Open game expected at Portman Road: Ipswich Town vs Lincoln City preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 09.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road

The Ipswich Town & Lincoln City managers P. Lambert and M. Appleton are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League One league table.

Insights:
  • Lincoln City have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Ipswich 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

9-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Ipswich Town so far this season.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Accrington Stanley with a 2-1 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ipswich Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost five.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Ipswich as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Plymouth Argyle are visiting.

Ipswich Town has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Ipswich have conceded only 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln City, who have the most points (33) away in League One, have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 10-3-2 from 15 games.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Fleetwood Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Lincoln City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Lincoln, six draws and four defeats.

After this away game Lincoln City return home for a League One game against Rochdale. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Lincoln City's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 15 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Lincoln City as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lincoln City - Ipswich Town 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Ipswich two wins, two draws and Lincoln City three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityJ. Grant
J. Grant
11 goals
Lincoln CityT. Hopper
T. Hopper
8 goals
Lincoln CityA. Scully
A. Scully
6 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ipswich Town Lincoln City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 17 6 Played P 4 15 32
15 9 2 Won W 1 10 18
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
11 6 4 Lost L 1 2 8
36 18 4 Scored S 1 24 51
32 15 8 Conceded C 1 10 31
90% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 91%
68% 65% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 53% 69%
39% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 47% 53%
13% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
10% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 9%
42% 24% 17% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 44%
39% 47% 17% Clean Sheets C S 75% 60% 44%
29% 41% 67% Failed to Score F T 75% 27% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.7
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 11.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11 11.3
3.6 3.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.3 2.6
32% 27% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 69% 62%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Lincoln City have the most points (33) away in League One
  • Lincoln City have the most scored goals in the second half (35) 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 Hull City 34 19 5 10 56 28 17 10 2 5 19 9 17 9 3 5 37 19 28 62
2 Peterborough United 32 19 5 8 52 28 15 12 2 1 34 11 17 7 3 7 18 17 24 62
3 Lincoln City 32 18 6 8 51 31 17 8 3 6 27 21 15 10 3 2 24 10 20 60
4 Sunderland 32 15 12 5 49 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 15 7 7 1 26 10 23 57
5 Doncaster Rovers 30 17 4 9 51 38 17 11 3 3 32 19 13 6 1 6 19 19 13 55
6 Portsmouth 32 15 7 10 49 34 17 6 5 6 23 17 15 9 2 4 26 17 15 52
7 Accrington Stanley 31 14 8 9 43 34 16 8 4 4 21 13 15 6 4 5 22 21 9 50
8 Ipswich Town 31 15 5 11 36 32 17 9 2 6 18 15 14 6 3 5 18 17 4 50
9 Charlton Athletic 33 13 9 11 46 44 15 4 4 7 24 29 18 9 5 4 22 15 2 48
10 Oxford United 31 13 8 10 44 36 15 7 4 4 19 12 16 6 4 6 25 24 8 47
11 Gillingham 33 14 5 14 45 45 18 8 2 8 25 26 15 6 3 6 20 19 0 47
12 Blackpool 29 13 6 10 35 28 13 7 3 3 16 12 16 6 3 7 19 16 7 45
13 Crewe Alexandra 33 12 9 12 42 43 16 8 5 3 26 16 17 4 4 9 16 27 -1 45
14 Plymouth Argyle 33 12 9 12 44 53 17 9 4 4 27 25 16 3 5 8 17 28 -9 45
15 Fleetwood Town 33 11 10 12 38 30 16 6 7 3 21 11 17 5 3 9 17 19 8 43
16 Milton Keynes Dons 33 11 9 13 47 47 15 5 7 3 24 19 18 6 2 10 23 28 0 42
17 Shrewsbury Town 30 9 11 10 33 36 15 4 6 5 20 20 15 5 5 5 13 16 -3 38
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 39 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 15 4 5 6 18 24 -17 34
19 Northampton Town 33 8 8 17 30 50 17 5 4 8 14 21 16 3 4 9 16 29 -20 32
20 Swindon Town 33 9 4 20 39 60 17 7 1 9 19 25 16 2 3 11 20 35 -21 31
21 Bristol Rovers 32 8 6 18 30 52 15 5 1 9 17 24 17 3 5 9 13 28 -22 30
22 AFC Wimbledon 31 7 9 15 32 55 13 3 2 8 15 26 18 4 7 7 17 29 -23 30
23 Wigan Athletic 33 8 6 19 35 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 16 5 2 9 17 25 -25 30
24 Rochdale 33 6 10 17 41 61 16 1 7 8 17 33 17 5 3 9 24 28 -20 28

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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 Hull City 34 19 5 10 56 28 17 10 2 5 19 9 17 9 3 5 37 19 28 62
2 Peterborough United 32 19 5 8 52 28 15 12 2 1 34 11 17 7 3 7 18 17 24 62
3 Lincoln City 32 18 6 8 51 31 17 8 3 6 27 21 15 10 3 2 24 10 20 60
4 Sunderland 32 15 12 5 49 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 15 7 7 1 26 10 23 57
5 Doncaster Rovers 30 17 4 9 51 38 17 11 3 3 32 19 13 6 1 6 19 19 13 55
6 Portsmouth 32 15 7 10 49 34 17 6 5 6 23 17 15 9 2 4 26 17 15 52
7 Accrington Stanley 31 14 8 9 43 34 16 8 4 4 21 13 15 6 4 5 22 21 9 50
8 Ipswich Town 31 15 5 11 36 32 17 9 2 6 18 15 14 6 3 5 18 17 4 50
9 Charlton Athletic 33 13 9 11 46 44 15 4 4 7 24 29 18 9 5 4 22 15 2 48
10 Oxford United 31 13 8 10 44 36 15 7 4 4 19 12 16 6 4 6 25 24 8 47
11 Gillingham 33 14 5 14 45 45 18 8 2 8 25 26 15 6 3 6 20 19 0 47
12 Blackpool 29 13 6 10 35 28 13 7 3 3 16 12 16 6 3 7 19 16 7 45
13 Crewe Alexandra 33 12 9 12 42 43 16 8 5 3 26 16 17 4 4 9 16 27 -1 45
14 Plymouth Argyle 33 12 9 12 44 53 17 9 4 4 27 25 16 3 5 8 17 28 -9 45
15 Fleetwood Town 33 11 10 12 38 30 16 6 7 3 21 11 17 5 3 9 17 19 8 43
16 Milton Keynes Dons 33 11 9 13 47 47 15 5 7 3 24 19 18 6 2 10 23 28 0 42
17 Shrewsbury Town 30 9 11 10 33 36 15 4 6 5 20 20 15 5 5 5 13 16 -3 38
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 39 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 15 4 5 6 18 24 -17 34
19 Northampton Town 33 8 8 17 30 50 17 5 4 8 14 21 16 3 4 9 16 29 -20 32
20 Swindon Town 33 9 4 20 39 60 17 7 1 9 19 25 16 2 3 11 20 35 -21 31
21 Bristol Rovers 32 8 6 18 30 52 15 5 1 9 17 24 17 3 5 9 13 28 -22 30
22 AFC Wimbledon 31 7 9 15 32 55 13 3 2 8 15 26 18 4 7 7 17 29 -23 30
23 Wigan Athletic 33 8 6 19 35 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 16 5 2 9 17 25 -25 30
24 Rochdale 33 6 10 17 41 61 16 1 7 8 17 33 17 5 3 9 24 28 -20 28

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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.