A key match in League One as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Ipswich Town in 3rd position and Hull City placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
It's no vacation for neither Ipswich nor Hull City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ipswich Town form and stats
Ipswich Town, who have the most points (18) at home in League One, have been outstanding at home so far in the League One with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses.
Ipswich's last game was hosting Shrewsbury Town (placed 22nd) and winning 2-1. A EFL Trophy defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Crawley Town.
Manager P. Lambert felt very clever after Jack Lankester scored the winning goal against Shrewsbury Town, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 22nd minute. A late climax in the match against Shrewsbury Town as the winning goal came seven minutes into overtime; scored by Jack Lankester.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Charlton Athletic are coming to town in four days.
Ipswich have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Portman Road Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Ipswich Town have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Hull City form and stats
Hull City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Hull City, who have the most points (15) away in League One, collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the League One. 5 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Two travels in a row for Hull, whose manager G. McCann could celebrate last time after the League One win against Milton Keynes Dons. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Grimsby Town in the EFL Trophy.
The Hull manager G. McCann has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Hull have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ipswich Town zero wins, two draws and Hull City eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Lewis-Potter 6 goals |   G. Edwards 5 goals |  M. Wilks 5 goals |
Ipswich Town missing players
Hull City missing players
| Ipswich Town | Hull City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 21 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 25% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 8% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 42% |
| 50% | 83% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 58% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | 81 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 89 | 151 |
| 56 | 34 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 37 | 63 |
| 34% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 41% | 33% |
- All of Hull City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hull City has the most points (15) away in League One
- Hull City has the most scored goals (15) away in League One
- Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hull City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hull City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ipswich Town has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in League One
- Ipswich Town has the most clean sheets (5) at home in League One
- Ipswich Town has the most points (18) at home in League One
- Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ipswich Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Ipswich Town have won all their matches at home so far.
- 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 | Hull City | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 7 |