwood
7 goals
Ipswich TownL. Garbutt
L. Garbutt
4 goals

Coventry City missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Coventry City Ipswich Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 10 1 Played P 2 9 17
7 7 1 Won W 1 7 10
9 2 0 Drew D 1 1 5
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
23 14 2 Scored S 3 15 27
20 7 1 Conceded C 2 5 12
78% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
61% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 59%
44% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 41%
28% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 29%
17% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 12%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 22% 35%
39% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 53%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 24%
 
4.9 5.6 3 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.3 5.9
5.3 4.1 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.6 5.1
1.5 1.1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 1.9
4 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
256 146 13 Total Shots T S 20 125 223
86 42 5 Shots on Target S O 8 49 84
27% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Coventry City has the most points from losing position (14)
  • Ipswich Town has the fewest conceded goals (12)
  • Ipswich Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
  • Ipswich Town has the most points (22) away
  • Ipswich Town has the the best goal difference (+10) away
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 19 11 7 1 28 14 10 8 2 0 20 10 9 3 5 1 8 4 14 40
2 Ipswich Town 17 10 5 2 27 12 8 3 4 1 12 7 9 7 1 1 15 5 15 35
3 Peterborough United 18 9 4 5 40 23 9 6 2 1 24 9 9 3 2 4 16 14 17 31
4 Rotherham United 18 9 3 6 30 18 8 3 2 3 13 7 10 6 1 3 17 11 12 30
5 Coventry City 18 7 9 2 23 20 10 7 2 1 14 7 8 0 7 1 9 13 3 30
6 Oxford United 17 8 5 4 37 19 7 5 1 1 18 7 10 3 4 3 19 12 18 29
7 Fleetwood Town 16 9 2 5 29 20 9 7 1 1 16 7 7 2 1 4 13 13 9 29
8 Blackpool 18 7 8 3 26 21 9 5 2 2 15 12 9 2 6 1 11 9 5 29
9 Bristol Rovers 17 8 4 5 23 22 9 4 4 1 13 9 8 4 0 4 10 13 1 28
10 Portsmouth 17 7 6 4 26 18 9 5 4 0 17 9 8 2 2 4 9 9 8 27
11 Sunderland 17 7 5 5 24 19 9 5 3 1 17 8 8 2 2 4 7 11 5 26
12 Burton Albion 17 6 6 5 21 18 7 2 3 2 4 3 10 4 3 3 17 15 3 24
13 Shrewsbury Town 17 6 6 5 16 19 9 4 3 2 11 11 8 2 3 3 5 8 -3 24
14 Doncaster Rovers 15 6 5 4 24 17 9 5 2 2 15 10 6 1 3 2 9 7 7 23
15 Gillingham 18 5 6 7 21 21 9 4 1 4 15 11 9 1 5 3 6 10 0 21
16 Rochdale 19 5 4 10 21 33 10 2 3 5 8 14 9 3 1 5 13 19 -12 19
17 Accrington Stanley 18 4 6 8 24 28 8 3 2 3 17 12 10 1 4 5 7 16 -4 18
18 Lincoln City 17 5 3 9 18 22 7 4 1 2 10 7 10 1 2 7 8 15 -4 18
19 AFC Wimbledon 18 4 4 10 21 28 9 3 4 2 10 10 9 1 0 8 11 18 -7 16
20 Tranmere Rovers 17 4 4 9 21 32 8 2 3 3 14 12 9 2 1 6 7 20 -11 16
21 Milton Keynes Dons 18 4 1 13 15 29 10 3 1 6 8 17 8 1 0 7 7 12 -14 13
22 Southend United 19 1 3 15 18 53 9 0 1 8 7 30 10 1 2 7 11 23 -35 6
23 Bolton Wanderers 15 3 4 8 9 36 8 2 4 2 5 10 7 1 0 6 4 26 -27 1

Read more about League One

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.