It's game day two of the League One campaign and all to play for. Check out our detailed preview of Forest Green Rovers-Ipswich Town!
Both squads have had enough rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The season before, Forest Green Rovers's league results were 23 wins, 15 draws and 8 losses, leading to 1st position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 75 goals and conceded 44. Performing as the host team in the previous season Forest Green Rovers produced 14-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 18 conceded.
It's back home for Forest Green Rovers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Bristol Rovers away with the result 2-1. Moore-Taylor and Hendry found the net in that victory. Hendry (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.21/10. Hendry scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
Before that, Forest Green Rovers played out a League Two draw 2-2 when visiting Mansfield Town.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Carabao Cup game versus Leyton Orient in only three days. This game is also played here at The New Lawn.
Ipswich Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ipswich Town performed last season in the League One: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 16 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 67 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 7 and lost 9 with 29/24 goals scored/conceded.
Ipswich's last game was the home draw against Bolton Wanderers (1-1). Midfielder Evans was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Evans scored one goal.
Before that, Ipswich Town secured a home win against Charlton Athletic with the score 4-0.After this away game Ipswich return home for a Carabao Cup game against Colchester United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() J. Moore-Taylor 1 goals | ![]() R. Hendry 1 goals | ![]() L. Evans 1 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Ipswich Town missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Ipswich Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest Green Rovers | Last season | Ipswich Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 75 | 34 | Scored | S | 29 | 67 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 91% | ||
| 80% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 74% | ||
| 37% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 43% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 7% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 7% | ||
| 48% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 48% | ||
| 41% | 52% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 37% | ||
| 20% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 24% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Derby County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Exeter City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Oxford United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 75 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 31 | 84 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 65 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 84 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 80 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 80 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 78 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 54 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 23 | 77 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 77 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 53 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 76 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 75 |
| 10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 70 |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 69 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | -10 | 61 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 58 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 55 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 58 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 55 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 60 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -13 | 54 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -20 | 54 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 36 | -8 | 53 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 75 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 39 | -11 | 53 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 62 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 39 | -23 | 53 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 38 | -23 | 47 |
| 22 | Barrow | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 44 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 75 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -29 | 38 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 29 | 90 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 54 | -61 | 26 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 38 | 92 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 37 | 90 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 34 | 89 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 78 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 85 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 34 | 26 | 84 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 75 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 83 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 20 | 80 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 59 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 76 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 74 | 57 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 73 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 68 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 73 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 70 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 80 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 47 | -19 | 61 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 31 | -4 | 59 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 45 | -18 | 58 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 66 | 80 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 50 | -14 | 56 |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 67 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | -16 | 53 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 63 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 34 | -8 | 52 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 51 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 26 | -4 | 50 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 57 | 88 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 53 | -31 | 42 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 82 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 45 | -20 | 40 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 69 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 33 | -34 | 40 |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 82 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 50 | -45 | 38 |
| 23 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 75 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 41 | -26 | 37 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 83 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 43 | -46 | 29 |