League One news and pre-match guide: Ipswich Town modest favoured to outplay Lincoln City

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 08.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

Get set for Ipswich Town - Lincoln City! Forget the ups and downs, this fixture should be awesome!

Insights:
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League One
  • Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Ipswich Town nor Lincoln 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.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

Ipswich Town have played 17 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-7-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Ipswich, who won 2-0 against Fleetwood Town (placed 19th). Midfielder Morsy was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.95 (out of ten) in that game. Morsy scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 70 successful passes (of 83 total).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Morecambe the opponent.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Portsmouth in only four days. This game is also played here at Portman Road Stadium.

A decent goal production from Ipswich Town in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 17 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Lincoln City form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Lincoln City playing as the away team in the League One this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Lincoln City have lost on their last two travels.

Lincoln won their last game, 3-1 versus Sheffield Wednesday played at home. The attacker Marquis got a match rating of 8.41 in that game. Marquis scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Gillingham.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to AFC Wimbledon.

Lincoln City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 21 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Lincoln have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Lincoln City - Ipswich Town 0-1 was the story when this pair of contenders formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Previous nine meetings between these contenders: Ipswich Town won three, Lincoln City triumphed in three and we saw three draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

IpswichM. Bonne
M. Bonne
12 goals
Ipswich TownW. Burns
W. Burns
9 goals
Lincoln CityA. Scully
A. Scully
8 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ipswich Town Lincoln City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 17 7 Played P 4 15 34
15 8 5 Won W 2 5 10
11 7 2 Drew D 1 4 8
10 2 0 Lost L 1 6 16
55 29 17 Scored S 10 21 40
39 19 7 Conceded C 7 22 47
92% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
78% 76% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 76%
50% 59% 86% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
25% 29% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 33% 24%
8% 12% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 6%
50% 59% 71% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 62%
36% 35% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 6%
22% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 35%
 
5.2 4.9 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.1 5.3
4.8 4.5 3.1 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.7 5.2
1.7 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.5 11.8 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.6 11.7
3.8 4.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.5 3.1
40% 42% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 57% 37%
 
9.4 9.2 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 14.3 14.2
3 2.8 2.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.4 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League One
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 36 20 9 7 59 36 17 9 4 4 22 15 19 11 5 3 37 21 23 69
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
6 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
7 Sunderland 36 17 9 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 27 33 14 60
8 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 8 9 56 39 16 9 3 4 22 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 17 59
9 Ipswich Town 36 15 11 10 55 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 16 56
10 Portsmouth 34 15 9 10 50 37 18 10 4 4 34 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 13 54
11 Bolton Wanderers 36 16 6 14 58 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 54
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 35 10 14 11 48 56 19 8 6 5 26 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -8 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 34 10 8 16 40 47 19 5 4 10 19 25 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 38
19 Fleetwood Town 34 7 12 15 47 60 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 2 7 8 21 33 -13 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 6 15 14 39 54 17 2 11 4 21 24 18 4 4 10 18 30 -15 33
21 Morecambe 35 7 10 18 44 66 18 5 7 6 26 29 17 2 3 12 18 37 -22 31
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 35 6 7 22 29 63 17 4 4 9 16 29 18 2 3 13 13 34 -34 25

Lincoln City:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 36 20 9 7 59 36 17 9 4 4 22 15 19 11 5 3 37 21 23 69
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
6 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
7 Sunderland 36 17 9 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 27 33 14 60
8 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 8 9 56 39 16 9 3 4 22 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 17 59
9 Ipswich Town 36 15 11 10 55 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 16 56
10 Portsmouth 34 15 9 10 50 37 18 10 4 4 34 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 13 54
11 Bolton Wanderers 36 16 6 14 58 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 54
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 35 10 14 11 48 56 19 8 6 5 26 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -8 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 34 10 8 16 40 47 19 5 4 10 19 25 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 38
19 Fleetwood Town 34 7 12 15 47 60 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 2 7 8 21 33 -13 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 6 15 14 39 54 17 2 11 4 21 24 18 4 4 10 18 30 -15 33
21 Morecambe 35 7 10 18 44 66 18 5 7 6 26 29 17 2 3 12 18 37 -22 31
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 35 6 7 22 29 63 17 4 4 9 16 29 18 2 3 13 13 34 -34 25

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