League One prediction: Home win expected when Ipswich Town takes on Accrington Stanley

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 07.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

The League One league table tells a story about these sides so far, with Ipswich Town ahead of Accrington Stanley by 32 points. Tipsway previews the game:

Insights:
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (65) in League One
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in League One

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 Accrington Stanley.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Portman Road Stadium as Ipswich Town have scored 37 goals to get 36 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the League One are 10-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Ipswich Town tasted defeat here at Portman Road Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Ipswich are confident in defense, having played 416 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Ipswich Town's last game was hosting Burton Albion (placed 19th) and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Ipswich played a great game against Burton Albion and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Chaplin was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.15 (out of ten) in that game. Chaplin scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Milton Keynes Dons.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ipswich Town as they are travelling to their away game against Bolton Wanderers in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

The Ipswich Town manager McKenna has got the team scoring with 37 from 17 home games in the league. Ipswich have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Accrington Stanley have only collected 14 points from their away games in the League One, after 3-5-8 (16 played). It's three draws from Accrington Stanley's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Pressley and Longelo scored in Accrington Stanley's previous match, the home game against Forest Green Rovers that ended 2-1. The attacker Pressley got a match rating of 7.8 in that game. Pressley scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that, Accrington travelled to Burton Albion and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Low on goals? 12 of this side's latest 16 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Accrington Stanley manager Coleman as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Charlton Athletic.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Accrington Stanley as they have only managed to score 9 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Accrington Stanley struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the teams met earlier this campaign; Accrington Stanley - Ipswich 0-2. Ipswich Town-Accrington Stanley H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Ipswich Town five wins, Accrington Stanley three wins, zero draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Ipswich TownC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
15 goals
Ipswich TownF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
12 goals
IpswichW. Burns
W. Burns
6 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Ipswich Town Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 7 Played P 5 16 32
18 10 6 Won W 1 3 8
12 6 1 Drew D 0 5 10
4 1 0 Lost L 4 8 14
65 37 22 Scored S 2 9 28
31 12 1 Conceded C 11 24 48
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 69%
56% 59% 86% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 41%
29% 35% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 19% 22%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 47% 14% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 41%
41% 47% 86% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 28%
9% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 41%
 
7.3 7.8 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.9 5.1
3.4 3.1 2.9 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.9 5.6
1.6 1.3 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
17.1 17.8 19.9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 11.8
6.4 6.9 7.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.8 3.2
30% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 20% 27%
 
7.2 6.2 5.9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 11.5 12.3
2.4 1.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.8 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals (9) away in League One
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ipswich Town have scored more than double the goals of Accrington Stanley.
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (65) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 33 22 8 3 60 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 15 9 4 2 19 9 38 74
2 Plymouth Argyle 34 21 8 5 61 37 17 15 1 1 34 12 17 6 7 4 27 25 24 71
3 Ipswich Town 34 18 12 4 65 31 17 10 6 1 37 12 17 8 6 3 28 19 34 66
4 Bolton Wanderers 36 18 9 9 51 28 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 6 5 7 23 19 23 63
5 Derby County 34 17 10 7 55 31 18 12 4 2 37 14 16 5 6 5 18 17 24 61
6 Barnsley 32 18 6 8 49 28 15 10 1 4 26 15 17 8 5 4 23 13 21 60
7 Wycombe Wanderers 33 16 6 11 45 32 17 9 4 4 26 16 16 7 2 7 19 16 13 54
8 Shrewsbury Town 34 15 7 12 43 36 17 9 2 6 25 21 17 6 5 6 18 15 7 52
9 Peterborough United 33 16 3 14 53 41 16 10 2 4 31 17 17 6 1 10 22 24 12 51
10 Portsmouth 33 13 12 8 45 37 17 7 8 2 28 17 16 6 4 6 17 20 8 51
11 Lincoln City 33 9 17 7 32 33 17 4 13 0 16 11 16 5 4 7 16 22 -1 44
12 Exeter City 34 11 10 13 45 44 16 6 5 5 22 19 18 5 5 8 23 25 1 43
13 Port Vale 35 12 7 16 35 49 18 7 4 7 18 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -14 43
14 Fleetwood Town 34 10 12 12 36 35 17 5 5 7 16 17 17 5 7 5 20 18 1 42
15 Bristol Rovers 34 11 9 14 47 55 17 5 6 6 22 26 17 6 3 8 25 29 -8 42
16 Charlton Athletic 34 10 11 13 45 46 17 6 5 6 28 22 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 41
17 Oxford United 35 9 9 17 36 45 17 5 3 9 20 23 18 4 6 8 16 22 -9 36
18 Cheltenham Town 34 10 6 18 26 46 16 6 3 7 14 20 18 4 3 11 12 26 -20 36
19 Burton Albion 33 9 8 16 40 62 16 5 5 6 17 23 17 4 3 10 23 39 -22 35
20 Accrington Stanley 32 8 10 14 28 48 16 5 5 6 19 24 16 3 5 8 9 24 -20 34
21 Morecambe 34 7 11 16 33 53 18 6 7 5 23 21 16 1 4 11 10 32 -20 32
22 Milton Keynes Dons 35 8 6 21 31 54 17 2 4 11 11 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -23 30
23 Cambridge United 34 8 5 21 26 55 17 6 3 8 15 20 17 2 2 13 11 35 -29 29
24 Forest Green Rovers 35 5 8 22 27 66 17 4 1 12 12 29 18 1 7 10 15 37 -39 23

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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.