Fleetwood Town vs Ipswich Town match preview: Even contest expected at Highbury Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5327 seats)

A key match in League One as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Fleetwood Town at their home stadium (Highbury Stadium) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Fleetwood Town are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A good away victory last time out for Fleetwood Town, who won 3-0 against Shrewsbury Town (placed 12th). Before that, Fleetwood Town drew at home versus Liverpool U21.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fleetwood Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fleetwood Town as a small favourite), we find nine games. Fleetwood Town has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

A decent goal production from Fleetwood Town in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Fleetwood Town have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in League One, are W4-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the League One. In general it has been a productive period now for Ipswich Town as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. It’s been three wins in a row for Ipswich Town on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The supporters enjoyed Ipswich Town's previous game versus Tranmere Rovers (placed 20th), a League One 4-1 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Gillingham with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ipswich Town playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 3 Ipswich Town wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ipswich Town are hosting Gillingham in the EFL Trophy only three days away.

Ipswich Town have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. Ipswich Town's manager P. Lambert has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

P. Madden
6 goals
K. Jackson
5 goals / 2 assists
J. Norwood
5 goals / 1 assists

Fleetwood Town missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Fleetwood Town Ipswich Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 10
6 4 0 Won W 0 4 7
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
20 9 1 Scored S 0 10 20
13 4 1 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 60%
70% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
30% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
70% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 40%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 80% 60%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
4.6 4.8 3 Corners For (avg) C F 0 5.2 5.5
4 4.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5.4 5
2 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Fleetwood Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fleetwood Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fleetwood Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ipswich Town have not yet lost a game.
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ipswich Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Fleetwood Town
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LO Fleetwood Town 2 - 1 Oxford United
14-09-19 LO Southend United 3 - 3 Fleetwood Town
21-09-19 LO Fleetwood Town 2 - 1 Rochdale
25-09-19 EFL Fleetwood Town 1 - 1 Liverpool U21
28-09-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 0 - 3 Fleetwood Town
05-10-19 LO Fleetwood Town 14:00 Ipswich Town
12-10-19 LO Sunderland 14:00 Fleetwood Town
19-10-19 LO Fleetwood Town 14:00 Burton Albion
23-10-19 LO Coventry City 18:45 Fleetwood Town
26-10-19 LO Fleetwood Town 14:00 Milton Keynes Dons
Ipswich Town
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Tottenham U21
14-09-19 LO Ipswich Town 0 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
17-09-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 1 Ipswich Town
21-09-19 LO Gillingham 0 - 1 Ipswich Town
28-09-19 LO Ipswich Town 4 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
05-10-19 LO Fleetwood Town 14:00 Ipswich Town
08-10-19 EFL Ipswich Town 18:45 Gillingham
12-10-19 LO Ipswich Town 14:00 Wycombe Wanderers
20-10-19 LO Accrington Stanley 11:00 Ipswich Town
23-10-19 LO Ipswich Town 18:45 Rotherham United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 10 7 3 0 20 5 5 3 2 0 10 3 5 4 1 0 10 2 15 24
2 Wycombe Wanderers 11 6 4 1 18 10 6 5 1 0 14 7 5 1 3 1 4 3 8 22
3 Fleetwood Town 10 6 2 2 20 13 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 2 1 2 11 9 7 20
4 Coventry City 10 5 5 0 16 10 6 5 1 0 10 4 4 0 4 0 6 6 6 20
5 Sunderland 10 5 4 1 16 12 5 3 2 0 9 5 5 2 2 1 7 7 4 19
6 Blackpool 11 5 4 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 7 6 6 2 3 1 9 7 3 19
7 Bristol Rovers 11 5 3 3 14 12 6 3 3 0 10 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 2 18
8 Peterborough United 10 5 2 3 23 12 5 3 1 1 15 7 5 2 1 2 8 5 11 17
9 Doncaster Rovers 9 4 4 1 12 8 6 4 1 1 10 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 16
10 Oxford United 11 4 3 4 22 15 5 3 1 1 12 7 6 1 2 3 10 8 7 15
11 Lincoln City 11 4 1 6 15 17 5 3 0 2 8 7 6 1 1 4 7 10 -2 13
12 Shrewsbury Town 10 3 4 3 9 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 -4 13
13 Rotherham United 9 3 3 3 12 9 4 1 2 1 7 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 12
14 Burton Albion 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 12
15 Milton Keynes Dons 10 4 0 6 12 15 6 3 0 3 5 8 4 1 0 3 7 7 -3 12
16 Gillingham 10 2 4 4 14 13 5 2 1 2 10 5 5 0 3 2 4 8 1 10
17 Accrington Stanley 10 2 4 4 12 17 4 1 1 2 6 8 6 1 3 2 6 9 -5 10
18 Rochdale 10 2 4 4 10 17 5 0 3 2 3 7 5 2 1 2 7 10 -7 10
19 Portsmouth 8 2 3 3 10 10 4 2 2 0 8 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 0 9
20 Tranmere Rovers 10 2 3 5 15 20 5 2 2 1 13 8 5 0 1 4 2 12 -5 9
21 Southend United 10 1 1 8 11 25 5 0 1 4 4 12 5 1 0 4 7 13 -14 4
22 AFC Wimbledon 11 0 3 8 11 21 5 0 3 2 4 7 6 0 0 6 7 14 -10 3
23 Bolton Wanderers 9 0 3 6 2 25 4 0 3 1 1 6 5 0 0 5 1 19 -23 -9

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