It's looking good for Ipswich Town at this point, with the 2nd place in the League One table and welcoming Lincoln City (who are sitting at 15th).
- Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (27) in League One
- Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Ipswich Town and Lincoln City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ipswich Town form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Portman Road Stadium as Ipswich Town have scored 14 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League One are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ipswich Town after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A strong away win for Ipswich against Morecambe the last match, as Edmundson and Evans were on target. Defender Edmundson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Edmundson scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.
Ahead of that match, Ipswich Town won a home game hosting Cambridge United (3-0).The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ipswich home games with this odds we find 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
Goal fest? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this club has seen three or more goals.
There will be little rest for Ipswich Town after this match as they are travelling to Cambridge United for a EFL Trophy game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Ipswich Town are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. Ipswich Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Portman Road Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Lincoln City form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Lincoln are looking to quickly end their 209 minutes long goal drought in the League One.
Lincoln City played 0-0 against Charlton Athletic in their previous match. Defender Poole was the best team player with a rating of 7.73. Poole hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
A 0-2 defeat away at Bolton Wanderers before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Lincoln City are hosting Newcastle United U21 in the EFL Trophy only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lincoln have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Ipswich Town won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Lincoln City have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Chaplin 5 goals |  M. Harness 4 goals |  J. Diamond 4 goals |
Ipswich Town missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Ipswich Town | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 82% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 82% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 36% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 45% |
| 7 | 6.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.1 | 16.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 6.2 | 8 |
| 6.5 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 32% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 48% |
| 8.2 | 6.3 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 11.3 | 10.7 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 |
- All of Ipswich Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ipswich Town have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 most matches over the total-line (9) in League One
- Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (27) in League One
- Ipswich Town have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in League One
- Ipswich Town have the the best goal difference (+16) in League One
- Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lincoln City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Derby County | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 20 | Oxford United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 11 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 7 |
