We are looking at a notable gulf in form between these sides based on results so far, with Ipswich Town ahead of Cheltenham Town by 19 points.
- Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (3) away in League One
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Ipswich Town form and stats
Ipswich Town are steadily winning League One games and points here at Portman Road Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
Ipswich are returning here after visiting Bracknell Town in a FA Cup match and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Defender Burgess got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Burgess hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.
Before that, Ipswich Town played out a League One draw 4-4 when visiting Charlton Athletic.Ipswich Town are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 2 and lost 2.
Ipswich have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Portman Road Stadium with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Ipswich Town have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Cheltenham Town's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the League One. Cheltenham Town only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Cheltenham's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cheltenham Town goalkeeper Luke Southwood is eager to challenge this, with his 193 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home loss versus Alvechurch with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Milton Keynes Dons.Goals are few and far between in Cheltenham's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 7 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cheltenham Town have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior two meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for Ipswich Town, one draw and one win for Cheltenham Town. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Chaplin 5 goals |  F. Ladapo 5 goals |  W. Burns 4 goals |
Ipswich Town missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Ipswich Town | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 35 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 82% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 29% | 50% |
| 65% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 44% |
| 7.5 | 8.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.6 | 18.1 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.7 | 10.3 |
| 6.3 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 3.1 |
| 33% | 28% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 27% |
| 7.3 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.7 | 12.2 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 3.7 |
- Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (3) away in League One
- Cheltenham Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ipswich Town have created more than twice as many corners as Cheltenham Town.
- Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ipswich Town have scored more than double the goals of Cheltenham Town.
- Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Derby County | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 13 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 12 |
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