The standings shows that 9 points divide the pair of duelists in this League One game. Ipswich Town have both the points- and home advantage.
- Ipswich Town have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League One
- All of Bristol Rovers's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ipswich Town form and stats
Ipswich Town must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three League One games here at Portman Road Stadium.
Happy days for Ipswich Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Accrington Stanley (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Midfielder Evans was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.4 (out of ten) in that game. Evans served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 68 total).
A victory at home ahead of that match, as expected. The team were solid favourites against Northampton Town and won 6-0.
Ipswich Town has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
Things could have gone better for Bristol Rovers in their League One away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
There were no winners in Bristol Rovers's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Morecambe (placed 23rd). Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Loft and that is quite the feat! Attacker Collins got a player rating of 8.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Collins hit the woodwork two (!) times, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that game, 1-1 away against Plymouth Argyle (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy.
Bristol are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Ipswich Town victories, zero draws and one Bristol Rovers win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Chaplin 4 goals |   A. Collins 4 goals | M. Harness 3 goals |
Ipswich Town missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Ipswich Town | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 57% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 8.9 | 7.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.1 | 15.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10 | 11.1 |
| 6.6 | 7.3 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 71% | 43% |
| 8 | 6.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- All of Bristol Rovers's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Ipswich Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol Rovers 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 matches so far.
- Ipswich Town have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League One
- Ipswich Town have the the best goal difference (+10) in League One
- Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ipswich Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Peterborough United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Derby County | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Oxford United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Dons | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 1 |
